Tristan, I have Kompakt 25 'Pensum' by M. Mayer. It has a very generic tech-house Kompakt feel to it; soft noise laden synth pads, with big bumpy basslines, and off kilter shuffled percussion, not his most shining moment (try 17 & 4, or the Wasserman rmx that he did.)
While I personally enjoy all the Kompakt releases, on some level or other, I would have to say that for someone who wants the best of the best, grab Joachim Spieth's 'Abi 99' (Kom 5), Dettinger 'Blonde' and or 'Puma' (Kom 2 and 6), and Dubstar 'Shining Through (Kom 11). I would alos recommend checking out Kompakt total 1 if not for the Salz track alone (Salz is possibly the most undervalued tech label), then the Dettinger, Mayer, and Paape tracks. In any case I hope everyone would listen to the kompakt backcatalogue or what you can find of it here's a start www.kompakt-net.de weirdness for all todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 11:21 PM Subject: [313] Kompakt Education Please > I picked up the Kompakt - Total 2 compilation last weekend and I'm love with > the M. Mayer track "Amanda". > > The only other Kompakt record I've been inspired to buy so far was the first > M. Mayer 12". I see there's a new one, KOM 25. Anyone heard this? How does > it compare to the rest of his output? I like the overtly 80's style of > Amanda, and the overboard triumphant synths on the first one, but a lot of > the other Kompakt stuff I've heard doesn't really grab me as much as say, > Perlon, Basic Channel, etc. It almost feels like it's stuck in a grey area > between heady dancefloor stuff and super-quirky IDM, never really satisfying > my cravings for either. Maybe it just doesn't go over as well in headphones > at the record store? > > So... if you can point me to more Michael Mayer stuff that's worth picking > up, or releases on Kompakt that are sure to impress, I'd be much obliged. On > that tip, anything that's on this German retro-80s meets German house tip > sounds good to me. The Popacid mix of Fackeln Im Sturm by Wolfgang Voigt is > another example of this style. I remember somone about a year ago said this > style was featured at some club in Germany. The more info the better. > > Tristan > ---------- > Eleven mixes, one album, various tracks, pics and info here: > http://phonopsia.tripod.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <FrogboyMCI> on AOL IM > > "Deserve's Got Nothing to Do With it". > -Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
