The Field
One of the Kompakt label's most beloved and polarizing producers (he was accused of being a formula-reliant one-trick pony), Sweden's Axel Willner debuted with Things Keep Falling Down, a 12" containing a pair of blissed-out trance-techno tracks over ten minutes in length -- one of which, "Thought vs. Action," made clever use of the intro to the Four Tops' "I'll Be There." A follow-up 12", Sun and Ice (with samples of Lionel Richie and Kate Bush), appeared in 2006, leading to the 2007 full-length From Here We Go Sublime. Two of his most impressive tr...[more]
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This is the debut full-length release by Stockholm's own Axel Willner aka The Field. His adoration for Kompakt co-owner Wolfgang Voigt's GAS and M:I:5 projects from the '90s and the shoegazer rock of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine brought forward a new fusion of ambient and techno that sounds wholly original and accomplished -- post-pop ambient anyone? The road was paved with his Annie remix that leapt onto the web and quickly became a cult favorite amongst the musical bloggerati, and the hype continued w [ read more ]
CD $15.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Gatefold, double vinyl version (with free CD of the same content included) of the highly-anticipated second full-length release by Axel Willner aka The Field. 2007's Here We Go Sublime was one of the year's most acclaimed releases, receiving a 9.0 from Pitchfork as well as universal praise. It was a soundtrack to the spit-shined airport of your dreams - faceless, futuristic, and fuzzy. Now, Willner's label, Kompakt, has teamed with Anti to release this record. Willner expands his palett [ read more ]
2xLP+CD $19.99
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The Field is Axel Willner, and 2007's Here We Go Sublime was one of the year's most acclaimed releases, receiving a 9.0 from Pitchfork as well as universal praise. It was a soundtrack to the spit-shined airport of your dreams - faceless, futuristic, and fuzzy. Now, Willner's label, Kompakt, has teamed with Anti to release this record. Willner expands his palette, continuing the oblique sampling strategy while building up the rhythmic architecture.
CD $15.99
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