The new Ep, Raise by Christian Löffler (c.sides006) will come out on Feb. 15th. Here is the new video for Glare to get you ready, produced by Ronni Shendar. Enjoy!

Review: Matias Aguayo "Ay Ay Ay" (Kompakt)

The Times (UK) give Matias Aguayo's new album 4/5 stars!!

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We leave you this weekend with our download of week - a bad boy team up if there was any - Mexican techno toro, REBOLLEDO tackles ZOMBIE NATION's  "Mas de Todo" and turns one of last years most insanely ruckus tunes into a 4/4 steamroller...do I hear a cow giving birth in there too?! Download and weep folks - thanks for the folks at TURBO and RCRD_LBL. 

Download: ZOMBIE NATION "Mas de Todo (REBOLLEDO remix)" at RCRD_LBL

Listen/Buy: ZOMBIE NATION "Zombielicious" (UKW - CD) at KOMPA KT.FM 

Listen/Buy: REBOLLEDO "Guerrero" (COMEME - 12") at KOMPAKT.FM

Been a great week for SUPERSOUL RECORDINGS - we scared the living daylights out of you with the new BLACK STROBE VIDEO and have just learnt that 7 songs featured on their excellent DFA PRESENTS SUPERSOUL: NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING compilation have been used in the brand new PSP video game GRAND THEFT AUTO CHINATOWN WARS! 

Listen/Buy: various artists "DFA PRESENTS SUPERSOUL: NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING" (SUPERSOUL - 2CD) at KOMPAKT.FM

Review: v/a "Sub:Stance - Mixed By Scuba" (Ostgut Ton)

XLR8R magazine glow about the new Scuba mix CD on OstGut!

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Review: v/a Pop Ambient 2010 (Kompakt)

American national paper EDGE reviews Pop Ambient 2010!

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Matias Aguayo hit German TV today on the ARD network program Mittags Magazin!

News: Wolfgang Voigt Returns With PROFAN!

February is a special month here at KOMPAKT due to the return of PROFAN - Wolfgang Voigt's seminal '90's German techno imprint dedicated to provoking the visual provocations of his own artwork (see image above) and the aural stimulations from the outer regions of techno.

Under his alias SOG - Wolfgang Voigt releases on February 22nd his most innovative techno tracks in years. PROFAN 32 - "Abweichung" shall be followed by a second single and an artbook to be released later this year.

The folks over at FACT MAGAZINE just did a great preview we would like to share with you. You can read about it HERE.

Sog "Abweichung" (PROFAN 32 - 12") shall be released on February 22, 2010.

• Beat Pharmacy - Pump [Steadfast]
• Pawel - Pawel [Dial]
• Substance - Mixed by Scuba  [Ostgut]
• I Feel Love Remixes - Robert Babicz / Pan/Tone [Defrag]
• Sara Goldfarb + JHK - Heartbeat City [Treibstoff]
• Lovestoned Remixes - Gui Boratto / Gluteus Maximus [Kompakt]
• Duoteque - Gotcha [Boxer]
• Ahmet Sisman - Hit Me Low [Dumb Unit]
• Pop Ambient 2010 - Various Artists [Kompakt]
• Anthony Collins - Away From Home [Mule]
• Roland M. Dill - Low Go  [Trapez]
• Eule:nhaupt & Molle:nhauer - Wildkuhl [Acker]

Review: Pawel "s/t" (DIAL)

Canada's EXCLAIM! magazine review the new PAWEL album as one of the best of 2010 - ALREADY!! Good stuff...

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Review: v/a "Pop Ambient 2010"

Terrascope review the new POP AMBIENT 2010 on KOMPAKT!

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Matias Aguayo is on the cover of XLR8R talking it up about his label COMEME and his new album "Ay Ay Ay" on KOMPAKT! 

Please go out support and buy the magazine folks - for those of us unable to find it in Europe and elsewhere you can download the PDF on their site. Link below! 

Thank you XLR8R - especially Walter Wasacz for the words, Bastien Lattanzio for the amazing images and Ken Taylor for making it happen. 

Read: Matias Aguayo - XLR8R Magazine 

Hear/Buy: Matias Aguayo "Ay Ay Ay" (KOMPAKT - 2LP-CD/CD) at KOMPAKT.FM

DIAL remains one of our family's most endearing labels around the world. Fair game - PAWEL now starts things off for them this year with a shockingly great self-titled full length. 

Read all about it over at DUSTED where they proclaim the album as "Pawel now proudly takes its place among Dial’s most surprisings and enjoyable albums".

Read: Dusted Magazine Review - Pawel "Pawel" (DIAL)

Listen/Buy: Pawel "Pawel" (DIAL - CD - LP) on KOMPAKT.FM

The Köln Schauspielhaus, a major cultural center in Cologne is facing demolition! 

More than 70 percent of Cologne was leveled by the bombs in World War Two. One of the first reconstruction projects in efforts to rebuild the city was appointed to architect Wilhelm Riphahn, to build the Opera House, Opernterrassen, and the Schauspielhaus; three culturally rich buildings. In previous years, Riphahn's buildings could be seen around the city, however most of them have been demolished or changed through modernization, and now two more buildings are facing destruction. To our dismay, City Council recently voted to tear down the Schauspielhaus and the Opernterrassen. 

There will be two events in order to help save these two historical buildings on Friday Feb. 5 and Monday Feb. 15th.

Click here to learn more about the events and saving the Kölner Schauspielhaus!

Review: v/a "Sub:Stance - Mixed By Scuba" (Ostgut Ton)

Canada's leading music authority EXCLAIM! review the new mix CD from Berlin's Scuba on OSTGUT!

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