Various Artists - Total 9
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Various Artists - Total 9
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Label: Kompakt – KOMPAKT CD 67
Series: Total 9
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: Aug 19, 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Minimal, Deep House, Microhouse
For many, Total 9 represents the apex of the annual Kompakt series — a double compilation marking fifteen years of the Cologne label that showcases the microhouse subgenre at a moment of genuine maturity, every contributor submitting work that feels fully realised and entirely assured. Twenty-two tracks that function both as a document of the year's finest moments and as a wealth of exclusive material, including contributions from Supermayer, The Modernist, Freiland, Thomas Fehlmann and DJ Koze available nowhere else.
Jörg Burger's Modernism Begins At Home stands as many listeners' highlight — five minutes of understated compositional elegance that exemplifies what makes this particular Total so enduring. Justus Köhncke's No Thanks For The Add, Jonas Bering's I Can't Stop Loving You, Matias Aguayo's deadpan Minimal and Kaito's nine-minute Everlasting Dub round out a record of remarkable variety and consistent quality. Released alongside the annual Total Gala in Cologne, this is the sound of a label that has spent fifteen years putting music first — and has never sounded more assured in doing so.
