SPEICHER 99

Barcode: 880319827112 Brothers WOLFGANG and REINHARD VOIGT are rightly considered main initiators of Kompakt™s aesthetic, with the prolific output from both artists ranging from early Profan™s anti-beat science to richly layered ambient studies or dry-witted techno anthems for demanding floors. As a duo, VOIGT & VOIGT have been responsible for some of Kompakt™s most notorious releases  there™s the raucous Erdingertrax 12› triplet, the cinematic psychedelics from their full-length šDie Zauberhafte Welt Der Anderen› (KOMPAKT 274 CD 104) and  as essential as they come  much-acclaimed Speicher cuts such as šRoxy› (KOMPAKT EXTRA 3), šGong Audio› (KOMPAKT EXTRA 54) or šSupertrip› (KOMPAKT EXTRA 82). For the series™ latest instalment SPEICHER 99, they present crisp belter SANFTE GRÜSSE, embroidering a stoic shuffle with mysterious, pitch-happy synth motives. On the flipside lives the post-industrial DURCHDRINGUNG, a pulsating soundscape revelling in metallic noises and hypnotic feedback loops. So close to the 100thth Speicher release, these cuts serve as a powerful reminder of the series™ roots in rough-and-ready techno with a twist  and of two of its leading trailblazers in peak form. 01 Sanfte Grüsse 02 Durchdringung