For this playlist, we are slowly adding tracks that start at the beginning of Kompakt&#x27;s story - we reach deep into our extensive back catalogue and select key tracks ranging from early bangers to future classics - a perfect introduction to the label 

KOMPAKT: Selection

Auren Klyne, Nomiind & Taruun-Emerald  (Mellon Place Records)

Wood2

Pop Funk - Matter_mix

Jepe is back on Engrave Ltd with the fresh new single 'Ready When You Are' featuring Evelynka. Original version comes here alongside two remix treatments by Musumeci & Phunkadelica.

@jepejustjohn
@engraveltd

Ready When You Are

Jepe feat. Evelynka - Ready When You Are (Original Mix)

Buy/stream: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/PopAmbient2020SD

20 years of Pop Ambient. Already? One didn’t notice. It’s an anniversary which comes quietly. An anniversary with quiet tones. In the spirit of the special restraint of pop-elegance, it has no reason to drawn attention to itself with a big „Tam-Tam“. Or better: „Bum-Bum“. The bass drum stays outside. Nevertheless, in fast-paced, overstimulated times of moving forward, it’s a joyful occasion to look back. What strikes most by putting or listening to 20 years of pop ambient in a row is the central theme that holds together the dense aesthetic concept like the pearls of a necklace. Floral beauty for digital naturalists. Music like flowers, that don’t wilt. Timeless. Ageless.
But with all of the conceptual unity and resolution, Pop Ambient would not be Kompakt without the break, the friction, the expansion of musical boundaries in between tradition and innovation, in between conspiracy and the openness of the discourse. Aestheticism, escapism, acting in the spirit of „nevertheless“. Swans drifting by, clouds pass over, everything is floating and: „Boredom is a stylistic device“ (Andy Warhol).

Pop Ambient Music is medicine against illnesses, that you don’t even suffer from. It’s giving everything, demanding nothing. Musical lotus leafs, off which the virtual wastewater of our time is rolling like the reality is dripping off the matrix. 

In this sense, we’re happy about the pop-ambient anniversary greetings from new and old companions like Thore Pfeiffer, Max Würden, Yui Onodera, Jörg Burger, Thomas Fehlmann, Morgen Wurde, Leandro Fresco aswell as contributions from T.Raumschmiere, Andrew Thomas and, after a long break, from friends from early days like Joachim Spieth, Markus Guentner und Klimek.

Pop Ambient 2020 is released digital, as CD and of course as a chic double vinyl. Also included in the package: The whole distinctive cover-series as an art book of 44 pages. And for all of the old and young fans and collectors there is the Pop Ambient 2001 in a overhauled original version out on vinyl for the very first time.

  Breath in. Breath out. Thank you.  

Wolfgang Voigt, September 2019.

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Thore Pfeiffer – Urquell

Exclusive Man2.0 'Hooked On U (Secret Factory Remix)

Londoner Mark Bailey alias Man2.0 makes his debut on Hungarian label Secret Fusion with his  five tracker 'Hooked On U', which comes with two original takes and altogther three remixes for the EP's title track and 'The Night We Went To The Sea Together'. The label owners themselves, Secret Factory take on remix duties for 'Hooked On U' and deliver a scinitillating chords layered piece of work whose darkly twisted sounds in combination with the vocoder-sung and icey-touched arpeggio are made to heat up the dance floor due its hollow hitting bass line that pushes the listener through the 'iced' arrangement of this forwardly-going and thought piece of music.

Man2.0's EP 'Hooked On U' will be released on Secret Fusion on January 27th, 2020.

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Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/hooked-on-u/2813350

Artist & label information
Man2.0: www.facebook.com/MAN2.0music // @man2point0 // www.instagram.com/man2pointzero
Secret Factory: www.facebook.com/secretfactorymusic // @secretfactorymusic // www.instagram.com/secretfactory_official 
Secret Fusion: www.facebook.com/SecretFusion // @secretfusionofficial // www.instagram.com/secretfusion_official

Visit & follow Torture the Artist at:
www.torturetheartist.net
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www.instagram.com/torture_the_artist
www.twitter.com/TorturingArt

Hooked On U E.P . (inc. Mufti, Re.You, Secret Factory Remixes)

Hooked On U (Secret Factory Remix)

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EXCLUSIVE: Man2.0 - Hooked On U (Secret Factory Remix) [Secret Fusion]

ARCYDARO 02 is due out February 07th.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/arcydaro/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/arcydaro/

Bandcamp: www.arcydaro.bandcamp.com/
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/arcydaro-02/2817680
Muting The Noise: https://www.mutingthenoise.com/music/arcydaro-02
Traxsource: https://www.traxsource.com/title/1264138/arcydaro-02
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/arcydaro-02-single/1493979930

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Tender Heart (Original Mix)

Buy/Stream: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/KanteEPSD

We welcome to the Kompakt family one of our local Cologne heroes, @jonathankaspar. We’ve appreciated him from afar for some time now thanks to his releases on Crosstown Rebels, Pets Recordings, Ouie and of course our own KX imprint. His single “Renard” was a highlight of our recently released TOTAL 19 collection, so it was time to make our relationship official with a 4 track EP.

Opener “Kern” leads with layers of melodic synths power charged around a playful house rhythm. For the digital release he offers up a Percussion Edit that is intended to bring more depth to the charge.
“Zentrum” is for that peak time pace…elevating melodies caress a swelling mid-tempo beat. Not to mention one of the biggest breakdown’s we’ve had the pleasure to release in some time. We move to “Licht” which literally sounds like it soars, then back to earth comes “Kante” – the most techno inspired track of the EP – an oscillating synth rips through solid low end bass frequencies – with Jonathan Kaspar skillfully demonstrating prime time, peak and valley production.

“Kante EP” brings out his emotive, high energy style of writing and producing in a means that could be pointed to as his best work to date.

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Jonathan Kaspar - Kante

Buy/stream: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/FrameDraggingSD

It's with great pleasure that we announce the return of New York's synth wizard @stevemoore2600 to KOMPAKT - pretty much exactly 10 years after his much lauded first appearance 'Bayern Kurve' on our SPEICHER series.

Steve Moore is widely recognized as one half of Italo Disco-tinged horror-prog project ZOMBI, his numerous thriller movie soundtrack works (The Guest, VFW, Mayhem, Bliss, The Mind's Eye) as well has his clubbier output on Ron Morelli's L.I.E.S. imprint.

The title track of this 4 track EP, "Frame Dragging" sees Moore in full spine tingling mode. In case you've ever stepped into a hot bath on a cold day (in case you haven't you should try it) you should be well familiar with the phenomenon of being incredibly cold and hot at once. That's exactly what 'Frame Digging' does to the dance floor. Goosebump massacre.

"Gamma Quadrant" combines emotive balearic elements with a rolling minimal house track that reminds us of early Playhouse glory. Or is it early Kompakt?

'Gravity Well' and 'Protostar' are both taking a more chilled out route. They perfectly bookend both sides of the record and showcase Moore's stunning ability of creating suspenseful, spaced out beauty.

Steve Moore - Frame Dragging

Time / Sleeper Must Awaken

Sleeper Must Awaken

Yandom EP (VOD004)

Wave Grave

Since Biesmans made his debut on AEON last year with his “A Long Road” EP, he has continued to build a profile and musical output that is both exciting and ground breaking. So it’s with great pleasure that we welcome him back to the label for his follow up EP “Top Gun”

Biesmans has decided to showcase two subtly different versions of the title track “Top Gun”. Version 1 is a stunningly produced lo-fi disco workout with nod to 80’s synth classics. A dynamic bass line underpins a delightfully simple but effective groove and delicious melodies. Version 2 is similar in it’s approach but is perhaps a little more strident. Biesmans said “I often make several versions of a track when I’m writing and then focus in on a particular version. In this case I couldn’t decide so I figured let’s release both!'
“Dr Electric” is a more melancholy in it’s approach, with a broken beat, subtle synths and vocodered vocals taking centre stage, with almost blissful prog rock leanings in places.

Remix duties are taken up by Permanent Vacation head honcho and AEON favorite Benjamin Fröhlich and Italian duo Phunkadelica.
Both have chosen to tackle “Dr Electric” and the results are sublime. Fröhlich’s approach stays closest to the original but employs a tougher breakbeat as the foundation for his version, borrowing heavily from the synth content before delivering a driving bass line to take the track into peak time territory. Phunkadelica’s more traditional progressive house style treatment serves up a more hypnotic mix with a galloping baseline and an ever evolving layered style that draws in the listener until a breakdown delivers the spin tingling moments.

Another perfectly balanced EP from the AEON crew with something to satisfy all palates.

Beatport

Biesmans - Top Gun II

Buy/stream: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/MusicMadeParadiseWE

Italy’s AGENTS OF TIME have long been on the KOMPAKT radar. It started thanks to their exemplary releases on Correspondant and other labels such as Stem, Ellum and their own imprint Obscura which includes last year’s collaboration with Mathew Jonson (from whom their name is inspired by). Michael Mayer had chance to play with them last summer at one of their Obscura parties and their friendship was cemented. Which leads us now to their five track KOMPAKT debut, entitled MUSIC MADE PARADISE.

From our early days of releasing landmark tracks from JUSTUS KÖHNCKE, the label has never been shy of exploring the enigmatic fringes of disco in our own way. AGENTS OF TIME follow these footsteps but head into galactic territory with MUSIC MADE PARADISE. They continue their knack for bridging synth-wave with modern bass rhythms in a means which are purely designed for today’s dance floors. We’re proud to make their label debut with an
incredible selection of music from this talented trio.

French touch meets Italo chic on Drive Me Crazy. At first, My Heart is A Microchip comes across as a segue track, but opens into cascading synths and a predatory breakbeat to lead its own charge. Under Control is classy Moroder disco brought to the modern age. Aptly titled Interstate 10 is an EP highlight – the percussion lead is infectious and ready for prime time exploration.

Agents Of Time - My Heart Is A Microchip

Exhibition Vol. 2

Delia

Exhibition Vol.2: Sisio - Delia

Dino Lenny 'You Little Punk' Damon Jee Remix

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Played at Microclimat, A La Folie, 4 Elements, Leopard Café, La Petite Chaufferie, Le 9B, Chez Kiki (Aux Bons Amis), Le Yono, Le Bloc...

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Demo submission: 
We receive a lot of demos every day. Please understand that we are unable to listen to everything. Send your private soundcloud link to: label@kompakt.fm.

Jonathan Kaspar - Kante

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