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Nothing says Detroit like Frankie Valli! ;)

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

my ears tell me tis a polysix

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

both sides of the justus are excellent. so far up my strasse it feels like he's moved in next door.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, late to the party, but I think people are underrating Total 7 on this thread. I think it's great, definitely the best Total since Total 4 - every track is at least good, and there's so many ace ace ace ones! Jonas Bering and Robert Babicz both surprised me with their swoony numbers.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:03 (nineteen years ago)

the second cd is particularly awesome - 'take that'! 'tranceformation'! 'the happy monster'! i like the bering one too, though i prefer his recent single esp '37°2'.

new justus kohncke single is fun. minimal funk!

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

The Rice Twins' "For Penny & Alexis" is so pretty! Steadycam's "Knock-Kneed" is like hammer horror techno! SCSI-9's "When She Said Goodbye" is precisely the rainbow-coloured pop that their recent album shamefully lacked! Jurgen Paape's 'Take That" is so comedy-menacing!

My only criticism is that "Tranceformation", "Redlight" and "Saft" shouldn't be put in a row - they're the sternest tracks on there (although they're all really good), and they should be broken up a little.

Yeah "The Happy Monster" is so good! The perfect title for it as well.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:11 (nineteen years ago)

I think they passed over some good releases from the past year to make room for a couple of sub-par new tracks. It could've been better, in other words.

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:31 (nineteen years ago)

Repeating myself from upthread, but yes, this included everything I wanted except for Mayer and Voigt's Transparenza. It's a great collection, and even though it seemed like a quiet year for Kompakt, this would indicate that it was a quietly strong year.

― matt2 (matt2), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

What good stuff was left off?

Gui Boratto - Sozinho
Stardiver - Borderline
Mayer/Voigt - Tranceperanza
something from the Kontrast single
Steadycam - Dull In Minor
Hug - The Platform

I guess some of the other K2 singles I haven't heard? I can understand why they didn't include multiple Boratto/Steadycam/Hug/Kontrast tracks.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

I'm guessing the cut off date for Total 7 was probably May, so some of those might end up on the next Total.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, like erm the year and a half old Polar Zipper mix being on this one...

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

What good stuff was left off?

DJ Koze - "Estrella"
The Orb - "Kan Kan"
John Dahlbäck - "Gas"
Mikkel Metal - "Rain"
Mufo - "C.L.A.U.D.I.A."
Bastien Grine - "Where R U?"
The Orb - "God Less America/Gorgeous"
Gui Boratto - "Sozinho"
Michael Mayer/Reinhard Voigt - "Transparenza"
Giorgos Gatzigristos - "Sloensje"

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

the new justus totally rules!! i'm really loving it. but you knew i would say this.

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

I am so anxiously awaiting the next sample-delic Justus tune. Who can not be happy listening to his ridiculous version of the Golden Girls theme!?

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

that new Justus is the first decent tune on Kompakt proper for what seems like aeons

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 08:34 (nineteen years ago)

^otm

― ferzaffe (flezaffe), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

You mean the Justus track on Total 7 or the current single, which I wasn't really feeling?

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:13 (nineteen years ago)

i was talking about the current single, "Advance." though the track on Total 7 is good too.

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

wow, the new justus single is immense!! i prefer "advance", but both cuts are pretty flawless. when the hook in "overhead" materializes it must cause total madness. it's weird how an almost inconsequential part of "advance", the snare, brings it all together (there's also that amazing break). 2006 has seen a lot of the snare supplanting the kick in minimal techno though. 2006 also has been the year of these tracks with almost interminable builds, short peaks and then even shorter codas. it's like tracks-not-tracks where tracks have become less about heavy mixing and blending, but they're still not exactly songs.

― breakfast pants (disco stu), Thursday, 24 August 2006 03:52 (nineteen years ago)

That last Soulphiction aside was all about the killer snare drum sound.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 24 August 2006 04:35 (nineteen years ago)

"also has been the year of these tracks with almost interminable builds, short peaks and then even shorter codas. it's like tracks-not-tracks where tracks have become less about heavy mixing and blending, but they're still not exactly songs."

Ha ha this is so OTM it kills me. Or maybe it's the shortness of those peaks that kills me.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 24 August 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

yeah tons of these tracks, tho rest assured it will be cheesed up soon.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 24 August 2006 10:21 (nineteen years ago)

i love love love 'pearly spencer' by the modernist on total7 - is this based on/a cover of some famous 80s/90s hit like 'sweet harmony' or is my brain just making it up? the title and the tune ring a bell.

Or maybe it's the shortness of those peaks that kills me.

YES - i blame trentemoller!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

pearly spencer is glued to the inside of my brain. it pops up in my head randomly throughout the day - love it.

― willem -- (willem), Thursday, 24 August 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

there is some weird & awesome stuff going with the downbeat in "overhead." an edit that extends the hook is very necessary

― W i l l (common_person), Saturday, 26 August 2006 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.re-played.com/images/tn_Almond_Marc_-_The_days_of_Pearly_Spencer_cdm.jpg

― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 26 August 2006 01:41 (nineteen years ago)

I was thinking that "Overhead" is like this essay piece demonstrating the relative nature of titillation - it's fucking cruel the way Justus refuses to just let the hook play out at any stage, it's either cut to pieces or EQ'd to death.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

From Pitchfork (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/38482):

Immer 2:

01 Someone Else - "Ploosh"
02 Ian Simmonds - "The Dog"
03 Brooks - "Tell Somebody About the Beat"
04 Trevor aka Pascal Schäfer - "Strange Worlds"
05 Crowdpleaser - "18 Years"
06 Justus Köhncke - "Advance"
07 Lindstrøm - "Another Platform (Todd Terje Remix)"
08 The Rice Twins - "For Dan"
09 SCSI-9 - "Morskaya"
10 Jesse Somfay - "Lying in a Bed of Mist"
11 DK7 - "Where's the Fun (Sten Remix)"
12 Geiger - "Good Evening (Supermayer Remix)"

Bonus mp3s:

01 James Din A4 - "Intro"
02 AM/PM - "No Matter Whether"
03 Mikkel Metal - "Lukon (Michael Mayer Remix)"
04 Adolf Noise - "Der Grundton (Michael Mayer Remix)"
05 Ada - "Maps (Thomas/Mayer Remix)"
06 Dorau/Köhncke - "Abermorgen"
07 Terre Thaemlitz & Funk Shui - "Superbonus"

― Kaliova (Kaliova), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 08:33 (nineteen years ago)

06 Justus Köhncke - "Advance"
07 Lindstrøm - "Another Platform (Todd Terje Remix)"

a mini-homage to Christian Bruhn?

― Python... No Bite :B (flezaffe), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 09:00 (nineteen years ago)

Somfay songtitle needs to be longer.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

new rice twins!

― jergins (jergins), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

the bonus mp3s look intriguing

― jergins (jergins), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

the bonus mp3s look intriguing

And how. Hopefully they'll just be extra content on the disc instead of a code for use on kompakt-mp3 or something. Also, if anyone else is curious, the cover art is (finally) up on Kompakt's frontpage (same as Immer only blue instead of red).

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

whoa Immer 2! I never expected such a thing!

I'm not completely familiar with Justus Köhncke's oeuvre, but he's never seemed particularly Immery to me. Hmm.

"Superbonus" is such a great title.

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 04:56 (nineteen years ago)

"Advance" is just about the most Immery thing he's done, it's very abstracted by Justus's standards, although the track from Total 6 could also have fit.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 04:59 (nineteen years ago)

"What I'd keep (maybe, will probably delete it all to be ruthless).
1. Kontrast - Grey Skies To Blue (7:07) (more like blue skies to gray! VERY heavy track to open with, not so much melancholy as just depressing. Feels like it needs a Morrissey guest vocal)
2. Triola - Wighnomys Polarzipper Remix (5:35) (heard this before somewhere. great track, doesn't feel below par)
3. Robert Babicz - 3 Sonntag (6:44)
4. Steadycam - Knock Kneed (7:13)
5. Thomas Fehlmann - Saft (4:58)
6. Gui Boratto - Like You Supermayer Remix (7:38) (not that sure about this one overall but the retro piano house style percussion breakout is FAB)
7. Dj Koze - Getreide Phunk (6:30) (not quite got my head round this one yet)
8. Wassermann - In Tyrannis 2006 (4:14) (ehh... it's unique, not sure if that's a good thing)
9. Hug - The Happy Monster (6:09) dance!
10. Wighnomy Bros - Wombat (6:10) dance!
11. Reinhard Voigt - Tranceformation (5:31)
"
....
"rice pudding more like... ehhh, it's alright, stick it on the end I suppose, it needs something more uplifting to end on. I feel a bit left behind by it (in the land of not-cheese) personally though. "

Fandango having lived with Total 7 for a while now, I feel like i've come to the exact opposite conclusions to you. I think I love Kompakt best when they're being unashamedly cheesy - the Rice Twins, SCSI-9 and Jonas Bering tracks are all among my favourites!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

Somfay songtitle needs to be longer.
-- Michael F Gill (planck.lengt...), September 12th, 2006. (Michael F Gill) (link)

This all sounds very good. And that ^ ^ made me laugh hard.

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 05:27 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - that was a glib quickie first impression really, the whole disc(s) didn't seem very appealing compared to the previous one, perhaps because of the bulk (and lack of pop) but yeah, I was a bit mean about the Rice Twins track. I heard it mixed (might have been Jeffrey Mac's mix) and it worked wonderfully! It just comes over a bit vacant on it's lonesome.

Incidentally there's a Total 7 mix up here - http://www.thinktoy.com/thinkmix.htm which I haven't heard (yet) but thought worth passing on.

Immer 2 looks pretty different! Brooks on there is a bit of a surprise.

― boredom to the left, babylon to the right (fandango), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 09:41 (nineteen years ago)

The Immer 2 tracklisting makes sense as a logical continuation of the direction Mayer was going in with the Fabric mix.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

It should be titled Immric 7.5

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:20 (nineteen years ago)

"Advance" is just about the most Immery thing he's done, it's very abstracted by Justus's standards

I can't be the only one who hears a cyborg Jeff Porcaro (Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown") in there.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

So after hearing it, Immer 2 is the best record ever, just as expected.

I guess this justifies the Press Kit/Bio for it being 58 pages long.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 14 September 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

approximately when is this out again?

― boredom to the left, babylon to the right (fandango), Thursday, 14 September 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

immer 2...i dunno. too...not...something.

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 14 September 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

late?

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 14 September 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

It's out on Halloween.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 14 September 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

haha i should point out that was my fumbling description of immer 2, not about the release date.

it's very...well there are almost no vocals. there's not much "drama," certainly not in the goth way of the first one or the almost-pop sense of fabric13, though 4 years might as well be 40 when it comes to dance music, so i dont hold its differences from those two mixes against it. structurally and technically, it's very much in line with them. it takes mayer's love of the loooong, slooow fade between two tracks that he's almost played in full to its extreme. so if you don't like his mixing style, you're not going to like this. (in the first third or so, this is actually pretty thrilling. matos described it as "the way it reaches land" from the chain reaction-y rustle of the opening track.) kinda loses me in the middle somewhat when it gets a little more electro-disco/au courant. picks up considerably towards the end but i think i might hate the vocals on the dk7 track. it's a very good, smooth, kinda ambientish techno mix. but nothing mindblowing.

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 14 September 2006 23:58 (nineteen years ago)

yep and a bit too late.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 15 September 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

not that i've heard it.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 15 September 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

sounds like a typical grower to me :)

― ten kebabs maaaaate (fandango), Friday, 15 September 2006 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

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