Tagged: Kompakt
Stream Kompakt’s Pop Ambient 2013
Kompakt’s long-running Pop Ambient series initially felt like a survey of music that was made for taking a nap in a space station, but over the years, as the genre’s bloomed and expanded, the series … read more »
Michael Mayer, “Good Times” MP3
It’s been eight years since Kompakt label head and DJ Michael Mayer released his debut album, Touch. In the interim, Mayer has been incubating his forthcoming Mantasy LP, fusing together the “gazillions of sounds [he’s … read more »
By The Numbers: The Field’s Looping State of Mind
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits and primary colors. This week, we look at The Field’s latest album Looping State of Mind, a … read more »
Stream Walls’ Album Coracle
When our own Duncan Cooper described Walls’ “Sunporch” as “party ready,” I was like, YEAH RIGHT DUDE WHAT PARTY ARE YOU GOING TO? A HANGING OUT PARTY? And then I dumped an entire keg of … read more »
Stream: Panda Bear, “Surfer’s Hymn (Actress Primitive Pattern Remix)”
Actress is quite possibly the perfect person to remix a Panda Bear song, as he’s able to keep things organic while still adding a propulsive dance thump. More importantly, we’re still listening to Tomboy every … read more »
Panda Bear and Scott Mou Got Super Literal
The plan leading up to the release of Panda Bear‘s Tomboy was to put out a series of singles on different labels. So far, that shit is selling out in like two seconds everywhere at … read more »
Rebolledo’s FACT Mix MP3
A few months ago, someone sent us a link to Rebolledo‘s inscrutable, melodramatic “Guerrero” video, for a minimal track on Kompakt which features Rebolledo shouting into the camera so vehemently he appears to want to … read more »
Copenhagen Raves: Julianne at Distortion Festival, End Times
Truncated report from days three and four of Distortion Festival: Almost died!
Video: Matias Aguayo, “Rollerskate”
The other week we ended up at a rollerskating rink on Staten Island and it looked almost exactly like this video. The only differences are that we didn’t have Matias Aguayo singing all up in … read more »
