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20 September 2008

Kompakt press release

Kompakt press release

SAM TAYLOR-WOOD RELEASES HER COVER VERSION OF “I’M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR”, PRODUCED BY PET SHOP BOYS, ON KOMPAKT RECORDS ON OCTOBER 20. 

Highly-acclaimed artist and film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood releases the single “I’m In Love With A German Film Star” on Kompakt on October 20. 

The single, a cover version of the post-punk classic by The Passions, was produced by Pet Shop Boys who also did a full length Symphonic mix. Other remixes will be available
by Gui Boratto, Juergen Paape and Mark Reeder. 

The single will be available through iTunes on October 22 and through other digital outlets on October 29. CD release will be on October 20 and the track will also be available on limited edition (500 numbered copies) 7″ and also !2″ vinyl. 

Sam Taylor-Wood has sung on two previous collaborations with Pet Shop Boys: cover versions of Serge Gainsbourg?s “Je t?aime�moi non plus” and Donna Summer’s “Love To Love You Baby”, the latter under the pseudonym Kiki Kokova. 

Previous to the above recordings, she first worked with Pet Shop Boys in 1997 when she created the visuals and staging for their live show Somewhere at the Savoy Theatre in London. 

Kompakt is a Cologne-based electronic music label which has been described as “the label that’s contributed more than any other to Germany’s dominance of electronic dance music this decade.” 

Vinyl track-listing and CD single track-listing
7″ VINYL:
I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Original Radio edit) 3:47
I’m in Love With A German Film Star
(Mark Reeder’s Rundfunk remix) 3:39
12″ VINYL:
A1: I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Gui Boratto mix) 7:29
A2: I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(PSB Symphonic XTD mix) 8:25
B1: I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Mark Reeder’s stuck in the 80’s remix) 9:15
B2: I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Jürgen Paape mix) 5:09
1.I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Original Radio edit) 3:47
2. I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(PSB Symphonic XTD mix) 8:25
4. I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(PSB Symphonic XTD instrumental mix) 8:24
5. I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Mark Reeder’s stuck in the 80’s remix) 9:15
6.I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Gui Boratto mix) 7:29
7. I’m In Love With A German Film Star
(Jürgen Paape mix) 5:09

artist: release information:
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD
PRODUCED BY THE PET SHOP BOYS
title:
I’M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR
label:
KOMPAKT POP
format:
12″ VINYL MAXI-SINGLE
7″ VINYL MAXI-SINGLE (LTD. 500 COPIES)
CD SINGLE
DIGITAL
cat​.no. + barcode:
KOM POP 13 — 880319037115 (12″)
KOM POP MAXI CD 03 — 880319037627 (CD)
KOM POP 137 — 880319037511 (7″)

release date:
20 OCTOBER, 2008
DIGITAL: 22 OCTOBER, 2008
worldwide distribution:
KOMPAKT DISTRIBUTION

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