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The latest Kompakt collection is a markedly different experience to recent Total collections. For the first time in years, the collection is back to a 1 cd collection, rather than offering 2 discs. And the releases are from the core producers who have been the heartbeat of Kompakt for many years; Mayer, Superpitcher, Gui Boratto, Wolfgang Voigt, Gus Gus and co. So why this stripping back from one disc from two, and giving this space to just the label's most consistent producers? One can't help but wander if this tells us something of where the label stands in it's relevance to the modern electronic scene, or perhaps sales have dwindled after the disappointing offerings on Total 11, which featured very few tracks worth the purchase.
So how do the core of Kompakt fair on this collection? The answer is positive. This collection is far more melodic than Total 11 and has a mood closer to Mayer's original Immer mix than recent Total collections. After a warm melodic opener from Kolombo, it maintains a melodic minimal/house mood throughout most of it's offerings. A lull occcurs in the middle of the cd, as the harder tech-house siren-soaked offerings from Mayer and Boratto are a very long way short of their personal best, and Aguayo's disco slice 'I don't smoke' is an aquired taste to say the least. Modernist brings things back on track, re-instating the mood posessed by the earlier records and from here Total 12 manages to rescue itself from losing the listener in it's final third. The mid-cd lull is forgotten in a moment, as the absolute gems of Coma's 'Playground Altona' and Wolgang Voigt's 'Frieden' burst forth. The rich guitar melody of 'Playground Altona', and the drifting harmonic chants of 'Frieden' take the listener away, and reminds us why Kompakt is still so important after all. It is reflective musical moments like this, seemingly designed for stargazing, that reaffirm one's faith in electronic music. The closing records from Reinhold Voigt and Mohn are also spell-binding, and the listener is trully left tingling.
Total 12 is a worthy purchase.
So how do the core of Kompakt fair on this collection? The answer is positive. This collection is far more melodic than Total 11 and has a mood closer to Mayer's original Immer mix than recent Total collections. After a warm melodic opener from Kolombo, it maintains a melodic minimal/house mood throughout most of it's offerings. A lull occcurs in the middle of the cd, as the harder tech-house siren-soaked offerings from Mayer and Boratto are a very long way short of their personal best, and Aguayo's disco slice 'I don't smoke' is an aquired taste to say the least. Modernist brings things back on track, re-instating the mood posessed by the earlier records and from here Total 12 manages to rescue itself from losing the listener in it's final third. The mid-cd lull is forgotten in a moment, as the absolute gems of Coma's 'Playground Altona' and Wolgang Voigt's 'Frieden' burst forth. The rich guitar melody of 'Playground Altona', and the drifting harmonic chants of 'Frieden' take the listener away, and reminds us why Kompakt is still so important after all. It is reflective musical moments like this, seemingly designed for stargazing, that reaffirm one's faith in electronic music. The closing records from Reinhold Voigt and Mohn are also spell-binding, and the listener is trully left tingling.
Total 12 is a worthy purchase.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
fabulous collection
25 Sep 2011
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This is the best best label from Germany. bravo. Great new electronica / electropop / and minimal house. Kompakt 9 and 10 are brilliant. 11 sucks.
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