Pop Ambient 2020, by Various Artists

Pop Ambient 2020

by Various Artists

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eden alison Not to sound glib, but I truly believe this is the best PA comp, so far. Even better than the Japanese CD of PA2014. The book in the 2xLP is beautiful. This comp sits *above* the top shelf, on *top* of the bookcase. A beautiful stage-setter for 2020, even as I write this in April. 94/100

leggsy Great 'continuous mix' included in the Mp3 download, please can we have this for all the subsequent releases in this and the Total series?

Joachim Spieth Box received today! Great to be part of it once again, thanks for sending!

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BLACK VINYL, INCLUDING THE WHOLE DISTINCTIVE COVER-SERIES AS AN ART BOOK OF 44 PAGES.

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LIMITED EDITION COMES IN CLEAR (POP AMBIENT 2020) AND RED (POP AMBIENT 2001) COLOURED VINYL. THE BUNDLE IS WRAPPED IN A HEAVY STOCK CARDBOARD ENVELOPE WITH EMBOSSING, PLUS THE WHOLE DISTINCTIVE COVER-SERIES AS AN ART BOOK OF 44 PAGES.

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1.	Urquell 05:54	buy track
2.	Diminish 04:32	buy track
3.	Cromo 4 05:41	buy track
4.	Meteor 06:31	buy track
5.	Notre-Dame 06:44	buy track
6.	All The Pretty Little Horses 03:59	buy track
7.	Lässt Los 07:08	buy track
8.	Clade 06:23	buy track
9.	Liebesperlen 06:47	buy track
10.	Iron Woman 04:59	buy track
11.	Requiem For A Butterfly 06:11	buy track
12.	Brenda 04:09	buy track
13.	Stay 04:43	buy track
14.	Neo 03:50	buy track
15.	Alles Bleibt Anders 04:42	buy track
16.	Song 9 02:24	buy track
17.	Sleep Fall 05:04	buy track
18.	Pop Ambient 2020 (Continuous Mix) 01:18:59

about

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 medicine against illnesses, that you don’t even suffer from. It’s giving everything, demanding nothing. Musical lotus leafs, 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 aswell 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 digital, 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 a overhauled original version out on vinyl for the very first time.

  Breath in. Breath out. Thank you.  

Wolfgang Voigt, September 2019.

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released November 22, 2019

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