Buy/stream: kompakt.fm/releases/total_20

Two decades. Twenty years. Twenty compilations. Over 400 tracks. Over two days of total playing time and countless coloured dots. If someone would have told us in 1999, when we put together TOTAL 1 that this would turn into one of the longest standing compilation series in techno world we would have laughed out loud. But here we are – in the year 2020 which will probably go down in history as the most difficult period ever for club culture. But we won’t stop doing what we’re doing. Music is our oxygen. We’ll dance together soon again.

The TOTAL series has always been like KOMPAKT’s yearbook and to say it with the late Frank Sinatra: It was a very good year. Our family of artists delivered a strong heterogeneous mix of uplifting sounds, from the lush reveries of ROBAG WRUHME and SOELA to the stark primetime bangers of MARC ROMBOY or ANNA & KITTIN and everything in between. Notable new entries to our crew are the Londoner KIWI with his wonderfully careless “Hello Echo” that picks up the camp disco vibes Justus Köhncke made a staple in our repertoire. Amsterdam’s DAVID DOUGLAS delivers an appetizer for a full course meal. His quirky pop approach sits comfortably between fellow dutchmen WEVAL’s abstract beats and AGENTS OF TIME’s opulent Italo Disco. YOTAM AVNI blends Detroit techno with new age jazz that reminisces the sound of ECM artists like Jan Garbarek or John Surman. The man with the hat, KÖLSCH also picks up jazzier notes in his very own big room style. Youngblood JONATHAN KASPAR appears twice, fortifying his status as one of the hottest beat smiths of our hometown Cologne. TOTAL wouldn’t be TOTAL without our permanent staff present in full force. As per tradition, KOMPAKT’s founding fathers, VOIGT & VOIGT, JÜRGEN PAAPE, JÖRG BURGER, MICHAEL MAYER as well as our Berlin outpost SASCHA FUNKE all deliver exclusive gems that also feature on Total 20’s double vinyl edition.

May TOTAL 20 become your trustworthy companion in these uncertain times.

Various Artists - Total 20 (Kompakt 420)

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https://allblakrecords.bandcamp.com/album/going-through-phasers

PREMIERE: Keenan Bittner - Going Through Phasers (Cottonmouthkillah Remix)

Mastered by Kitchen Lab
Cover art by Saak Bertrand

AZLN - Cherry Flame (Original Mix)

Get Busy - Skender Makota feat Mr Lee

Sam Goku has been a regular force of quality within the Atomnation crew. Following the release of his recent 'Every Step' EP, the Munich-based DJ and producer presents his latest studio work through the Amsterdam record label run by Applescal: a dazzling 3-track EP that further expands his vivid sound palette.

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/sam-goku-orchids-rapture-atomnation/
Buy: https://atomnation.bandcamp.com/album/paradise-drum-ep

https://soundcloud.com/atomnation
https://soundcloud.com/samgoku

Premiere: Sam Goku - Orchids Rapture [Atomnation]

Hot steam billowed out of the cafe's kitchen, forcing those front of house to furiously mop the sweat from their brows. He sat by the window with his coffee and wiped the condensation from the glass so he could watch the streets activities. Every now and then he'd nod or raise his hand to wave as regular faces passed by the cafe; nothing much changed around here but these fleeting interactions kept him going.

Brazil's ODDiscos co-founder Davis makes his return to Live At Robert Johnson with a new six-tracker titled Dance Peralta. The EP marks his third release for the label, an offshoot of the Offenbach-based night club, and sees the São Paulo-based producer dust off his TR-808, Juno and MS-20 for six tracks that match jovial synth riffs, rumbling bass lines and chunky drumwork.

PREMIERE: Davis - Fugaz [Live at Robert Johnson]

Bedouin Ride (Theus Mago Remix) (Snippet)

Robag Wruhme - Calma Calma (Total 20)

Soela - White Becomes Black (Total 20)

Michael Mayer - Agita (Total 20)

Jürgen Paape - Vox Acris (Total 20)

David Douglas - Lose Control (Total 20)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/total_20

Two decades. Twenty years. Twenty compilations. Over 400 tracks. Over two days of total playing time and countless coloured dots. If someone would have told us in 1999, when we put together TOTAL 1 that this would turn into one of the longest standing compilation series in techno world we would have laughed out loud. But here we are – in the year 2020 which will probably go down in history as the most difficult period ever for club culture. But we won’t stop doing what we’re doing. Music is our oxygen. We’ll dance together soon again.

The TOTAL series has always been like KOMPAKT’s yearbook and to say it with the late Frank Sinatra: It was a very good year. Our family of artists delivered a strong heterogeneous mix of uplifting sounds, from the lush reveries of ROBAG WRUHME and SOELA to the stark primetime bangers of MARC ROMBOY or ANNA & KITTIN and everything in between. Notable new entries to our crew are the Londoner KIWI with his wonderfully careless “Hello Echo” that picks up the camp disco vibes Justus Köhncke made a staple in our repertoire. Amsterdam’s DAVID DOUGLAS delivers an appetizer for a full course meal. His quirky pop approach sits comfortably between fellow dutchmen WEVAL’s abstract beats and AGENTS OF TIME’s opulent Italo Disco. YOTAM AVNI blends Detroit techno with new age jazz that reminisces the sound of ECM artists like Jan Garbarek or John Surman. The man with the hat, KÖLSCH also picks up jazzier notes in his very own big room style. Youngblood JONATHAN KASPAR appears twice, fortifying his status as one of the hottest beat smiths of our hometown Cologne. TOTAL wouldn’t be TOTAL without our permanent staff present in full force. As per tradition, KOMPAKT’s founding fathers, VOIGT & VOIGT, JÜRGEN PAAPE, JÖRG BURGER, MICHAEL MAYER as well as our Berlin outpost SASCHA FUNKE all deliver exclusive gems that also feature on Total 20’s double vinyl edition.

May TOTAL 20 become your trustworthy companion in these uncertain times.

Steve Moore - Frame Dragging (Total 20)

Jörg Burger - Surprise Yourself (Total 20)

Agents Of Time - Drive Me Crazy (Total 20)

FHR020 - Dino Lenny - House Of Love

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Michael Mayer - Agita (Total 20)

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