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KOM 156EP
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This is Jürgen Paape's first Kompakt single since 2002. On Nord Nord-West he reinvents his musical point of the compass. "North" is a very slimmed, straight forwardly marching glitter-track. New in sound, original in the mix, unmistakable Paape. "West" is complex and full of details. A striking hookline meets '80s sounds that you haven't heard this way yet. The B-side is the opera of this single. A bizarrely bent and varied selection of melodies and sounds shifts over tightly-woven, elegant harmony-carpets.
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KOM EX047EP
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Speicher 47 presents Jürgen Paape back in the ring with his gloves off. "Fruity Loops 1" marches heartily straight ahead as if there's no tomorrow: envision a semi-truck loaded with nuclear waste bouncing down the techno highway. Barren fat bass rebounds against a classic, wild-pitch-bolero that can only recall the heyday of DJ Pierre. The B-side is veiled in a voluptuous camo net of harmonious grandeur, flowing with a similar straightforwardness to its predecessor. But this companion differs, preferring to dwell in the wee hours, when a dance floor makes all too much sense.
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KOM 062EP
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The original version of this gorgeous schlager techno track, released in august 2001 on Kompakt's Total 3, would put a smile on a lot of people's faces. Apart from the reworked original version, you'll get two sensational remixes: The one from Frankfurt's high-aesthete, super hipster, club- and label-owner with a three-letter name: Ata. Since the very beginning, his Playhouse label has always been a guarantee for finest German House music. It's his first (!) remix ever and his first studio work since the legendary first Playhouse release 'Holy Garage' in 1993. The 'Playhouse Mix' turns the original version into a mega-hip, late-night monster and reminds a bit of the great Larry Levan and Metro Area's congenious adaption of early-80s disco music. The 'Robert Johnson' club is going down on its knees. Wonderful. The other remix comes from one of Kompakt's in-house pioneers of pop ambient: it's Olaf Dettinger. Who didn't want to miss this chance and has interrupted his creative pause only for doing this wonderful 'Moonlight Mix'. Dettinger's cosy hi-tech sounds and Sonja Luebke's seraphic voice, both singing a duet to the moon. Very, very beautiful, indeed.
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KOM 003EP
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"Funky as hell in his own tradition, a little more abstract."
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KOM 001EP
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"After producing some real glamourous housetunes like under his alias 'Care' on Force Inc. and the legendary Profan 015 'Reval', Jurgen Paape is back -- minimal tech-house in an unmistakable sexy style."
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