KOMPAKT.fm @ Musique Non Stop

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1. Watch: Monopol premieres Marsen Jules' "The Philosophers Trap"
2. Listen: Dusty Kid in the mix for Soundwall
3. Listen: Shumi lets it rip for Correspondant
4. Listen: The Quietus presents 50 all-time favourite dance remixes
5. Watch: Groove's favourite music videos 2013
6. Watch: Sano's new video for "Contonéate"

Watch: Monopol premieres Marsen Jules' "The Philosophers Trap" Posted: 27 Jan 2014 10:30 AM PST Seems to be the beginning of a chill week here at Kompakt, with three fresh ambient releases hitting our front page at the same time. Pop Ambient stalwart Marsen Jules had his finger in two thirds of the available pies: besides presenting his own new full-length "Beautyfear" on Oktaf Records, he's also contributed to "Pop Ambient 2014", the latest instalment in the classic series. His cut "The Philosophers Trap" is a bizarre soundscape of sublime elegance, a notion perfectly mirrored by the accompanying video: premiered by German lifestyle/art outfit Monopol, it was produced by Swedish artist Anders Weberg and captures the mood of the piece with floating, human-like silhouettes. Check out Monopol's video premiere here and if you're already strolling down the path of beatless bliss, don't forget to also have a look at Vermont's "Majestät" - the first single from the new project helmed by Marcus Worgull and Motor City Drum Ensemble's Danilo Plessow. This Monday went down easier than expected!

DJ Food @ Musique Non Stop

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1. “a little Night Music”
2. Moon Wiring Club CD and cassette
3. Jim Mahfood Pop-Up Funk book
4. Solid Steel piece for The Quietus

“a little Night Music” Posted: 29 Nov 2013 03:40 PM PST Nearly forgot, I take up the last half hour after DK on Solid Steel this week with a companion piece to last weeks mix – very mellow and a bit dark in places too.

Moon Wiring Club CD and cassette Posted: 29 Nov 2013 03:36 PM PST Moon Wiring Club does it again with another package – this time on CD and Cassette only – no vinyl. I’m not quite sure what the difference in names means between the two formats but I’m assured they are different in sound as well as shape. Order here, there are three new prints too…

Jim Mahfood Pop-Up Funk book Posted: 29 Nov 2013 03:28 PM PST

KOMPAKT.fm @ Musique Non Stop

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1. Listen: Terranova in the mix for Flux Music
2. Watch: The29nov Films take on Kobosil's "Aggregate"
3. Read: The Quietus about 20 years of Kompakt
4. Read: 20JK Pop Up Store Day 6
5. Watch: Oktaf returns with Gastón Arévalo's "Rollin' Ballads"
6. Listen: Pional at Young Turks' RBMA radio show
7. Read: Musikexpress reviews Wolfgang Voigt "Zukunft Ohne Menschen"
8. Event: 20 years of Kompakt after-hours at Decibel Festival
9. Read: Vice/Noisey presents a history of Kompakt in eight releases

Listen: Terranova in the mix for Flux Music Posted: 05 Sep 2013 09:27 AM PDT UK musicologists Flux Music snatched a grandiose mix from Terranova for their podcast series and it's a veritable delight, stuffed to the brim with feisty grooves, exclusive cut-ups and new material from Kompakt's neo-house dons, who just rocked our boats at the Kompakt Boiler Room takeover - it just might be the most rewarding Terranova mix yet, which says a lot... Fetisch and &ME never fail to impress, as can be heard on their new "Painkiller Remixe" EP. Catch the bug here!

The Quietus turns five: happy birthday!

Over the past half-decade, The Quietus has taken to the barricades to fight the cause of music that would otherwise be ignored

"I'd just been sacked from a corporate communications company," remembers John Doran, of the dark days just before he began The Quietus, the online hub of crackling, opinionated music, film and literature journalism that celebrates its fifth birthday this month. "They'd replaced the office kitchen with an empty 'thinkspace', called 'The Imaginarium'. I fired off an indignant and drunk email to my bosses, calling their language-mangling ways into question."