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ALIF TREE REMIX CONTEST
  Surely you’ve heard of Alif Tree before. Call him an electronic music alchemist, know him as a french DJ and cook or just love him for sharing his outstanding musical talent with us. After his last release “French Cuisine” in 2006, which went top 10 in Gilles Petersons worldwide charts of that year, Compost Records proudly presents Alif Tree’s second album “Clockwork”, available spring 2009.
  But that’s not it: Compost Records is doing a remix contest for “Aurevoir”, one of the gems on Alif Tree’s new album! Check it out on Compost Records Soundcloud page (http://soundcloud.com/compost), download all the parts you need to get started and drop your mix in Compost's Dropbox. The Compost team and Alif Tree will listen carefully to all the mixes and will select three winners:
   
  1. Price: Release of your remix on Compost Records
  2. Price: One free Soundcloud Pro Account
  3. Price: Care-package with 50 Vinyls or CDs from Compost vaults
   
  The deadline for your remix is Sunday 15th of March 2009.
   
  Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Remix Contest Original Track "Aurevoir" from Alif Tree

This is a stripped-down edit of the original track!!!

We present the winner track of the Alif Tree remix competition, which is now released as digital Compost Black Label...

tracklisting / winners:

01. Alif Tree - Aurevoir - John Gazoo Remix (6:57)
02. Alif Tree - Aurevoir - Broke Remix (7:44)
03. Alif Tree - Aurevoir - Homegroove Project (6:06)


COMPOST BLACKLABEL #63 | Alif Tree - Clockwork Remixes Part 2 | Aurevoir (John Gazoo Remix)

While some industry voices claim it's all computers now, Turbo Recordings maintain that everything in life can be understood as a "funhouse mirror"

Sascha Funke's "MZ" was a massive record for both Funke, Turbo and us come to think of it, all the way back in 2017. A classic, you might call it!  So much so that it's been given the re-rub treatment from a veritable smorgasbord of left-of-centre royalty including 

"We have paid access to the halls of European power, where you get to make backroom deals with Emmanuel Macron and British Seinfeld as Opus’ “Live is Life” blares over a gigantic bluetooth speaker. And, yeah, you’ll probably run into the most celebrated European producers of our time. Pional, Axel Boman, Mano Le Tough, and Roman Flügel — these are the kinds of names you only see once you’ve reached the highest levels of success, be it in dance music production or purchasing the hottest tickets in town on your favorite mobile device." says Turbo

We're premiering the mighty Flügel remix. The master keeps the roller style but just a bit more pumped. Does exactly what it needs to when you're dealing with this level of royalty; creating something altogether new, whilst maintaining the essence of the source. 

Pre Order them all here: https://turborec.lnk.to/MZ-Remixes

PREMIERE: Sascha Funke - MZ (Roman Flügel Remix) [Turbo Recordings]

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/scorpio_rising_feat_lannakise

When the demo of ‘Scorpio Rising’ landed in our office, we knew immediately: this has to be released in the summer! A hook is a hook is a hook. And what Lannakise sang into the mic for LOPEZHOUSE is definitely a big hook with barbs that sticks in your head. A pristine pop house masterpiece from the La Mancha native. The remix by Scottish techno legend Funk D’Void brings a deeper perspective to the mix which recalls Kompakt’s golden era sound of the 00’s and unfolds its full beauty in the early hours of the morning.

Scorpio Rising feat. Lannakise

Lopezhouse - Scorpio Rising feat. Lannakise

Anna Schreit is a Berlin-born DJ and producer known for sets that cut across genres with a mix of groove, grit, and edge. Growing up in a musical household – her father the frontman of East Germany’s cult art-rock band Stern Combo Meissen – music was never just background. For Anna, it was a way to make sense of things.

Raised in the middle of Berlin’s techno scene, it wasn’t until a night out in Munich that things really clicked: a chance encounter with house music lit the fuse. The rhythm, the warmth – it stuck. From there, she dove deep into sound.

Since 2012, she’s been building sets that go beyond the obvious. From sunrise slots at Sisyphos, to stripped-back live streams on HÖR or The Lot Radio, to records like her Duck EP on Compost, Anna brings a sound that’s raw, grounded, and unmistakably her.

One highlight: her ARTE Concerts set – a moment that took her sound to a wider audience without losing its edge. As a resident at Sisyphos, she’s become a steady presence in Berlin’s underground – not chasing trends, just playing with intent.

You might know Ben Evers from Adana Twins – but this one's all him. Stepping out solo, he’s dialled in a sound that hits hard and stays with you. His remix? A peak-time weapon. Tight arrangement, proper weight, and a sonic punch that could rattle the mainstage. Every detail locked in – made for the floor, no fillers.

Written by Anna Schreit 
„2 Be Free“ Produced by Anna Schreit & Clemens Kynast
„Wanna See You Dance“ Produced by Anna Schreit, Kees van ‘t Klooster, Clemens Kynast, Philipp Stoya
Vocal Recording by Jonathan Gradmann
Published by Copyright Control.
Mastered by Lopazz. 

„Wanna See You Dance (Ben Evers Remix)“ Mixed & Mastered by Matthew Styles-Harris.
Published by BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - Edition TAU Rights
Distributed by Kompakt.
Artwork by studio mizuiro.
Also available on Bandcamp and all the other digital platforms.

Label: Live At Robert Johnson, 2025
Catalog No: Playrjc 128

Wanna See You Dance

Anna Schreit - Wanna See You Dance

Out now: https://orcd.co/qv002

Matt' Radio Slave' Edwards and Joel Martin's critically acclaimed Quiet Village project follow-up, 2024's 'Reunion' with the Vanessa Daou collaboration, 'Naked Hunger' on September 5th, '25.

'Naked Hunger', which comes in 'Vocal Mix' and 'Spoken Word Mix' versions, sees Quiet Village employ their hypnotic sensibilities to one of house music's most tantalising vocal talents in Daou, resulting in a mid-tempo house cut that completely envelops.

While the vocal mix of 'Naked Hunger' leans into the interplay between Vanessa Daou's cosseting song voice and spoken vocals, with the rest of the track embracing a subtly dubby ethereal musicality, Quiet Village ramp up the instrumentation on the 'Spoken Vocal' version with bass guitar and piano flourishes accompanying her sultry poetic delivery.

'Naked Hunger', Daou's first collaboration with Quiet Village, marks her first release since 2019's 'Little Black Dress'.

Throughout her illustrious career, the acclaimed three-time #1 Billboard Dance Chart topper has collaborated with Danny Tenaglia, David Morales, Mood II Swing, Ralphi Rosario, Terry Farley (Farley & Heller), Charles Webster, Horse Meat Disco's Severino Panzetta, Hifi Sean, and Eli Escobar.

Friends since meeting at Goldie's legendary MetalHeadz sessions at London's Blue Note in the '90s, Quiet Village, aka Matt Edwards and Joel Martin, began releasing their brand of dubbed-out, balearic-and-beyond tracks in 2005 via NYC's Whatever We Want Records. The duo's 2008 'Silent Movie' LP was a critical smash hit that resulted in remix commissions for the likes of Bryan Ferry, The Gorillas, Leftfield, Francois K, Massive Attack and many more.

After a few years in the wilderness, unable to use their nom de plume due to contractual restrictions, the pair launched The Quiet Village label in 2024 with 'Reunion', a stunning 6/8 time urban jazz odyssey, a favourite of the likes of Luke Una, Gilles Peterson and Ryan Elliott.

Buy/Stream

Quiet Village & Vanessa Daou - Naked Hunger (Spoken Word Mix)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/panorama_x_press

Here’s a little amuse gueule for the 25th edition of our beloved TOTAL compilation series which will drop on the 10th of October. Gui Boratto has been an integral part of Kompakt’s history for a while and we’re elated to welcome him back to the fold with his latest creation “Panorama X-Press”. Gui’s incredible production prowess is fully on display here. A funky, chunky bassline paths the way for what we believe is one of the Brazilian’s wildest forays into psychedelic terrains to date. A true rollercoaster of a track!

Panorama X-Press

Gui Boratto - Panorama X-Press

"You Make Me Feel" was the first outtake from Steve Bug's second Poker Flat album "Sensual". Slowly but unmistakebly building up a hypnotic groove with a rolling percussion loop, ice-cold snare and hollering vocal (reminiscent of Gainsbourg's "Bonny and Clyde"), Bug forces you flashing your sharpest dancing routines even before he throws in that distorted, take-no-prisoners, Saunderson-style organ-bassline. Flip over for another version that's served up straightened-out and stripped down yet still manages to come up with a higher percentage of FUNK. Another totally satisfying five star menu for the Poker Flat gourmet.

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You Make Me Feel (Version 1)

You Make Me Feel (Version 2)

Radiohead - everything in its right place (andi muller's looong mix)

“Amor,” a dandelion of a song, was created in collaboration with Brazilian singer César Lacerda. It is an acoustic love letter in its purest form - warm, crackling, and everlasting.

Listen & Love & Share `Amor´ HERE: https://bfan.link/DJ-Koze-Cesar-Lacerda-Amor

The song was originally included on the ‘Wie schön du bist EP’ (released last year) and is now for the first time available digitally on all platforms.

‘Wie schön du bist EP’ is also available as a 7" vinyl record here: https://song.link/WieSchoenDuBistEP

Cover Artwork & Painting by Gepa Hinrichsen

Listen & Love & Share

Amor - DJ Koze feat. César Lacerda

CPT 388-3/-4
LC 02518
BC: 673794238845
Release Date: 28.10.2011
Format: download only




Tracklisting:

01. Marbert Rocel - Love Me
02. Minus 8 - Nonhuman
03. Salvador Group - Crosswinds
04. Burnt Friedman - Octrahedal Spherical Caffufle (45 To 33rpm Slow Motion Version)
05. Alif Tree – Rain River
06. Mystéfy - Eye Candy
07. Nuspirit Helsinki - Love Bossa
08. Les Gammas - Guauanco (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
09. Marbert.Rocel - Mischa
10. Kaos - Around In Circles
11. Joseph Malik - Evil Things
12. Les Gammas - Don't Waste My Love



After one and a half decade and more than 370 releases, Compost Records bundles some of their finest tunes as Various Artists digital download compilation albums. 
The variety and full spectrum of Compost’s repertoire has never or rarely been presented in form of a musical genre compilation. These releases will be 
compiled or DJ-mixed by Compost’s artists and are available as digital downloads, except in some rare cases very very limited as 500 CDs.

After the first volume of the Compost Jazz Selection there were still so many tracks in the vault that could be used for a second compilation. 
So Rupert & Mennert started to dig again for all the beautiful gems that were still tucked away waiting to re-shine! For this second volume they took a more smooth-jazz approach with an occasional bite. This gives way for tracks from the likes of Marbert.Rocel, Burnt Friedman, Alif Tree, Salvador Group, Les Gammas, 
The Cinematic Orchestra, Kaos, Mystéfy, Joseph Malik and Nuspirit Helsinki!

The mix is a perfect blend. It will be an interesting play in the jazz cafe as well as at home, in the wee hours of the night, accompanied by a nice glass of wine 
or something stronger. While the wind is howling and the fireplace provides a comfortable warmth.

Who are Rupert & Mennert?
They reside in Den Helder, The Netherlands. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. From there they send their fine radioshow into the wide world. 
The show is currently re-invented. The  Sound of Swound ran for more then 200 shows. But it will be replaced by something even better: “Weird Pigs - not for copycats”. This will also run on www.djbroadcast.fm www.djbroadcast.fm and www.play.fm. Besides their love for broadcasting they produce music too. Together with Me Raabenstein they released, as Lagerfeltz, an album on Nonine Recordings, Berlin.Together with remix-work for Energie du Verre and Ensemble du Verre (Batterie Records, Hamburg) their release-roster is building. 
A remix on this very label is also in the making.  

More information or booking: contact them directly through info@rupertmennert.nl

05 Alif Tree - Rain River

!!! These are stripped-down 128mp3 versions of the original tracks!!!

LC 02518
BC: 673794239231
Artist: V.A.
Title: Compost Ambient Selection Vol. 2 – The Quiet Room – Smooth Spheric Noise – compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert
Cat No: CPT 392-3/-4
Release Date: March 30th 2012
Format: Download

Tracklisting:

01 Jean Paul Bondy – Monochrome
02 Ennio Morricone - La Ragazza Del Padre (Dan Curtin Viaggio Alle Stelle Remix)
03 Ben Mono – Tired
04 Felix Laband - Minka 
05 Alif Tree - Les 4 Vents
06 Beanfield - Interlude No. 21102
07 Joash - Your Star Still Shines
08 TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos - The Quiet Room (Rob Smith Remix)
09 Taran - Death And The Bachelor
10 TJ Kong & Nuno dos Santos - The Emerald Bay
11 The Nova Dream Sequence - Dream 1
12 The Nova Dream Sequence - Dream 11
13 Alif Tree - Melismes Extatiques
14 Four Ears – Interlude
15 Genf - Import Export (Kandis Mix)
16 Alif Tree - Forgotten Places (Felix Laband Remix)
17 Funkstoerung – Inmarsat
18 Kyoto Jazz Massive - M.E. Outroduction
19 T_Mo - Fork Any Hawks
20 TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos - Always Forever Now

Info:

After one and a half decade and more than 370 releases, Compost Records bundles some of their finest tunes as Various Artists digital download compilation albums. 
The variety and full spectrum of Compost’s repertoire has never or rarely been presented in form of a musical genre compilation. These releases will be compiled or DJ-mixed by Compost’s artists and are available as digital downloads, except in some rare cases very very limited as 500 CDs.
How to define ambient? In the strictest sense Compost Records hardly offers any of this. But what if you decide to look within tracks and add some darkness and deep beats here and there....? Well, there you have it.
Rupert & Mennert already dug into the big Compost archives to deliver selections of remixes, downbeat, experimental and jazz (vol. 1 & 2). This successor will be their sixth mixed selection. But this one is different... this time they dug so deep into the vault that they were actually lost for several weeks. Luckily they had their record player and laptop with them so they survived! And when they resurfaced, what did they dig up? A great compilation of literally ‘parts of music’. With a total of 20 tracks and loads of snippets, they deliver a mix of 67 minutes which is the ultimate ‘Compost Ambient Experience’! To listen to the tracks on their own is great, but mixed together it’s astonishing.
What to expect? Tracks from Jean Paul Bondy, Dan Curtin, Ben Mono, Felix Laband, Joash, Alif Tree, Taran, TJ Kong & Nuno dos Santos, The Nova Dream Sequence (= King Britt), Four Ears, Genf, KJM and Funkstörung. They also layed their hands on two new exclusive tracks which were never heard before on Compost. An old and rare track from Beanfield and a track from T_Mo (= Timo Garcia).
So please relax and treat yourself to the dark ambient sounds of the Compost cosmos!
Who are Rupert&Mennert?
They reside in Den Helder, The Netherlands. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. From there they send their fine radio show into the wide world. The show is currently re-invented. The Sound of Swound ran for more then 200 shows. But it will be replaced by something even better: “Weird Pigs - not for copycats”. Besides their love for broadcasting they produce music too. Together with Me Raabenstein they released, as Lagerfeltz, an album on Nonine Recordings, Berlin.Together with remix-work for Energie du Verre and Ensemble du Verre (Batterie Records, Hamburg) and Timo Garcia (Compost) their release-roster is building. The cherry on the cake is the selection of one of their remixes on the new Future Sound of Jazz 12 (picked by the Compost head-honcho himself).
And off course you can expect more Compost Selections from their hand too. Currently they are working on a second ‘Remixes Selection ‘and a ‘Female Vocals Selection’.
More information or bookings: www.rupertmennert.nl
Contact them directly through info@rupertmennert.nl



The Compost Selection releases:

V.A. Compost Ambient Selection Vol.1
„Sleeping Beauty“ – Compost Relax Works compiled and mixed by Minus 8  (limited edition CD, Download)
V.A. Compost House Selection Vol. 1
„10.000 Leagues Deeper“ – Compost House Cosmos. compiled and mixed by Thomas Herb (Download)
V.A. Compost HipHop Selection Vol.1
„ 2Hot 2Cold 2Tuff„  - Compost HipHop Hunk compiled and mixed by Sepalot (Download)
V.A. Compost Disco Selection Vol.1
“Astro Boogie„  -  Neo Disco Voltage compiled and mixed by Michael Reinboth (Download)
V.A. Compost Jazz Selection Vol. 1
„See The Sun“ – Compost Jazz Affairs. compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost Downbeat Selection Vol. 1
„Ocean Beat“ – Compost Warm Organic Harmony compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost House Selection Vol. 2
„Get Slapped Up“ – House Moods compiled and mixed by Shahrokh Dini (Download)
V.A. Compost Downbeat Selection Vol. 2
„One Step Forward“ – Warm Pop And Folky compiled and mixed by Michael Reinboth (Download)
V.A. Compost Jazz Selection Vol. 2
„ Crosswinds“ – Compost Jazz Affairs compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost Experimental Selection Vol. 1
„ Crosswinds“ – Compost Jazz Affairs compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)
V.A. Compost Remixes Selection Vol. 1
„ Crosswinds“ – Compost Jazz Affairs compiled and mixed by Rupert & Mennert (Download)


forthcoming Compost Selection releases:

V.A. Compost Brazil Selection compiled and mixed by Tom Burclay
V.A. Compost Drum & Bass  Selection compiled and mixed by Christian Prommer 
V.A. Compost Broken Beat Selection Compiled and mixed by Eddy Ramich (Eddy Meets Yannah)
V.A. Compost Disco Selection Vol. 2
V.A. Compost Remixes Selection Vol.2

16. Alif Tree - Forgotten Places (Felix Laband Remix)

Bootleg: Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place

Everything In It's Right Place (Tennis Radiospread remix)

Alif Tree - Winteraud mix

More than 30 years in business, over 800 catalogue releases, over 8000 songs + remixes and still going strong!! Compost is one of the most prolific, highly acclaimed and in demand indie labels in Europe. Compost and its sublabels Compost Black Label, Compost Disco, Drumpoet Community, Derwin Recordings and rumpelmusig standing for quality music, a sophisticated mixture of electrifying disco, house, techno, soul, jazz and a little bit of pop. XLR8R wrote: "...top address where electronica meets musicality". Besides internationally respected artist like Robert Owens, Trüby Trio, Koop, Beanfield, Christian Prommer, Felix Laband, Karma, Ben Mono, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Marsmobil, Eddy Meets Yannah, Sepalot, Alif Tree, Shahrokh, Wigald Boning a.o. the label is also well known for its praised compilation series V.A. "Elaste" (Vol.1-4), "Future Sounds Of Jazz" (Vol.1-14), "Partykeller" (Vol.1-3) or "Glücklich" (Vol.1-5). Like Gilles Peterson once said: “With great pleasure I pronounce Compost the most consistent and forward thinking record label of continental Europe.“

COMPOST BLACKLABEL #63 | Alif Tree - Clockwork Remixes Part 2 | Aurevoir (John Gazoo Remix)

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