Kompakt Records are by far my favourite record label. They have a wonderful attitude to musical creativity and allow their artists free rein to express themselves. It also helps that it's owned and run by musicians who are as passionate about music as their label artists. The label seems to have a loose ethos that their artists need to make good electronic music and it doesn't need to be populist or necessarily dance-oriented.
Whomadewho are populist though and they are very dancey. They are often unofficial winners of best festival band and are increasingly one of the must-see bands on the festival circuit. They cross several genres and are rocky, dancey, poppy and avant-garde enough to be likened to Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem and Flaming Lips at their nuttiest. They've been around since 2003 and have built up a very loyal following and have quite a back catalogue to their name including the self-titled debut album and then a few years after a very highly acclaimed album, Plot, that came with the song 'Keep Me In My Plane'. If you haven't seen the video for that yet, then boy - are you in for a treat!
Last week they released an EP 'Dead Remixes' EP where Kompakt founder Michael Mayer features and next month they also release a mini-album, Knee Deep. Kompakt are also hinting that there may be a full album release too. I love this quote about them and can't wait to see them live: “the rockingest dance band or danciest rock band but both the danciest dance band and the rockingest rock band.”
The Dead Remixes are a moody collection and it reminds me somewhat of the super-smash 'Without You' by the Art Department last year. It has a similar bassline although with the falsetto lead singer it's almost operatic at times. I really like this, it never takes itself too seriously as a tune but there's no faulting the professionalism of the production or the band. It's always great to see the Danes strutting their stuff too. skål!
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