V.A. (TOTAL) / TOTAL 26 (CD) / CD

ドイツ・ケルンを拠点に長くエレクトリック・ミュージックの中心的存在、名門KOMPAKTが誇る看板シリーズ"TOTAL"の最新26番がアナウンス !!! 今年もMICHAEL MAYERを筆頭にROBAG WRUHME、REINHARD VOIGT、REX THE DOG、更にはテクノ・レジェンドORLANDO VOORN(!!)までが登場。豪華テクノの雄がニュー・カマーからレジェンド・クラスまでズラリと揃い踏み。珠玉のエレクトリック・ミュージック・コンピ!

創設者MICHAEL MAYERを筆頭に今年もWOLFGANG VOIGTの実弟/VOIGT & VOIGTの片割れREINHARD VOIGT、WIGHNOMY BROTHERSのブレインROBAG WRUHMEら常連格から"Frequency"で一世を風靡したテクノ・ドッグことREX THE DOGの参加、INNERVISIONS、MULE MUSIQ、REKIDS等で活躍中のFRANKEY & SANDRINOはなんと10年ぶりのKOMPAKT復帰!!アルバム冒頭をノスタルジック・メロウな美しいTHE・KOMPAKTなトラックで飾ったDJ H0tlineはKOMPAKTフックアップの期待のニュー・カマーにして今回が初のフィジカル作品…等等、レーベル屈指の豪華ジャーマン・テクノの雄が揃い踏みした話題性共にバッチリの強力コンピ。今回はなんとオランダのテクノ・レジェンドORLANDO VOORNも登場!!!極めて楽曲として完成度の高い美しいエレクトリック・ミュージックから近年のリバイバル旺盛と呼応する様にトランシーなダンス・ナンバーまで幅広くハイクオリティな作品がぎっしりと詰められたKOMPAKTならではの珠玉のコンピレーション・アルバム。

It’s as sure as night follows day, one of the last truly reliable things in these uncertain times, a rock in the storm of information overload, and still one of the best things you can make from PVC: The new TOTAL compilation is here!

?The cheerful opener “Xtasy” comes from the up-and-coming Cologne-based DJ H0TLINE. If it says ‘Ecstasy’ on the label, that’s exactly what’s inside. The term ‘legend’ is all too often bandied about lightly. In the case of ORLANDO VOORN, it’s almost an understatement. His ‘So Deep Remix’ is a goosebumps-inducing masterpiece in its purest form. Simply wow. FRANKEY & SANDRINO haven’t visited us for a while, but their key still fits the lock. Watch out – “Disruption” might expand your consciousness! Ah, nobody grapples so beautifully with life’s big questions as TEE MANGO, but what would the world be without melancholy? A Disneyland of triviality! TEAM 85E, newly formed around JÖRG BURGER, takes on a classic from the German songbook by Ton, Steine, Scherben and opens hearts with the same ease as others open tins of beer. Speaking of hearts, MICHAEL MAYER pays tribute to the successful Artemis 2 lunar mission, as a small thank-you for reminding us that it should really always be about love. SOG, aka WOLFGANG VOIGT, agrees wholeheartedly. Sometimes all it takes is a bass drum, eight notes and a bit of love for total satisfaction. ROBAG WRUHME does what he does best: luring us down the proverbial rabbit hole like the White Rabbit, just not quite so frantically. JÜRGEN PAAPE, together with FENJA LUDWIG, doesn’t pull a rabbit out of the hat, but rather a modern dub-techno hit. We watch in amazement as a new genre takes shape. Finally, it’s time to sit back and relax with REINHARD VOIGT and just let things be. Cocktail or beer? The main thing is: it’s cold. As is tradition, the CD version of TOTAL 26 is rounded out with hits from the past twelve months. KÖLSCH’s brand-new techno-folk melodrama “Verschwinden” is featured, as is REX THE DOG’s latest banger “Far Out!”. RAXON and FANTASTIC TWINS are featured with their latest Speicher bombs, and everybody’s darlings, “Play This Game” by KOLOMBO feat. ELEKFANTZ and “Rivers & Homes Retake” by ADAM TEN and J.VIEWS are, of course, also included.