When I met Partok at his apartment I was surprised to hear him listening to Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica‘. It was weird, I’d not heard ‘Don’t Fight
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LabelKompakt
Results76Kompakt Records is a Cologne-based imprint founded by three figures who have had a profound influence on contemporary club music: Wolfgang Voigt, Jürgen Paape and Michael Mayer. Originally a record shop that was opened in 1993 under the name Delirium, Kompakt Records has helped launched the career of many celebrated German producers, including Superpitcher, Gui Boratto and Matias Aguayo. While recognised for pushing micro house and minimal techno styles, the label encompasses a broad and eclectic sonic spectrum, as evinced by its annual Total compilations, along with its Pop Ambient and Speicher offshoots.
Kompakt detail Pop Ambient 2022
With fall in full swing, Kompakt’s iconic ‘Pop Ambient‘ compilation returns this November, with Wolfgang Voigt helming the 22nd edition of the series, collating another batch
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Wolfgang Voigt announces 10th GAS album ‘Der Lange Marsch’
Wolfgang Voigt’s legendary abstract ambient project GAS makes a welcome return this December, with the announcement of an 11-track album named ‘Der Lange Marsch‘. Three years
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Tobias Thomas mixes third edition of ‘Connecting The Dots’
Following previous editions from Michael Mayer and Robag Wruhme, today Kompakt release the third edition of their DJ mix series ‘Connecting The Dots‘ courtesy of Tobias
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Kompakt detail TOTAL 20 featuring Robag Wruhme, Soela, Jürgen Paape, Sascha Funke
Kompakt turn 20 with their “annual yearbook” TOTAL 20 – featuring a wide range of sounds deep, stripped back and just a little bit silly all
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Wolfgang Voigt releases new GAS track ‘Zeit’ on Profan
Following the reissue of ‘Oktember‘ EP in May, today Wolfgang Voigt releases a brand new digital only GAS production named ‘Zeit‘ – issued through his seminal
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GAS: Oktember
Originally released in 1999, ‘Oktember’ by GAS now sees a timely reissue through Kompakt featuring the track ‘TAL-90’ for the first time.
Kompakt release The Field’s debut album on vinyl ‘From Here We Go Sublime’
The Field’s timeless debut album “From Here We Go Sublime”, originally released in 2007 via Kompakt, has been released as a double LP in gatefold vinyl
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Wolfgang Voigt compiles a decade of archive and unreleased music as EARQUAKE
EARQUAKE marks Wolfgang Voigt’s most ambitious and prolific release to date – 303 tracks from the heydays of his multi-faceted musical output during the 1990s, including
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Up close and personal with Dj Balduin
Ahead of his performance in Amsterdam at This I s Not…A Party with Iron Curtis, Sevensol and Antepop on Saturday 19 October – guest writer Theresa Baumel caught up with DJ Balduin to learn more about his musical upbringing and how his connection to the Leipzig community helped shape and influence his musical career.
Marcus Schmickler simulates galactic collision in his latest opus ‘Particle/Matter-Wave/Energy’
Veteran contemporary experimental producer Marcus Schmickler has signed to Kompakt to release his latest 37-minute opus – ‘Particle/Matter-Wave/Energy‘ – aiming to create an acoustic rendering of
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Kompakt Open Air with Michael Mayer, Barnt, Anii, Rex The Dog, T.Raumschmiere at Else
Following the announcement of their official opening party on Sunday 28 April, Berlin’s wildest summer party venue Else have unveiled their next open air event on
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Thomas Fehlmann: Los Lagos
It’s been a while since we’ve heard a solo project from the electronic music legend, and the wait has been well worth it. ‘Los Lagos’ is a testament to Fehlmann’s longevity as an artist and a peak at what he’s capable of as a songwriter and producer.
Axel Willner announces his sixth album as The Field
Axel Willner has announced the release of a new album under long-time alias The Field. His latest full-length for Kompakt, ‘Infinite Moment‘ finds Willner exploring fresh
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Kompakt detail Total 18 featuring Jörg Burger, Jürgen Paape, Sonns, Terranova, Voigt & Voigt
Nineteen years on since the inaugural delivery of their Total compilation series, Cologne’s flagship record label Kompakt return with ‘Total 18‘, in time for their 25th
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GAS: Rausch
If new album Rausch is music of the forest, it’s a forest existing in the laws of time, physics and narrative found in a Christopher Nolan movie. Where earlier GAS records tethered beats and orchestral samples to a dub techno groove, here the instrumentation often feels like it has been cut away from gravity to orbit erratically through and over the beat.