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It's not that we're bored or think that it's super cool to run a blog, but there are things that bother us beyond the norm and superbrain suggested we let off some steam this way. The following items were stolen in the line of duty from us and close friends:
1. iPhone at the ParisParis in Paris, February 15, 2008
2. Gray pullover with black clown print at Sankie's Soap in Manchester, November 9, 2007
3. Black Rick Owens leather jacket at Fabric in London, November 10, 2007
4. Grey handbag by Hobo with Sony Ericson and Black Cashmere gloves inside at L'Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris, February 15, 2008
Supermayer totally agress with Moses, that stealing really sucks and is a deadly sin. We're gonna hunt down each and every one of you thieves. Unless you send our things back today (okay - you can do it anonymously if you want, villain!), there will be serious consequences.
That said, have a look at this vid of the I Love Art party at L'Espace Pierre Cardin on February 16. There was a power outrage. Insanity ensued.
Here at rainy, cloudy Kompakt HQ, I recently had to hear Gui attempt to complain about how hot and sunny it's been in his hometown of Sao Paulo...I couldn't have been less sensitive to this preposterous wisecrack. Just as we were about to throw his ass on a one-way trip to Antarctica, he saved himself by posting this most generous thank you gift to fans which all being well means you too. Download this alternative version of what became this summer's genuine feel good dance anthem "Beautiful Life". Truth be told, this is actually the original take on the song and we freaking love it - proper synth-pop that should make the nu-gazer's well happy. Another thing about Gui is that we honestly don't know how his finds time in his day to keep up a continuous flow of new releases and remixes. When it's this good who cares and there's plenty to keep you warm and roasted like a chestnut thanks to singles on DE:FRAG, GALAKTIKA and SYSTEMATIC. For those that need continuity don't for get to get his mix CD "ADDICTED 2" . To toot our own horn, let's direct you to his new SPEICHER single "MATRYOSHKA" on KOMPAKT EXTRA which you buy digitally here.
Please say hello to KOMPAKT's dynamic duo SUPERMAYER. The union of KOMPAKT’s most loved DJs SUPERPITCHER and MICHAEL MAYER under the guise SUPERMAYER recently went global with their full length Save The World - a labor of love and a creative leap for both artists that we expect to keep you grinning ear to ear from beginning to end. The critical mass have put these lads in a mist of controversy - the many who expected a 'minimal techno' masterpiece were in for a a shocking surprise with "SAVE THE WORLD" thanks to Schaufler and Mayer dipping in so many different musical honey pots. Regardless of opinion, it's safe to say that they stayed true to the core with KOMPAKT's never-ending love for one of the most extravagant sources of entertainment on the planet - dance music, and came up with something ingeniously refreshing and exciting. It's only fitting that one of SUPERMAYER's most vocal supporters would be called upon to tackle a firm fan-favorite track from the album The Art Of Letting Go.
EWAN PEARSON remains as one of today's most in-demand producers to emerge out of the dance music community. He's remixed everyone from Franz Ferdinand to Goldfrapp (as can be found on the new retrospective 2XCD collection entitled PIECE WORK now available on !K7). Ewan's production credits run deep with The Rapture, Tracey Thorn, Ladytron, M83 amongst others. We were thrilled he had time to remix SUPERMAYER and were flabbergasted when came up with THREE edits for the boys. Our righteous vinyl fans will see that the 12" version features 2 mixes so we'd like to offer you his "Ewan's Daft Funk Vocal Edit (Ewan Pearson)" on the house - exclusively available (legally) here for free on RCRD LBL of course!
It only makes sense to roll things off right by letting you get to know a bit about one of the most beloved artists to have emerged on KOMPAKT ever--THE FIELD.
Goes without saying that it's been one hell of a whirlpast year for Stockholm-based Axel Wilner--a year ago none of us (including Axel) ever imagined everything that's happened to the guy... his album From Here We Go Sublime immediately leaped to become the biggest crossover indie-dance releases on KOMPAKT since BURGER/INK's Las Vegas was licensed to MATADOR way back when... we've been elated by the many people would be touched by his 'nu-gaze' style of combining familiar music sources into layers and layers of blissful repetition.
Hopefully some of you witnessed the fitness as he opened for !!! on their recent tour of the states, or heard his brand-spanking new remix of our favorite BATTLES song Tontoon fellow RCRD LBL-mates WARP... Brazilian readers can now go see him out on the road with LCD SOUNDSYSTEM... we'll be posting a tour diary from that jaunt soon, so stay tuned.
In the meantime, for those of you that yet uninitiated with our sailor boy, we're glad to offer you this firm fan favorite for free, "Over the Ice".
Well, why hello there and welcome to KOMPAKT's first 'official' place on the world-wide web where you'll be able to get in one place music, recipes, stories and news about what is making us tick... we've been asked by the fine folks at RCRD LBL to let you know a bit about ourselves so here's an official blurb we have about KOMPAKT which should explain what we do here.
"Believe it or not it¹s almost 15 years since Kompakt emerged as a small record store in Cologne, Germany, uniting a collective of local musicians that included co-founders Jurgen Paape, Wolfgang Voigt (aka Mike Ink, GAS, Wasserman to name a few), his brother Reinhard Voigt and DJ/producer Michael Mayer. Today, Kompakt remains a community-driven business, expansion has allowed the record store to offer arguably the world¹s largest selection of electronic music, a distribution centre that houses over 60 exclusive record labels and over 200 others, booking agency, recording studios, the online shop KOMPAKT-MP3 and of course our Kompakt in-house record labels. Oh, and there's a kitchen, too."
