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Kompakt Germany
Review: Despite her status as a globe-trotting purveyor of "melodic music" that "takes you on a journey through time and space", Deer Jade has not released all that much music. In fact, this two-track outing for Cologne's mighty Kompakt Records marks her solo debut. She dials up the mysticism on title track 'Jukrupa', a swirling and trippy cut built around complex, intricately programmed percussion, bold bass and twinkling piano motifs that recall rushing old school house. Her love of all things psychedelic comes to the fore on 'Cosmic Dream', where mutant acid bass, echoing electronic motifs, hazy chords and trance-inducing TB-303 lines deliver nods to formative UK progressive house.
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KOMPAKT 483. 1
15 Mar 24
Deep House
15 Mar 24
Deep House
Review: Captain Mustache's 2023 set 'The Super Album' - a conceptual treat designed to capture in music "a whole day for the party people" - returns in remixed form, with a trio of artists delivering takes on their favourite cuts from the LP. Kadosh steps up first, brilliantly re-framing Speakwave collaboration 'About Love' is a house-tempo chugger rich in moody dark-room electronics, throbbing electronic bass and razor-sharp lead lines, before Whitesquare re-imagines Chicks On Speed hook-up 'Shifting Basslines' as a saucer-eyed slab of nostalgic piano-house/acid house fusion - all addictive bass, sparkling keyboard riffs and colourful synthesiser arpeggio lines. Finally, Third Culture races towards rave dancefloors with a thunderous and pleasingly raw take on the Arnaud Rebotini-sporting 'I Love Watching U'.
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KOMPAKT 484
23 Feb 24
Deep House
23 Feb 24
Deep House
Review: After a 17-year hiatus since his debut album, Call Me Killer, Heiko Voss returns with the remarkable 3:30 Minutes To Live - originally released in 2022 on Michael Mayer's IMARA label. Now, here come the remixes, so obviously titled as "3 Remixes for Heiko Voss". Running Back guru Gerd Janson lends his rhythmic touch to "Follow Your Line", steering it towards the vibe of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" with an infectious groove to captivate those bigger dancefloors. Next, techno pop grand dame ADA works her magic on the funk-infused "Talking Man", transforming it into sensationally soulful club track, while thirdly a potent Dub Version of "Follow Your Lin"" by IMARA and KOMPAKT boss Michael Mayer showcases the legend's golden production skills - breathing yet more life into Voss' work, affirming that good things do indeed take time.
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KOMPAKT 482D
19 Jan 24
Deep House
19 Jan 24
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: In Kolsch's fifth offering on the Kompakt label, "I Talk To Water," we embark on an emotionally charged and profoundly personal musical odyssey that pushes the boundaries of electronic music. This release stands as the artist's most intimate work to date, encompassing all the signature elements that have made his music widely acclaimed - lush melodic techno, trance-like structures, and sensuous, shivery textures. The genesis of "I Talk To Water" is rooted in Kolsch's reverence for his late father, Patrick Reilly, who succumbed to brain cancer in 2003. The album serves as a poignant homage to his father's memory. Reilly's presence graces three tracks, adding a deeply personal dimension to the album. In "Grape," his gentle guitar melodies harmonize with Kolsch's rhythmic beats, creating a melancholic, yet entrancing atmosphere. "Tell Me" is a brief, beautiful art song adorned with delicate keys and a subtle pulse. On the closing track "It Ends Where It Began," Kolsch lets his father's acoustic guitar take center stage, culminating in a poignant guitar solo that resonates with the soul. The album also features "Pet Sound," a tribute to one of Reilly's favorite albums, and tracks like "Khenpo," "Only Get Better," and "Implant" showcase Kolsch's expertise in crafting dynamic and emotionally charged techno.
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KOMPAKT CD 179 D
27 Oct 23
Techno
27 Oct 23
Techno
Review: Captain Mustache's return to Kompakt with The Super Album marks a triumphant reunion with the label after his 2021 single "Everything" - and other releases for Bordello A Parigi, Permanent Vacation and Bedrock. This talented French producer in recent editions has collaborated with luminaries like Chicks on Speed, Arnaud Rebotini, to even Amanda Lear - with the album taking on a super voyage of its own. From the poetic club banger "About Love" to the deep techno pulsations of "Laser Me", The Super album combines a dancefloor-focused narrative, delving into electro, driving techno, with moments of melancholic beauty that include the arpeggios of "Everything" and the Dopplereffekt-inspired "Galaxian Symbiosis." Overall, it delivers a dense, hypnotic, and brilliant pop journey that moulds your body into evocative new shapes for the dancefloor.
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KOMPAKT 472 D
29 Sep 23
Deep House
29 Sep 23
Deep House
Various
Review: Kompakt's 23rd Total compilation fearlessly explores the dance music realm once again with a curated lineup that ranges from deep minimalism to radiant disco-infused tracks and more. 23 kicks off with Kollmorgen's moody and atypical Kompakt cut "Muddy" leading into the subtle chimes of Argia's "No Concept". Some bite size Italo pop comes via Michael Mayer's "Talmi" alongside a heavier Cologne-infused "Duration" made with legendary cohort Barnt, while there's some new wave to be found from Stephan Barnem & Futuristant alongside some genre-defying "Cinematic Dance" by Jorg Burger. Summer hits also come from Rex The Dog, and John Tejada who drops in with "Duration", before the compilation concludes with Reinhard Voigt's classic vocal and tone combi: "Endlich XXL"
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KOMPAKTCD 177D
01 Sep 23
Deep House
01 Sep 23
Deep House
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KOMPAKT CD 177 D S 1
02 Aug 23
Deep House
02 Aug 23
Deep House
Gui Boratto feat Lhana Marlet
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
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KOMPAKT 468 S
28 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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KOMPAKT 468
02 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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KOMPAKT 467
28 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Stephan Barnem, an Italo-Brazilian DJ and producer who has made a name for himself in the music industry with his unique blend of techno, house, and electronica, is here collaborating with Futuristant, a rising star in the electronic music scene, to create an impressive new release, "Don't Cry," a homage to their mutual favorite band, Depeche Mode. While "Don't Cry" channels the dark brooding euphoria of Depeche Mode's "Music for the Masses" era, "Elysium" brings listeners back to the synthwave happy days of the band's debut album, "Speak & Spell." This carefree track is a breath of fresh air that's much-needed on today's discerning dancefloors.
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KOMPAKT 459 D
28 Apr 23
Deep House
28 Apr 23
Deep House
Review: 29 years since he made his debut, techno, deep house and ambient master John Tejada continues to deliver inspired music - much of it infused with plenty of machine soul and melodies to die for. This three-tracker for Kompakt is predictably impressive, with the Los Angeles-based veteran confidently striding between warm, hypnotic and jaunty tech-house haziness (the joyously rising and infectious 'Verior'), ultra-deep, saucer-eyed techno-tempo deep house (the blissful, unashamedly emotive 'Wild Ride') and glitchy, rolling, locked-in late-night excellence (the 'sunrise in Berlin' shuffle of 'Infinism'). In other words, it's another excellent EP from a producer who rarely puts a foot wrong.
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KOMPAKT 465
24 Mar 23
Deep House
24 Mar 23
Deep House
Review: Eight years have passed since Agents of Time released their debut album, so this belated sequel - for the mighty Kompakt, no less - is well overdue. The Italian duo's sound has evolved significantly over the last decade, moving from deep, progressive-influenced style to something much more widescreen, epic and smothered in sci-fi sounds. Universo, then, is a grand and inspiring affair, with the pair flitting between rubbery, tech-tinged two-step pop ('Fallin'), throbbing, Italo-influenced synth-pop ('Interstellar Cowboy', 'Liquid Fantasy'), nu-disco/tech-house fusion ('Pulses'), trancey electro-pop ('Poison'), garage-disco ('Vocal Ghost'), and string-laden dancefloor journeys ('Dream Vision (Orchestra Version)').
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KOMPAKTCD 172D
14 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
14 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
Kasper Bjorke feat Sofie Birch
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
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KOMPAKT 456. 1
09 Sep 22
Experimental/Electronic
09 Sep 22
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Following up the excellent "Blu" a couple of months ago, Southern Italian duo Agents Of Time are back on Cologne"s esteemed Kompakt Records with another electrifying adventure through future disco sounds on the suitably titled "Interstellar Cowboy". An eagerly anticipated release, this neon-lit vocal number has caused a huge buzz online the last several weeks, and we just know it"s going to be one of the biggest anthems over the forthcoming summer. Label staple Gui Borrrato from Brazil steps in for remix duties, in addition to a handy edit.
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KOMPAKT 453. 2
20 May 22
Experimental/Electronic
20 May 22
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Egyptian-born, Barcelona-based DJ and techno producer Raxon released Sound Of Mind in late 2021. Like many albums released during the pandemic, Raxon's debut album was a product of the unique social situation the planet has found itself caught within. Now we have some revised selections from the LP offered up here by German powerhouse Kompakt, with a new club version of "Exit Station", while "El Multiverse" receives a intensely cerebral redux by Japanese hypnotic techno merchant Wata Igarashi, and German minimal electro/'maximal' stalwarts Extrawelt get onboard for two renditions of "Droid Solo".
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KOMPAKT 433. 3
08 Apr 22
Experimental/Electronic
08 Apr 22
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: New on Cologne powerhouse Kompakt this week is Dutch duo Erik Buschmann & Wannes Salome aka Ramses, who some may know from their work in Amsterdam-based outfit Klangstof. The I Feel Nothing EP is made up of three tracks tied by their shared sense of ethereal timelessness and ample versatility. From the emotive and dub-inflected deep house of the title track, to the hypnotic melody on the mellowed and low slung house jam "Born To Fail" and the cinematic subterranean murmurs of the sombre closing track "Groef".
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KOMPAKT 441D
05 Nov 21
Minimal/Tech House
05 Nov 21
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Earlier this year Kompakt legend and electronic music pioneer John Tejada saw the release of his Year Of The Living Dead LP - an open letter to what life was like in 2020. As doors and dancefloors in some parts of the world start to open up again, so do the remix packages to help facilitate the zombies out there! Delivering a sweet and dusty groove replete with beautiful keys, chords and resonating tones is a lush Lawrence mix of "Panacea" (feel that clap track) next to a boomy, stepping and positively ominous remake of "Echoes Of Life" by Dntel. Plaid throw down an electro, IDM and dub techno-inspired session in their remix of "Abbot Of Burton", next to Tejada's own rework of "Sheltered". Jack it like a zombie.
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KOMPAKT 4283
01 Oct 21
Experimental/Electronic
01 Oct 21
Experimental/Electronic
Various
Review: Well, it's that time of year again when one of electronic music's finest labels presents another sonic soiree. Cologne powerhouse Kompakt serves up the 21st installment in their esteemed Total series featuring some the year's greatest hits and near misses, from their own roster and external artists but all curated in its distinct aesthetic throughout. Label staples such as Jurgen Paape appear with the balmy summer allure of "La Guitarra Romantica", label co-head Michael Mayer with the entrancing dancefloor drama of "Happy" and of course Voigt & Voigt on the paranoid afterhours minimal house of "Nicht Mein Job". Elsewhere, there's the ever reliable John Tejada making the mandatory appearance with the chilled contemplative beats of "Spectral Progressions", the always impressive Jonathan Kaspar being the label's best sound ambassador on the the deep techno epic "Von Draussen", the return of Gui Borrato on the glassy-eyed and bittersweet pop-inflections of "Wake Up" and newcomer Nicky Elisabeth with "Celeste" - which gets a slinky and hypnotic rework by the legend Roman Fluegel.
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KOMPAKTCD 168D
24 Sep 21
Experimental/Electronic
24 Sep 21
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Since the Kompakt legend's heyday, Michael Mayer's music has been few and far between, however when something does land it's to be celebrated. The interim between Brainwave Technology and his last single, Higher, for Kompakt comes through what Mayer has described as a deep dive into the thorny terrain of artificial intelligence, transhumanism and posthumanism. Inspired by reading German philosopher Richard David Precht and 'watching hours of YouTube material by self-proclaimed prophets', Meyer keeps on a deep yet light hearted and progressive tip in tracks like "Alpha", to the subtle "Device For The Young At Heart". Mayer throws in something rougher and perhaps slightly Aphex-inspired via "Gamma", with "Brainwave Technology" itself the obvious hit here with its Dirtybird-esque bassline and electro rave elements. Michael Mayer meets Lex Fridman.
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KOMPAKT 444D
27 Aug 21
Deep House
27 Aug 21
Deep House
Review: Take a wander over the storied discography of Egytian producer Raxon and you'll find a most intriguing career. Across 10 years Raxon has graduated with flying colours on labels like Ellum Audio, Drumcode and Truesoul to Diynamic Music and Audiojack's Gruuv - and intriguingly still is his contribution to Kompakt Extra. This seems to have paved the way for Raxon's debut album - Sound Of Mind - which sees the artist throw down a gauntlet of industrialised, melodic, minimal and electrified sounds. With detuned vocal effects across the LP reflecting a classic Richie Hawtin context, Raxon combines the heavy vamp of a bassline in "El Multiverse" next to some downtempo warehouse beats in "Majestic" alongside skippier rhythms and euphoric melodies in "Journey Mode". A super fresh debut album from a most trusted artist that adds to not only Kompakt's legacy but his own.
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KOMPAKT 433D
25 Jun 21
Breakbeat
25 Jun 21
Breakbeat
