Established in 1998 by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape, the Kompakt label has since managed to become synonymous with an entire subgenre of electronic music: the German minimalistic techno sound, championed by its owners and a plethora of associated artists, most of them hailing from Kompakt's home-town Cologne.
Tracks on "Mohn"
This Album is featured in Update #079:
Lauer, Actress, Maya Jane Coles, Lazer Sword
As if to salute the northern hemisphere's arrival of Spring, our virtual shelves have been filled to the brim with fantastic music this month, culminating in today's 100+ new releases.
For our star-studded Essentials we've done our best to narrow down the more...
Top 2 in Best Rated Releases of Week #17
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Two giants of the Kompakt world Wolfgang Voigt and Jörg Bürger embark on a new project, Voigt's radicalism crossing The Modernist's impeccably polished dancefloor precision. Blunt, dense textures similar to GAS, yet touching on cosmic, dubby planets, with even a darker, industrial edge. Pretty damn epic.
Schwarzer Schwan
(Track 02 on this Album)