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- Date Released: January 2, 1998
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: Techno
- Label: Kompakt
The inaugural release of one of the most respected electronic music labels of the '00s.
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We Say...
Köln Kompakt 1 first appeared on NTA (aka New Transatlantic, aka New Trance Atlantic) as a four-track single in 1997; it became the launching pad for Kompakt proper when it re-appeared in expanded form on January 2, 1998 as a 13-track sampler of Cologne's minimal-techno scene. Thomas Brinkmann, Jürgen Paape, Pentax (Reinhard Voigt) and Wolfgang Voigt (as both Studio 1 and M:I:5) establish the label's reductionist baseline with cuts about as effusive as a fistful of marbles. "Minimal" may have blossomed in the decade since, but it's rarely been as restrained as this, with dry, curiously cut samples rocking back and forth within the confines of rigid drum-machine patterns. But the roots of Kompakt's pop inclinations are here as well, namely in the brightly colored bounce of the Modernist's punchy synthesizer workouts. Even at its most restrained, the disc offers plenty of sentimentalism, from Michael Mayer and Tobias Thomas' minor-key loops to future Traum founder Triple R & Emanuel's lilting string leads. Even breakbeat downtempo gets its due here, when Dr. Walker and Freddy Fresh whip up loops of tortured soul into a Mo'Wax worthy burner.
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Set Ticker
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5:03 |
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| 02. | |
Sieben/viertel
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6:25 |
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| 03. | |
Elbchaussee
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6:41 |
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Apple Electronics
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7:06 |
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The Moment We´ve Been Waitin 4
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5:20 |
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Tandem
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6:01 |
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Eng
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6:17 |
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Auszug
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5:13 |
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Not
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2:36 |
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Messbecher
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4:45 |
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Anfang Januar
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5:12 |
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Opium
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6:58 |
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Cover M:i:5
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6:09 |
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13 Total Tracks, 73:46 Total Length
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