Total 3
Encyclopedia
Kompakt: Total 3 or Total 3 was released on July 31, 2001. The album is the third installment of the influential Cologne
-based microhouse
label's annual compilation
of vinyl releases and exclusives from its biggest artists and most promising newcomers. It was this album that introduced the worldwide electronic music
scene to the Cologne
minimal
sound which was to be dominated by Kompakt
releases.
Pitchfork Media
placed Total 3 at number 175 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
-based microhouse
Microhouse
Microhouse, buftech or sometimes just minimal, is a subgenre of house and glitch music.-History:Microhouse has its roots in the minimal techno, glitch , and house genres of music. Its first echoes appeared in a glitch album by German experimental artist Oval, in 1993...
label's annual compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of vinyl releases and exclusives from its biggest artists and most promising newcomers. It was this album that introduced the worldwide electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
scene to the Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
minimal
Microhouse
Microhouse, buftech or sometimes just minimal, is a subgenre of house and glitch music.-History:Microhouse has its roots in the minimal techno, glitch , and house genres of music. Its first echoes appeared in a glitch album by German experimental artist Oval, in 1993...
sound which was to be dominated by Kompakt
Kompakt
Kompakt is a Cologne-based electronic music record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known for their Total compilation series which reached its eleventh installment in 2010.Kompakt...
releases.
Reception
The music online magazineOnline magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
placed Total 3 at number 175 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
Track listing
- Sascha Funke - "Drei Auf Drei" (6:12)
- Schaeben & Voss - "Ach Komm" (5:55)
- M. MayerMichael Mayer (musician)Michael Mayer is one of the key figures of Cologne, Germany's electronic music scene. Mayer is a remixer, DJ, and producer, and has released a small handful of his own singles on the Kompakt music label that he helps run with founder Wolfgang Voigt...
- "Hush Hush Baby" (6:44) - The Modernist - "Abi '81" (6:58)
- T.Raumschmiere - "Musick" (5:23)
- Reinhard Voigt - "In Aller Freundschaft" (4:20)
- Lawrence - "Teaser" (6:43)
- DettingerDettingerDettinger is a German record producer signed to Cologne, Germany's based Kompakt label.His releases include 1998's Blond 12", 1999's album Intershop , Puma 12" and Totentanz 12", and 2000's album Oasis.Dettingers tracks have appeared on a range on compilations, including Kompakt's Total and Pop...
- "Tranquilizer" (5:49) - SuperpitcherSuperpitcherAksel Schaufler better known by his stage name Superpitcher, is a German producer affiliated with Cologne's Kompakt music label.-Background:Superpitcher made his first appearance on Kompakt's Total 2 compilation album in 2000 with the song "Shadows"...
- "Tomorrow" (6:23) - Ulf LohmannUlf LohmannUlf Lohmann is a German electronic music producer most popular for his releases on Kompakt. He has released an album, Because Before, and several singles. Much of his work has been featured on Kompakt's Pop Ambient series.-External links:...
- "Because" (5:27) - Jürgen Paape - "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" (5:39)
- Closer Musik - "Departures" (7:58)