Slam & Perc

It’s been a few years since Captain Mustache took a ride with Kompakt – 2021, to be exact, when he released the “Everything” single, and subsequently made an appearance on that year’s entry in the Total series. But this visionary French producer has been busy, indeed fiercely productive, ever since, appearing on Helena Hauff’s Return To Disorder and John Digweed’s Bedrock, collaborating with Dave Clarke, Popof, The Advent, Paris The Black Fu, Keith Tucker from AUX88... and two beautifully eloquent albums, Tourbillon Nocturne and Indigo Memories. But with The Super Album, Captain Mustache returns to Kompakt with his most sublime collection yet. On The Super Album, the Captain soundtracks an imagined “whole day for party people.” He welcomes friends old and new on board: opening with the poetic club banger of “About Love”, with guest appearance from Speakwave (aka dynArec), The Super Album shifts gears into the lush, sunny “Shifting Basslines”, where Captain Mustache’s pulsing electro-disco is the perfect fit for a third collaboration with electroclash pioneers Chicks on Speed. After the deep techno pulsations of “Laser Me” and the glitzy pop shine of “Gimme Ya Mustache”, more guests arrive: Arnaud Rebotini of Black Strobe on the slinky “I Love Watching U”, and then a spoken cameo from the truly legendary French disco diva Amanda Lear on “Mustache Of The Universe”, a glitzy glitterball of a song that’s shrouded in ghostly synths.

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Liebigstrasse 2-20
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Germany
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It has been a long running gag at KOMPAKT that there is an adversity to our male staff having a mustache. The truth is that there are scarce few in the history of our company who have managed to get away with having a furry friend on their face. But due to the pandemic and lockdown, the staff Zoom meetings were confronted with an unprecedented snot mop overgrowth. The solution was right under our noses. We had become entranced with a producer from Paris that has successfully managed to take the torch from the golden age of Gigolo fueled electro-pop and merge it with that signature Kompakt sexiness we crave and that we hope you hear in many of our club tracks. He goes by the name of Captain Mustache. He has brought to Kompakt tolerance and acceptance for those who whistle with a bristle. Fred is anything but a crumb catcher and has an exemplary but short history of releases. Be it with Chicks On Speed, Correspondant, Bordello A Parigi or Helena Hauf’s Return To Disorder. And now we present this fine double header. Play Paul (on vocals) joins for the title track called “Everything” and it is just that. “Pulsions Organiques" brings a somewhat broken beat to his electro flavor saver tendencies. And an instrumental of “Everything” rounds things off for those who like it a little more lower brow. Es ist ein alter Gag im Hause KOMPAKT, dass es eher ein Nachteil ist, wenn unsere männlichen Mitarbeiter einen Schnurrbart tragen. Die Wahrheit ist, dass es in der Geschichte unseres Unternehmens nur wenige gab, die es geschafft haben, mit so einem pelzigen Freund im Gesicht davonzukommen. Aufgrund der Pandemie und des Lockdowns sahen sich dann aber die Mitarbeiter-Zoom-Meetings mit einer noch nie dagewesenen Anzahl dieser umstrittenenen Oberlippenbehaarung konfrontiert. Die Lösung lag jedoch, ähm, direkt vor unserer Nase. Wir hatten uns kürzlich in einen Produzenten aus Paris verguckt, der es erfolgreich geschafft hat, die Fackel des goldenen Zeitalters von Gigolo-artigen Elektro-Pop wieder aufzunehmen und das Ganze mit der charakteristischen Sexiness von KOMPAKT zu verschmelzen, nach der wir uns alle sehnen und die man hoffentlich in vielen unserer Club-Tracks hören kann. Dieser Typ hört auf den Namen Captain Mustache und er hat dafür gesorgt, dass wir nun mehr Toleranz und Akzeptanz für diejenigen aufbringen, die mit einer kleinen Borste im Gesicht herumlaufen. Fred ist aber alles andere als ein Krümelfänger und hat eine vorbildliche, aber dennoch kurze Diskographie vorzuweisen, die von Chicks On Speed, über Correspondant und Bordello A Parigi bis zu Helena Haufs Return To Disorder reicht. Und nun haben wir die Ehre, diese exquisite 12inch zu präsentieren. Für "Everything" gesellt sich Play Paul (am Gesang) hinzu und hält, was der Titel verspricht. "Pulsions Organiques" steuert einen leicht gebrochenen Beat zu seinen ehrenhaften Ansinnen hinzu, den guten Electro Geschmack zu retten. Ein Instrumental von "Everything" rundet die Sache für diejenigen ab, die es ein wenig ruhiger mögen.

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Germany
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From virtual obscurity to the top of the game, Captain Mustache has seen a meteoric rise with a plethora of high profile releases and collaborations displaying his signature aesthetic. Ranging from electro to indie infused electro clash, his talent is varied and shines true with this brand new double pink vinyl 12" LP on the American Science Cult imprint. With already stellar productions, some of electronic music's heroes are featured as collaborators or vocalists including the legendary K-1 of AUX 88, Dave Clarke, dynArec, and Hiroki Esashika.

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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: gpsr@wordandsound.net