Sensorama: “Star Escalator” (Schaffelfieber, Kompakt 2000) Roman Flügel and Jörn Wuttke first caught my attention as Sensorama with this lovely little sparkler from Kompakt’s...
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Jürgen Paape: “Triumph” (Kompakt, 1998) This was one of the first tracks I ever heard on Kompakt. Those early minimal tracks really changed my perception of techno and dance music;...
Dauwd: Kindlinn (Kompakt) Dauwd Al Hilali signs to Kompakt with the release of this new three-tracker, and it’s a good match. Kompakt’s output has been less unanimously to my...
The Field: Cupid’s Head (Kompakt) From the opening bars of “They Won’t See Me,” Cupid’s Head is undeniably Axel Willner’s handiwork. His looping...
Gui Boratto: The K2 Chapter (K2/Kompakt Digital) Gui Boratto had been pumping out music a little while before he connected with Kompakt and the kick-off of their K2 imprint, but it was on...
Kölsch: 1977 (Kompakt) For years, Kompakt was a sure thing to me for great dance music. It didn’t matter if it was a club thumper like Michael Mayer’s “Speaker” or...
Taragana Pyjarama: Tipped Bowls (Kompakt) I missed this one when it first came out last summer. I just read a blurb about Kompakt’s latest 20 year compilation release that seemed...
Kölsch: “All That Matters (Instrumental)” (Kompakt, 2012) Kölsch’s “All That Matters” features Trøls Abrahamsen on vocals, but I greatly prefer the instrumental version...
M.Mayer: “17 & 4” (Kompakt 1999) Kompakt celebrates its 20th anniversary this month (the store opened in 1993, some years before they embarked on the label adventure) — so I thought...
Mohn: Mohn + Eberplatz 2000 Remixe (Kompakt) Mohn is the latest collaboration between Kompakt mainstays Jörg Burger (The Modernist) and Wolfgang Voigt (Mike Ink, Gas, Studio 1, and...
Michael Mayer: Mantasy (Kompakt) Michael Mayer is a slippery one. He’s been running the Kompakt label alongside Wolfgang Voigt and Jürgen Paape since the mid 90s, and yet despite...
Matias Aguayo: “I Don’t Smoke” (I Don’t Smoke EP, Kompakt 2011) It’s not half as bold as most of his preceding a capella Ay Ay Ay album, but this jaunty dance track...
Robag Wruhme: Donnerkuppel (Kompakt) Gabor Schablitzki’s last full-length as Robag Wruhme, released last year on DJ Koze’s Pampa imprint, was a deeply satisfying listen, moving...
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