Long time fans of Kompakt should be pleased to see a mainstay of our long term family members primarily present on Total 12. Twelve... the omnipresent mystique number. There are 12 stars on Europe's banner, 12 apostles, 12 titans, 12 knights of the Round Table, Schoenberg's twelve-tone music and yes, our beloved compilation series is entering its twelfth round! After a jolly and colourful first semester of 2011, filled with albums by heavyweight acts like Rainbow Arabia, Whomadewho, GusGus and John Tejada, Kompakt has decided to focus mainly on the core members of the family.

Honing his craft and love of music for the last 15 years, the rise of Jaguar Skills as the greatest Mash-Up DJ on the planet has been well documented. With a weekly slot on the Trevor Nelson Show, alongside regular performances on BBC Radio 1s ‘In New DJs We Trust’, the word of this groundbreaking DJ has spread globally.  Becoming a regular fixture at ‘Toolroom Knights’, Jags skilful, lightning speed mixing has captivated crowds and won over an army of dedicated followers. More precisely, and that’s the subject of our review, he has just finish to mix the new album of Toolroom Knights.

The stage is set. The lights are down. The anticipation for what’s to come is rising through the club like electric energy. Excitement is building until the massive led screens reveals the name that they’ve all been waiting for, a name that makes the crowd erupt…here it comes… Dusk till doorn! After the wildly successful debut of Sander van Doorn’s “Dusk Till Doorn” compilation album last year, the time has come to reveal that the second installment of the series and brand new tour is nearly upon us!

Discodeine, aka Pilooski and Pentile, presented their self-titled album debut “Discodeine”, released in March on Dirty / Pschent music. The album features notably collaborations with Jarvis Cocker from Pulp, Baxter Dury and Matias Aguayo from Comeme/Closer Musik, a man that we already talk about when we interviewed one of the producers of Kompakt Recordings, Rebolledo. Moreover, Discodeine is about club music and intensity, pop songs, voodoo, chicago house, futuristic disco, jackin' techno, analog basslines, ring modulation, krautdisco, mascarpone and chianti, so don’t hesitate to listen to the album and buy it!

Robag Wruhme "Thora Vukk" is the long awaited debut album by one half of the legendary Wighnomy Brothers on DJ Koze’s label Pampa Records! You don't know what to expect in the pampas. There are no guideposts, because there is no way to direct to. In fact, you trust your inspiration, which you find in the blowing of the wind and the scratching of the gobbler. It's an attitude like this, that is used by the label maker DJ Koze and Pampa acts like Jackmate and Isolée to make their contact with House music. After the excellent compilation "Wuppdeckmischmampflow" released on Kompakt Recordings, we offered you some weeks ago the German producer is back with an excellent selection of personal tracks.

Ever since MYNC were given the call-up to mix the official ‘Space Ibiza’ album two years ago, things have really taken off for the British house collective. Not only were they given the chance to compile the compilation for a further two consecutive years, they also achieved Number 1 Beatport success with the massive 'I Feel Love' (featuring Wynter Gordon), a track that earned the widespread support of some of the most notable figures in dance music from Annie Mac to Carl Cox and beyond. Since then, a string of successful single releases followed including 'Special Brew', 'MYNCDJ is our twitter' and most recently, 'London to Melbourne'.

Toolroom Records presents ‘Toolroom Records Miami 2011’, the definitive soundtrack to one of the most highly anticipated events in the dance calendar, the Miami Winter Music Conference. This album showcases 36 of the hottest tracks and remixes, including no fewer than 9 new exclusives from big hitters Mark Knight, Fedde le Grand, Michael Woods, Thomas Gold, ATFC, DJ PP, Koen Groeneveld, Stefano Noferini, Paul Thomas, Pete Griffiths & Ant Brooks. Toolroom Records Miami 2011 provides an essential selection of tunes set to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting Miami dance floors.