Kompakt

Andy Stott – Passed Me By / We Stay Together

Manchester-based producer Andy Stott has been busy over the last year, releasing two lengthy EPs that have recently been brought together for a double-CD package courtesy of Modern Love. Passed…

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Michael Mayer – Total 12 Megaset

Cologne-based super label Kompakt recently put on its annual Total party–this year saw the likes of co-founder Michael Mayer helm his mixing gear into what has been dubbed the Total…

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Pillowtalk – The Come Back EP

It's easy to lump many Italian record labels under the popular Italo-disco umbrella before listening to all of the artists a particular label has to offer. It may happen that…

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Walls [Interview]

London-based duo Walls are fresh off the heels of their sophomore LP, Coracle, which was released early October via Kompakt. I had the chance to get in touch with Sam…

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Gui Boratto – III [Album Review]

Having just seen Brazilian minimal techno extraordinaire Gui Boratto for the first time at Electric Zoo in New York this weekend, there was really no better time for me to…

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The Black Dog – Liber Temple

British techno legends The Black Dog are some of the most influential players who have helped to define IDM and electronic music of the 1990s and 2000s, alongside other major…

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Walls – Sunporch

European duo Walls have released the first single from their upcoming second album, Coracle, which is due out late September. "Sunporch," was released today via Kompakt and boasts similar euphoric…

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Squeaky Lobster – Will-O'-the-Wisp EP

Label-turned-distributor Kompakt recently unveiled the Will-O'-the-Wisp EP via Vlek Records by mysterious Belgian analog synthesizer lovers, Squeaky Lobster. There has been quite a bit of anticipation for this EP since…

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Walls – Walls

Hedonism, the philosophy that impatiently seeks immediate pleasure and avoids pain, seems to dominate much of the blog world and much of new music altogether. The repetitive tricks of popular…

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Gui Boratto – The Drill

Brazilian techno legend Gui Boratto has just released a new single from his upcoming third LP, simply titled III. III is to be released September 12, 2011 via Kompakt. "The…

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Panda Bear – Surfer's Hymn (Actress Primitive Pattern Remix)

Quality remixes seem hard to come by, given the plethora of dance remixes that have seemingly pigeon-holed themselves into gimmicky one-genre pieces consisting of little experimentation or creativity. Riding the…

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Matias Aguayo – Rollerskate

About a year and a half ago Matias Aguayo released Ay Ay Ay; an LP that stretches the popular notion of techno so much so that listening to it you…

Andy Stott – Passed Me By / We Stay Together

Michael Mayer – Total 12 Megaset

Pillowtalk – The Come Back EP

Walls [Interview]

Gui Boratto – III [Album Review]

The Black Dog – Liber Temple

Walls – Sunporch

Squeaky Lobster – Will-O'-the-Wisp EP

Walls – Walls

Gui Boratto – The Drill

Panda Bear – Surfer's Hymn (Actress Primitive Pattern Remix)

Matias Aguayo – Rollerskate

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