Total 6
Encyclopedia
Kompakt: Total 6 or Total 6 was released on July 30, 2005. The album is the sixth installment of the Cologne
-based microhouse
label's annual compilation
of vinyl releases and exclusives from its biggest artists and most promising newcomers.
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
-based microhouse
Microhouse
Microhouse, buftech or sometimes just minimal, is a subgenre of house and glitch music.-History:Microhouse has its roots in the minimal techno, glitch , and house genres of music. Its first echoes appeared in a glitch album by German experimental artist Oval, in 1993...
label's annual compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of vinyl releases and exclusives from its biggest artists and most promising newcomers.
Disc One
- DJ Koze - "Hicc Up" (5:34)
- Dorau / KöhnckeJustus KöhnckeJustus Köhncke is a german Techno producer and pop musician from Cologne.Köhncke was a member of the house trio Whirlpool Productions, along with Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark. Together, they had a number one hit in Italy in 1997 with their house track From Disco To Disco. Since 1999, he has...
- "Durch Die Nacht (Geiger Mix)" (6:39) - Justus KöhnckeJustus KöhnckeJustus Köhncke is a german Techno producer and pop musician from Cologne.Köhncke was a member of the house trio Whirlpool Productions, along with Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark. Together, they had a number one hit in Italy in 1997 with their house track From Disco To Disco. Since 1999, he has...
- "Krieg" (6:50) - Aguayo/Rossknecht - "Bouncin A Round" (6:11)
- Baxendale - "I Built This City (Michael MayerMichael Mayer (musician)Michael Mayer is one of the key figures of Cologne, Germany's electronic music scene. Mayer is a remixer, DJ, and producer, and has released a small handful of his own singles on the Kompakt music label that he helps run with founder Wolfgang Voigt...
Mix)" (6:32) - Rex The Dog - "I Look Into Mid Air" (6:18)
- Thomas FehlmannThomas FehlmannThomas Fehlmann , is a Swiss-born composer/producer who currently lives in Berlin, and has been active in electronic music as far back as the 1980s. He is currently active on the Kompakt record label based in Germany...
- "Schöne Grüsse" (5:59) - TocotronicTocotronicTocotronic is a German rock band founded in 1993 . Similar to Blumfeld or Die Sterne they are considered a part of the Hamburger Schule movement...
- "Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegen (SuperpitcherSuperpitcherAksel Schaufler better known by his stage name Superpitcher, is a German producer affiliated with Cologne's Kompakt music label.-Background:Superpitcher made his first appearance on Kompakt's Total 2 compilation album in 2000 with the song "Shadows"...
/WassermannWolfgang VoigtWolfgang Voigt is an electronic music artist from Cologne, Germany, known for his output under various aliases on a plethora of record labels, including Warp, Harvest, Raster-Noton and Force Inc...
Single Mix)" (3:56) - The MFA - "The Difference It Makes" (7:02)
- Mikkel Metal - "Dorant" (6:12)
- Jürgen Paape - "Cream" (5:56)
- Reinhard Voigt - "Ready For Take Off" (6:09)
Disc Two
- Dirk Leyers - "Wellen" (6:24)
- SuperpitcherSuperpitcherAksel Schaufler better known by his stage name Superpitcher, is a German producer affiliated with Cologne's Kompakt music label.-Background:Superpitcher made his first appearance on Kompakt's Total 2 compilation album in 2000 with the song "Shadows"...
- "Tell Me About It" (6:56) - Thomas/MayerMichael Mayer (musician)Michael Mayer is one of the key figures of Cologne, Germany's electronic music scene. Mayer is a remixer, DJ, and producer, and has released a small handful of his own singles on the Kompakt music label that he helps run with founder Wolfgang Voigt...
- "Panic Room" (6:23) - Mayer/Aguayo - "Slow" (6:18)
- Kaito - "Hundred Million Lightyears" (6:33)
- SCSI-9 - "Mini" (6:24)
- Jonas BeringJonas BeringJonas Bering is a critically acclaimed French electronic music songwriter, from Lille, France. Jonas Bering emerged from the techno scene of Cologne, Germany, through his works released on the German label Kompakt, run by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Juergen Paape.-Selected...
- "Glass" (6:08) - FerencFerencFerenc is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:* Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist* Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor* Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian Prime Minister...
- "Tracatra" (5:27) - Heib - "Phönix" (5:43)
- The Modernist - "The International Loner" (6:18)
- Peter Grummich - "Frozen World" (5:46)
- The FieldThe Field (musician)Axel Willner, better known by the stage name The Field, is a techno artist based in Stockholm, Sweden.-Background:In 2005, Willner submitted a demo tape the German indie label Kompakt and was subsequently signed. He released his first 12", a demo mixtape of Annie's "Heartbeat" in 2005 as well as a...
- "Action" (6:09)