Silent Season – SS02

难以捉摸的 Jürgen Paape（他不做 DJ，不做现场表演，也不接受采访）是科隆传奇电子乐厂牌 Kompakt 的联合创始人。Paape 的 Triumph 是该厂牌在1998年发行的第一张唱片，他的曲目也经常出现在该厂牌的采样器系列 Total 中。Kompilation 是 Kompakt Klassiks 唱片公司的第二张唱片，该唱片公司成立的目的是为了重新发行 Kompakt 唱片公司库中的稀有和重制的珍品。该专辑概括了 Paape 迄今为止的发行情况，包括他的俱乐部主打歌（So Weit Wie Noch Nie 和 Come Into My Life），有趣的 Ofterschwang，以及新单曲 So Wird Die Zeit Gemacht。从富有流行感的 tech house 到 minimal techno，以及迷人的小调 Rheintreue，整张专辑都很激动人心。这张 CD 还包含了额外的曲目 Einklang，并且是真正的限量版发行，只有500份。每个舞池都该拥有一张。

Sasha is back!!! Dance music’s most respected and recognizable icon returns to the label that made him an international household name with a concept album so fresh and inventive that it completely recalibrates the notion of what is cool in popular music.

"Involver" meets the listener smack at the point where Sasha’s 2002 artist album "Airdrawndagger" and the future of electronic music collide. He is the DJ that rode in on a tidal wave of adoration from the North of England's explosive early 90’s club scene and has for the last 10+ years consistently sold out every venue, festival, and club that has been honored to witness his legendary performance abilities. And now "Involver" emerges. This is Sasha’s first mix compilation in nearly five years and his first full length release since "Airdrawndagger." It is unlike any album that has ever been released in that it completely and perfectly integrates the concept of the DJ mix compilation and the standard Producer/Artist album. Every single track on this album is an original Sasha remix, re-creation or production that has been exclusively recorded as an original piece for this project. He called upon some of his closest friends and peers including Felix Da Housecat, UNKLE, Spooky, and Ulrich Schnauss and asked for permission to recreate, especially for this album, one or more of their songs and they all agreed. In essence, Sasha has become the embodiment of what it means to be "involved" in electronic music on every level. Quite purely, he has taken on a new persona; integrating the DJ and the Producer, he is now the INVOLVER.

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Considered one of Germany ’s dance music pioneers, Steve Bug has been DJing prolifically for over 16 years, becoming a globally recognized minimal Tech-House master producer and performer, acclaimed for stripping down futuristic House music with amazing musical diversity. Fabric 37 is the latest installation in what is considered a prolific and admired career in mixed releases, including the much loved Steve Bug Presents The Flow, The 3rd Da Minimal Funk, Bugnology series and Skin Is In compilations. Fabric. 2007.

Marcel Dettmann, a resident at Berlin’s notorious Berghain club and a producer and remixer on the club’s Ostgut-Ton label (also home of Shed, Prosumer, Steffi and more) will release his debut album, Dettmann, this coming April.
A solo Dettmann album has been a long time coming: he’s one of the world’s most in-demand DJs, and his Berghain 02 CD one of the most talked-about mix CDs of the last half-decade. In 2007 he released the 2×12″ Blank Scenario, an excellent, agenda-setting collaboration with Ben Klock.
Featuring ten Dettmann productions bookended by an intro and outro (‘Quasi’ and ‘Taris’ respectively), we’re promised moments of grace and subtlety to counter the heavy, rolling techno that Dettmann – and the Berghain – have made their name with.
In the words of the man himself, “I like music with a depth that I can feel. There is no formula for that. It could be a concept album or one that makes use of various styles.”
Dettmann will be released on both CD and triple vinyl featuring every track. The album will be preceded by a single release, Dettmann Remixed, featuring remixes of ‘Shift’ and ‘Vertigo’ by Norman Nodge and Wincent Kunth respectively.