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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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Reinhard Voigt - Zu Dicht Dran (DJ Koze Mix)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/kompilation_2xlp

How do you define an artist who has never performed live, nor DJ’ed, nor ever had his photograph published and has never partaken in an interview? By the music of course. Jürgen Paape has proven this time and time again. How? Listen. Here. Right. Now. Co-owner of Kompakt. The house’s most elusive member remains the uncompromised, untainted shining star. He, who has launched the label with its very first release “Triumph“, Jürgen Paape has left a legacy of music that is a true core of the sound which Kompakt’s foundation is built on.

We celebrate Jürgen Paape with “Kompilation”. A well deserved opportunity to hear Jürgen Paape for fans and newcomers – revived and remastered and for the very first time on double vinyl – in a way that it plays through like a full length album. Some of the biggest moments of Kompakt over a three decade history are here; the chorus of “So Weit Wie Noch Nie” remains timeless – there to send shivers of pleasure down your spine as we feel at the end of exhaustive end of a night. “Take That” is an anthem for the still to be built rock stadiums of tomorrow. It’s a bonafide hit that put him in the charts in Australia and Italy. – “Come Into My Life” remains undeniably one of Kompakt’s catchiest pop tracks ever. “So Wird Die Zeit Gemacht” – builds on Paape’s signature sound with the spirit and vitality of classic house and a truly demented vocal hook. Then there’s the unique Schaffel quirkiness of “Ofterschwang” and so many other hits Jürgen Paape has delivered over the years. Well, it’s Paape!

Kompilation

Jürgen Paape - How Great Thou Art

type: ep
artist: Erich Lesovsky
name:Blow You Home
remixer: René Bourgeois
label: supdub digitales
cat.-nr.: 059
release date: 15.12. on beatport (only digital)

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Erich Lesovsky - Blow You Home (Rene Bourgeois Remix)

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Renaissance welcomes Ron Flatter to the label with his 'Embraces Scars EP'. It's a mix of incredible, experimental surprises and blissful melodic techno with bags of energy.

Ron Flatter is well established and has been releasing music for over 20 years on some of the worlds largest independent labels such as Traum Schallplatten, Stil Vor Talent, Boxer Sport, Einmusika, Hive Audio, Eleatics and his own label, Pour La Vie Records.

Lead track 'Embraces Scars' is a unique, melodic composition with a very emotive female vocal; when Ron first heard it he really wanted to give it a place between his synthesizers in a way that only he could. ‘Ivoo’ continues the melodic masterclass, albeit with an instrumental lean that puts the all important ‘E’ in emotive. Lastly, 'Cosmolimon' really flourishes into a beautiful piece of art, which includes a warmer groove and esoteric male vocal. This EP is really something for all the crate diggers out there!

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PREMIERE: Ron Flatter - Cosmolimon (Original Mix) [RENAISSANCE]

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Regulus

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Palermo

DJ Koze's 2013 album opus Amygdala has continued to bewitch all who encounter it since its release. Tipped as his own personal Sgt. Pepper, the sublime long-player revealed a fully-realised and personal body of work, complete with a classic songwriting at its core, House in its heart, and veins coursing with psychedelic color. La Duquesa' was the album's dreamy single standout, a journey into deep, tropical ecstasy. XTC' begins in the same spirit, and captures the all the blissful allusions of its name, but its initial gentility belies the deep intensity to come. Floating pads glow with celestial ambience as a kick drum is gradually coaxed into solid form, and the introduction of spoken text begins the second act. Many people are experimenting with the drug Ecstasy,' it says, ...is the drug like the lie and meditation the truth Or am I missing something that could really help me". XTC' then transforms: sweetly imploring tones become demanding, gentle gradients between chords turn hard-edged, and sharp hi-hats cut through the haze. Complete with Koze's signature percussive quirks, it drives towards the track's final pay off: an undeniable, all-consuming, irresistible high. Knee On Belly' recalls Koze at his most tongue-in-cheek and overt, it is bright, bold and literally brassy, using cut-up horns of all shapes and sizes to patchwork together his own unique arrangement. With the highs and mid ranges accounted for, Koze adds in a swollen, thrumming bass line to mix to bring this floor-filler to life. Knee on Belly' recalls a raw, filtered and funky approach to groove, with a nod to disco house and the art of artful sampling, as it orbits between its own neon highs and simmering lows.

Pampa024A DJ Koze -  XTC

Jakes Forbes was a former senior editor at Tokyopop and the author of several editorials on the manga industry and scanlation.

Excerpt Of Interview With Jake Forbes by Meredith Gilbert

my brand-new Production at the peaktime-Compilation for Global Ritmico - 10 Years (Happy Birthday)

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René Bourgeois - N.R.G. (Original Mix)

Original tracks : https://youtu.be/9bDt8p90qTA , https://youtu.be/O-XR29czACc

Dettinger - Blond & Dettinger - Infarkt (V.K. mashup)

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Rene Bourgeois - Brainkill EP (IAU001)

So my dear friends - “that’s what I’ve told ya!” - “brain is the weapon!”
This approach used by 'mastermind' René Bourgeois and the Brainkill EP was born.
Two absolute “4 to the floor” dancefloor bangers represent the foundation of this Ugly debut, embraced by crazyness and the unmistakable bourgeois killer instinct for this sick drop.
A little bit of freak show ... Just ugly! A perfect match!

"Und das, was ich euch stets gepredigt habe war, dass Intelligenz die Waffe ist!" Diese Herangehensweise nutzte „Mastermind“ René Bourgeois und schuf die Brainkill EP. Zwei absolute Dancefloorgranaten bilden das Konstrukt des Ugly-Debüts, ummantelt von Craziness und dem unverwechselbaren bourgeois´schen Killerinstinkt für den Drop. Ein kleines bisschen Freakshow… Just ugly! Für uns perfekt.

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Brain Is The Weapon

Kompakt Total 1

Dicht Dran

Various Artists - Kompakt Total 1 - p&c 1999

Salz - 2.1

The latest from Deersky’s Soundteller Records welcomes Andy King to the label for his debut single. The UK artist lays claim to a meticulous discography highlighted by releases on BCSA, Proton Music and Stripped Digital. After capping off a successful 2019 with a release on Solarstone’s Pure Progressive imprint, Andy now debuts on Soundteller with ‘Hemisphere’ alongside remixes from Eric Lune and Monojoke.

Always surfing the genre barriers with an effortless ease, Andy explores his pure progressive roots on ‘Hemisphere’. Beautifully designed, it’s tough galloping beats play off shimmering arps and spacey sweeps across the first act, before eventually melting down into a tranquil break. Creating tension with each successive loop, ghostly wails drift across the framework, as muted rhythms gently rumble below. Cosmic synths then steal air at opportune moments, washing away the atmosphere into a rush of beats and percussion for a powerful finale.

Fresh off a stunning remix for Stellar Fountain, it’s Eric Lune who provides the first interpretation of ‘Hemisphere’. The Australian artist remains one of the progressive scenes fasting rising stars and his uncanny knack for crafting feel good melodies continues here. Clocking in at nearly ten minutes in length, it’s soulful strums, playful musicality and buoyant groove are joyous to say the least. Not lost in this is are dynamic moments though, particularly during the main break. Complete with striking electronics and impassioned harmonics, it serves as the ideal centrepiece for this epic journey.

Rounding out the release and providing the second and final interpretation of ‘Hemisphere’ is label artist Monojoke. Returning for his 10th appearance, the Polish artist follows his hit ‘Neon Desert’ from September of last year with a superb remix here. Drawing on the sensibilities of the original the Cracow resident adds layer after layer of melodic colour. It’s this trademark sound which has made him such a huge favourite amongst progressive house fans, and with a truly exhilarating break it really does round the release out on a massive note. Big time stuff from Monojoke and a beautiful release from Deersky’s Soundteller Records. Highly recommended.

Buy: https://bit.ly/2GKWyF6

Release Date: 03-02-2020

Release Promo: http://releasepromo.com

Andy King - Hemisphere (Eric Lune Remix)

A label-defining masterpiece, Jürgen Paape's aptly titled "Triumph" is not only one of the best records ever put out by Kompakt, but also the first one. For Record Store Day 2013, we decided to polish up the old master tapes and re-release this indispensable floor classic to fresh ears, giving it the overhaul it so clearly deserves. Also features a new "The Best Of Mike Ink Is Dead Mix" not included in the original release! Out on April 20th, this record will be available only on vinyl, only in record stores and only on Record Store Day... keep the fire burning!

More info: www.kompakt.fm/artists/juergen_paape

EXCERPT: Jürgen Paape - Triumph 1

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.

Yotam Avni - It Was What It Was (Album Version) (Total 20)

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