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Posted by Cobalt on Aug-12-2006 00:50:

Kompakt Extra

Can this sublabel do any wrong? Almost everything I've heard from it is fresh, banging, and top-notch. Techno for your dancing shoes. Minimal with muscle. Neotrance with bite. Whatever you want to call it, the stuff rocks. Also, can a technohead explain what sort of style is it supposed to carry versus the sound of its Kompakt parent?

Also, do you have any favorites from the label?

One final question: why the hell does anyone group this with electro? It strikes me as a far-too-common misnomer.

Posted by Sand Leaper on Aug-12-2006 02:22:

I fail to see what this label has to do with electro as well, but one can most likely just lump that phenomenon in with how carelessly the term "electro" is being thrown around about any music with a buzzing bassline. On with the trainspotter blurbing..

I haven't been all that impressed with the recent outings (esp the last Oxia/Boratto split was woefully uninspired), but KOMEX 01 till 10 are all essential, particularly seeing as 01 includes the fantastic yet hideously underrated "Fackeln Im Sturm" by Grungerman (Wolfgang Voigt). Personally I have a soft spot for Speicher 16 and Mike Ink's track, "Playing With Knives". Bouncy 303 goodness that sounds just as good no matter where the pitch is.

It seems that KomEx is more strict dancefloor material, while Kompakt is far more varied (ambient releases from Markus Guentner and Joachim Spieth, glitchy deep stuff from Thomas Fehlmann or more atmospheric house from Kaito).

Posted by Psy-T on Aug-12-2006 02:22:

Monaco Schranze - Der S�ger von St. Georg (11)
Steve Bug - That Kid (Ha.te Mix) (21)
Mathew Jonson & The Mole - Dirt Road And A Boat From Soundwave (26)

Posted by fitom tiel on Aug-12-2006 03:24:

This stuff is so good.

Posted by bobba lou on Aug-12-2006 07:00:

just call it good music.

Posted by basd on Aug-12-2006 13:06:

Indeed, it has got jack shit to do with electro, but then again, so does 90% of the stuff that gets the "electro" label slapped on nowadays.

While there sure is some quality amongst their releases (that latest Superpitcher / Stardiver release is pretty decent), I can't really say KomEx is a real favourite of mine..

Posted by j�c� on Oct-19-2006 04:42:

Michael Mayer & Reinhard Voigt - Transparenza

this is what its all about!

Posted by Allied Nations on Oct-19-2006 04:51:

Jonas Bering on kompakt is where its at.

Posted by chesco on Oct-19-2006 11:15:

The music policy on kompakt extra is a bit more dancefloor orientated than kompakt, at least thats the way it appears to me. Also as you've probably noticed each ep has a track from two artists.

The only kompakt extra release worth talking about are voigt's -supertiel and michael mayer - x. There are a few other decent releases but nothing with any timeless value like these two.