Total 9
Encyclopedia
Kompakt: Total 9 or Total 9 was released on August 18, 2008. The album is the ninth 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
- 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...
- "No Thanks for the Add" (6:31) - DJ Koze - "Zou Zou" (7:52)
- 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"...
vs. The Congosound - "Say I’m Your Number One (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"...
Remix)" (8:11) - Jürgen Paape - "Come Into My Life" (7:30)
- Matias Aguayo - "Minimal" (6:34)
- SuperSuperpitcherAksel 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"...
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...
- "Hey Hotties!" (6:35) - Jörg BurgerJörg BurgerJörg Burger is a music producer who has had several releases on Kompakt as Triola, including a full length album Triola im Fünftonraum in 2004. He is also in a duo with Wolfgang Voigt.-References:*[ J. Burger AMG Biography]*[ Triola AMG Biography]...
- "Modernism Begins At Home" (5:00) - 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"...
- "Disko ! (You Don’t Care)" (7:17) - Partial Arts - "Telescope" (8:30)
- 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...
- "With Wings" (6:55) - BurgerJörg BurgerJörg Burger is a music producer who has had several releases on Kompakt as Triola, including a full length album Triola im Fünftonraum in 2004. He is also in a duo with Wolfgang Voigt.-References:*[ J. Burger AMG Biography]*[ Triola AMG Biography]...
/VoigtWolfgang 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...
– “Wand Aus Klang” (7:32)
Disc Two
- Dubshape - "Droplets (Early Night Mix)" (7:42)
- 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...
- "Can’t Stop Loving You" (6:01) - Robert BabiczRobert BabiczRobert Babicz is a Polish music producer, mastering engineer and live performer living in Cologne, Germany. With a career spanning nearly two decades covering genres from techno to acid house to minimal, Babicz has also been known under the pseudonyms Rob Acid, Acid Warrior, Department of Dance...
- "Don’t Look Back" (7:20) - Nightguy - "Pretty Face" (7:43)
- Gui BorattoGui BorattoGui Boratto is a Brazilian electronic music producer. In the 1990s he was a member of Sect.His album Chromophobia was awarded the title of Mixmag Album of the Month. Regarding why he chose the name Chromophobia, Boratto said: "The same meaning as monochromatism in architecture, which means...
- "Anunciación” (6:25) - The Rice TwinsThe Rice TwinsThe Rice Twins is a Swedish techno-duo from Stockholm, formed in 2005 by Valdemar Gezelius and Jesper Engström.2006 they released the song For Penny and Alexis and EP Reach For the Flute.-External links:** MySpace-page...
- "The Signifier" (5:59) - Nicolas Stefan - "Time Is Over" (7:04)
- kaitoKaitoKaito or Kaitō is most commonly a Japanese given name, and may refer to:In music:* KaitO, an independent rock band from the United KingdomAs a Japanese male given name, it may be written in numerous ways, for example as:...
- "Everlasting Dub" (9:39) - SCSI-9 - "Another Day Acid" (7:58)
- Maxime Dangles - "Tulipa" (7:29)
- Freiland - "Geduld" (5:06)