Total 3

Released31 July 2001

GenreMicrohouse, minimal techno

Length1:13:31

LabelKompakt

Kompakt: Total 3
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	31 July 2001
Genre	Microhouse, minimal techno
Length	1:13:31
Label	Kompakt
Kompakt Total series chronology
Total 2 (2000) Kompakt: Total 3 (2001) Total 4 (2002)

Kompakt: Total 3 or Total 3 was released on 31 July 2001. The album is the third installment of the influential Cologne-based microhouse label's annual compilation of vinyl releases and exclusives from its biggest artists and most promising newcomers. Vinyl and CD editions are quite different since only six songs are included on both formats. All tracks on the vinyl format were previously unreleased when the compilation came out. "Departures" was since included on Closer Musik's album After Love, "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" was since released on 12 inch, both on Kompakt in 2002. It was this album that introduced the worldwide electronic music scene to the Cologne minimal sound which was to be dominated by Kompakt releases.