Tocotronic - "Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegen" (Superpitcher/Wassermann mix) (3:55)
Kaito - "Everlasting" (4:41)
Terranova - "Paris Is For Lovers (My Love)" (feat Tomas Hoffding) (3:27)
Justus Kohncke - "Timecode" (3:44)
Heiko Voss - "I Think About You" (4:10)
Leandro Fresco/Thore Pfeiffer - "Neo" (3:47)
The Bionaut - "Everybody's Kissing Everyone" (4:29)
Ada - "Lovestoned" (feat Raz Ohara) (4:16)
Superpitcher - "Mushroom" (4:24)
Rex The Dog - "Prototype" (3:45)
Dettinger - "Blond 1" (4:15)
The Field - "Over The Ice" (3:53)
Robag Wruhme - "Calma Calma" (3:58)
Saschienne - "Unknown" (Dixon mix) (4:16)
Max Wurden - "Circles" (3:46)
Triola - "AG Penthouse (2 Epoche)" (4:33)
Thomas Fehlmann - "Making It Whistle" (4:13)
Scsi-9 - "All She Wants Is" (Wighnomy Bros mix) (3:34)
Jurgen Paape - "Reval 1" (3:50)
The Modernist - "Pearly Spencer" (4:06)
Aril Brikha - "Berghain" (4:14)
T Raumschmiere - "Augen Zu" (2:56)
Reinhard Voigt - "Superskunk" (4:03)
Schaeben & Voss - "Dicht Dran 1" (3:53)
DJ Koze - "Brutalga Square" (4:47)
The Orb - "Masterblaster" (3:53)
Michael Mayer - "Pride Is Weaker Than Love" (4:16)
Laurent Garnier - "From The Crypt To The Astrofloor" (4:12)
Anna & Kittin - "Forever Ravers" (3:14)
Mike Ink - "Rosenkranz" (4:15)
Reinhard Voigt - "Stille Hande" (3:56)
Forever Sweet - "The Bionaut" (4:03)
Wassermann - "WIR" (Sven Varh mix) (4:00)
Blank Gloss - "Coiling" (3:42)
Michael Mayer/Matias Aguayo - "Slow" (4:16)
Wighnomy Bros - "Wurz + Blosse" (4:05)
John Tejada - "Unstable Condition" (4:08)
Sam Taylor-Wood - "I'm In Love With A German Film Star" (Gui Boratto mix) (4:06)
Jurgen Paape - "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" (4:26)
Matias Aguayo - "Walter Neff" (3:59)
Voigt & Voigt - "Tischlein Deck Dich" (4:01)
Gui Boratto - "Beautiful Life" (3:21)
Kolsch - "Goldfisch" (3:54)
GusGus - "Rivals" (DJ Hell mix) (4:06)
Closer Musik - "Maria" (4:15)
Wassermann - "Fackeln Im Sturm" (3:51)
Jurgen Paape - "Take That" (4:10)
Superpitcher - "Happiness" (Michael Mayer mix) (4:17)
Markus Guentner - "Regensburg" (4:17)
The 33 1/3 Years Loop - Opera (6:02)
Review: After 32 years promoting a distinctive blend of off-kilter Cologne techno, mind-altering minimalism, ambient pop and trippy tech-house, Kompakt Records has notched up 499 releases. It makes sense, then, that the long-serving German label would be keen to mark release number 500 with something suitably special. They've done just that, offering up a lovingly produced box set that does a fantastic job of celebrating the imprint's journey to date. There are five, differently coloured discs packed with (mostly edited) versions of lesser-known early gems and Kompakt classics, plus a bonus picture disc containing 50 locked grooves, and a 100-page, 10" hardback book telling the label's story to date. It's an incredible product all told, one blessed with a host of electronic household names - The Orb, Laurent Garnier, John Tejada, DJ Koze - and deeper cut, cementing the label's status as a gamechangers and pack leaders.
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