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Various: Compost 200: Freshly Composted (2006)
Glenn Astarita
Longtime contributor to AAJ and Downbeat, Jazz Review, EjazzNews, Radio DirectX.
This Munich-based record label has provided eleven years of cutting-edge club music on 12 LP and CD formats. This compilation stands as a divergent anniversary gala, celebrating the label's cast of artists for its 200th release.
Many of these selected works feature grooving dance beats spiced with funky/pulsating synth lines, mild rap and ethereal background treatments. Track five is a piece by Muallem, featuring female diva Audrey. "Sweat is all about steamy and sultry vocals riding atop high-gear party fare. And remixes such as Justus Kohncke's "Heat OV Glass boast an electronics-laden disco vibe. This set also offers listeners a sneak peak by injecting songs from recently issued platters, including Alif Tree's exotic and dreamy jazz piece, "I Feel Blue. In addition, some of these artists incorporate African rhythms and minimalist melodies with recurring electro-world grooves.
Compost resides among the crème de la crème purveyors of club fare, and this objet d'art substantiates the label's penchant for infusing a wide array of talent into its nouveau approach. The various bands instill a groovy methodology, firmed up with creative juices that often signal in a measuring stick of sorts for the new millennium.
Track Listing: Ben Mono feat. Bajka: Protection (Sirius Mo Remix); General Electrics feat. Lateef The Truth Speaker: Facing That Void (Beanfield Remix); Alex Attias presents Mustang feat. Bmb Sgu: 10,000 Leagues Deeper (Laurent 'Laboratoire' Garnier Remix); Beanfield feat. Ernesto: Close To You (Maurice Fulton RMX); Muallem feat. Audrey: Sweat; Product.01: Heart Ov Glass (Justus Khncke CD-Edit Remix); Trby Trio: New Music (Whignomy Bros Remix); Ben Mono feat. Capitol A: Transmission; Eddy Meets Yannah: Shamed (Domu Remix); Intuit feat. Ccile Verny: Peace Of Mind (Raw Deal Remix); Alif Tree: I Feel Blue; Wei-Chi: Faces And Places (Henrik Schwarz Remix); Jean-Paul Bondy feat. Carl A. Finlow: Cold Reformer; Felix Laband: Whistling In Tongues (Vinyl Edit)
Personnel: Various
Record Label: Compost Records
Style: Electronica
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