Kompakt, the Cologne-based label founded and headed by longtime electronic music gameplayers, Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer, Jürgen Paape, and Reinhardt Voigt, reached a milestone this month.
REVIEW Anii ‘Korzenie EP’ [Kompakt]
REVIEW Oumou Sangaré ‘Djoukourou (Auntie Flo Remix)’ [No Format]
‘Djoukourou’ is a breath of fresh air, invigorating the music of now with tastes of warmer tones and bright vocals.
REVIEW Tale Of Us ‘fabric 97’ [fabric]
Tale Of Us' success story started with 'Dark Song' on Visionquest, a label founded by Shaun Reeves, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtis and Seth Troxler back in 2011, and that paved the duo's way to become one of electronic music scene's mainstays.
REVIEW Eagles & Butterflies ‘Last Dance’ [Art Imitating Life]
‘The Last Dance’ in its name alone carries weight – a last dance, danced by every music-loving party-goer on the planet, rises to the surface of our memory.
REVIEW Marcus Worgull ‘Broad Horizons EP’ [Innervisions]
Innervisions - introspective, prophetic, expressive. For a label that thrives on an inward, emotion and motion driven trajectory, starting its 18th year off with an EP named 'Broad Horizons', in broad terms, are either audacious or dissonant, or both.
REVIEW Unknown Artist ‘°//°\\\°’ [Giegling]
The ever elusive record label ‘Giegling’ has recently released an EP titled ‘°//°\\\°’ and its already making waves. Operating from Weimar, Germany, the label has captured the interest of many avid music collectors, but only those who look for it.
REVIEW Joris Voorn feat. Matthew Dear ‘Homeland (&ME Remix/ Jinadu Vocal Edit)’ [unreleased]
When Keinemusik’s &ME spewed his striking rendition of Joris Voorn’s ‘Homeland,’ it was hard to imagine that the track could get even better.
REVIEW AEONIX ‘A Star Was Born (Charles Webster Dub) [Subtract Music]
UK-born and owner of house label, Miso Records, Charles Webster shares his creativity on the AEONIX original ‘A Star Was Born’.
REVIEW PHCK ‘Elephants’ [All Day I Dream]
Following up on their applauded first appearance on All Day I Dream’s Summer Sampler 2017 with the track, ‘Death of a Butterfly,’ PHCK, one Black Forest native more, returned with a three-track EP this autumn.
REVIEW RY X ‘Bad Love (Eagles & Butterflies Remix’ [Infectious Music]
Los Angeles might be the city of angels, but an inner demon unleashes its evil potential beyond the facades of perfection, which we might perceive as paradise.
Torture the Artist 