POP AMBIENT CELEBRATES 20 YEARS – KOMPAKT

20 years of Pop Ambient. Already? One didn’t notice. It’s an anniversary which comes quietly. An anniversary with quiet tones. In the spirit of the special restraint of pop-elegance, it has no reason to drawn attention to itself with a big “Tam-Tam” or better “Bum-Bum”.

The bass drum stays outside. Nevertheless, in fast-paced, overstimulated times of moving forward, it’s a joyful occasion to look back.

What strikes most by putting or listening to 20 years of pop ambient in a row is the central theme that holds together the dense aesthetic concept like the pearls of a necklace. Floral beauty for digital naturalists. Music like flowers, that don’t wilt. Timeless, Ageless.

But with all of the conceptual unity and resolution, Pop Ambient would not be Kompakt without the break, the friction, the expansion of musical boundaries in between tradition and innovation, in between conspiracy and the openness of the discourse. Aestheticism, escapism, acting in the spirit of „nevertheless”. Swans drifting by, clouds pass over, everything is floating and: „Boredom is a stylistic device” (Andy Warhol).

Pop Ambient Music is a medicine against illnesses, that you don’t even suffer from. It’s giving everything, demanding nothing. Musical lotus leaves, off which the virtual wastewater of our time is rolling like the reality is dripping off the matrix.

In this sense, we’re happy about the pop-ambient anniversary greetings from new and old companions like Thore Pfeiffer, Max Würden, Yui Onodera, Jörg Burger, Thomas Fehlmann, Morgen Wurde, Leandro Fresco as well as contributions from T.Raumschmiere, Andrew Thomas and, after a long break, from friends from early days like Joachim Spieth, Markus Guentner und Klimek.

Pop Ambient 2020 is released digitally, as CD and of course as a chic double vinyl. Also included in the package: The whole distinctive cover-series as an art book of 44 pages.

And for all of the old and young fans and collectors, there is the Pop Ambient 2001 in an overhauled original version out on vinyl for the very first time.

Also: All of this will be available combined in our limited slipcase and in coloured vinyl that is exclusively available on kompakt.fm …

Breath in. Breath out. Thank you.

Wolfgang Voigt

Various Artists – POP AMBIENT 2020

01 Thore Pfeiffer – Urquell

02 Max Würden – Diminish

03 Yui Onodera – Cromo 4

04 Joachim Spieth – Meteor

05 T.Raumschmiere – Notre-Dame

06 Klimek – All The Little Horses

07 Morgen Wurde feat. Maria Estrella – Lässt Los

08 Markus Guentner – Clade

09 Thomas Fehlmann – Liebesperlen

10 Gen Pop – Iron Woman

11 Klimek – Requiem For A Butterfly

12 Leandro Fresco – Brenda

13 Max Würden/Pepo Galan – Stay

14 Leandro Fresco/Thore Pfeiffer – Neo

15 Thore Pfeiffer – Alles Bleibt Anders

16 Andrew Thomas – Song 9

17 Andrew Thomas – Sleep Fall

18 Various Artists – Pop Ambient 2020 continuous Mix

Various Artists – POP AMBIENT 2001 LP

A1 Joachim Spieth – You Don’t Fool Me

A2 Ulf Lohmann – Because

A3 All – Alltag

A4 Dettinger – Repeater

A5 Geometric Farms – Men Of Many Sayings

B1 Mint – All (Remix)

B2 Markus Guentner – Regensburg

B3 Reinhard Voigt – Premiere World

B4 Gustavo Lamas – Mañana

B5 Markus Guentner – Pilot

PRE-ORDER LINK: Various Artists “Pop Ambient 2020”