Various Artists - Total 8
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Various Artists - Total 8
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Label: Kompakt – KOMPAKT CD 60
Series: Total 8
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: Aug 13, 2007
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Minimal
Summertime at Kompakt means Total — and the eighth instalment is widely regarded as the most diverse yet, marking a prominent return to the streets of Cologne and the musicians who were essential in building the label's techno community from the ground up. Two discs, twenty-two tracks, a pilgrimage through the best the label had to offer in 2007 — the annual gathering that served as both a showcase of the year's shining musical moments and a peek into what was coming next.
The roster alone tells the story: Superpitcher, DJ Koze, Jörg Burger, Reinhard Voigt, Rex The Dog, Justus Köhncke, Gui Boratto with a Robert Babicz remix, Aril Brikha and Oxia among the contributors. For those who hadn't kept pace with Kompakt's steady stream of twelve-inch releases, Total 8 functioned as the essential hook-up — and for those who had, it served as confirmation that the label was operating across an exceptionally wide and consistently high-quality spectrum. A document of Kompakt at a particular moment of creative abundance, still sounding remarkably fresh.
