This year’s ‘Total’ compilation features twenty-two Kompakt cuts. Watch out for the big Total 8 party in Cologne this August, too.

Like previous volumes, ‘Total 8’ presents the best of Kompakt over the last twelve months alongside twelve new cuts, including a taster from the forthcoming Michael Mayer vs. Superpitcher album (as Supermayer), and one track from reunited label bigwigs Jörg Burger and Wolfgang Voigt, ten years on from their Burger/Ink cuts in the nineties.

The ‘Total’ label comps are timed to coincide with the annual Kompakt bash at the C/o Pop Festival in Cologne. This year the five-day festival runs from Aug 15-19 with the Kompakt party falling on Friday the 17th. The party has a big lineup spanning two floors, with highlights including the first live performance in ten years from Burger/Voigt, sets from Michael Mayer and Superpitcher as well as guests such as The Field, Robert Babicz and Jennifer Cardini.

Event details

Aug 17 Total 8 @ C/o Pop 2007, Cologne

‘Total 8’ tracklist

Disc 1:

1 Burger/Voigt - Man Lebt Nur Zweimal
2 Jürgen Paape - We Love (Jürgen Paape / Gesang: Boy Schaufler)
3 Superpitcher - Rainy Nights in Georgia
4 Partial Arts - Trauermusik
5 Rex the Dog - Everyday
6 Thomas/Mayer - Überwiesen
7 Jörg Burger - Polyform 1
8 Supermayer - Two of Us (Geiger Mix)
9 Steadycam - In the Moog for Love
10 Nightcats - Inside
11 The Rice Twins - Can I Say

Disc 2:

1 Hervé AK - The Closer
2 DJ Koze - Mariposa
3 Reinhard Voigt - Follow the DJ
4 Jürgen Paape - Nord
5 Echo Club - Falter
6 Aril Brikha - Berghain
7 Gui Boratto - Mr Decay (Robert Babicz Disco Universe)
8 Justus Köhncke - Pickpockets
9 Broke - Coladancer
10 Schaeben & Voss [ft. Schad Privat] - Cold Wind
11 Oxia - Not Sure

‘Total 8’ will be released on double CD and triple vinyl on August 13th, 2007.