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Kompakt

January 19, 2024

This article is about the German record label. For the software, see Kompakt (software).

Kompakt (Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known for their Total compilation series.

Kompakt
Founded1998
FounderWolfgang Voigt
GenreElectronic music, microhouse, minimal techno, ambient techno
Country of originGermany
LocationCologne
Official websitekompakt.fm

History edit

Kompakt originated from a techno record store that was opened in Cologne in 1993 (under the name "Delirium") by Wolfgang Voigt, Reinhard Voigt, Jörg Burger and Jürgen Paape, who were soon joined by Michael Mayer.[1][2] Kompakt itself was formally founded in 1998, combining several existing labels, the record store and distributor and also event organizing activities.[3]

According to Grooves magazine, "Kompakt's chief aesthetic objective has always been the perfect marriage of ambient texture and linear 4x4 structure—blending deep, granular sound design with the 4-bar rhythmic intensity and patterning that makes house and techno so club-effective".[4] Kompakt has been noted for releases enriching abstract techno tracks with pop elements such as vocals – Mayer has stated that "We grew up with pop music and really like traces of pop in techno music. This is probably Kompakt's biggest strength-- that we can detect these pop traces and give them a home".[3]

British music critic Simon Reynolds has characterized Kompakt as the "label that's contributed more than any other to Germany's dominance of electronic dance music this decade [the 2000s]".[5]

Notable producers of the label include Superpitcher, Michael Mayer, Justus Köhncke, Rex the Dog and Gui Boratto. In recent years, Kompakt has been better known for bringing a trance sound into minimal techno.[6]

Techno and electronic artists, such as The Orb, Thomas Fehlmann, The Field, Jonas Bering, Aril Brikha, Kenneth James Gibson, and others have released material on Kompakt.

Kompakt also runs an online music store with a weekly newsletter, providing a large amount of techno and other electronic forms and through mailorder. The label used to run its own digital download store at kompakt-mp3.net, which according to Mayer was "[one of the first] techno mp3 shops online", but it was not financially successful and was shut down after three years in late 2008.[3][7] The company had 16 employees in 2009.[3]

The Kompakt offices and record store appear in Amy Grill's 2009 documentary Speaking in Code, which features interviews with founder Wolfgang Voigt and co-owner Michael Mayer.[8][9]

Profan edit

Profan was founded in 1993 by Wolfgang Voigt and was later added as a sublabel to Kompakt. The label primarily featured material by Wolfgang Voigt and his brother Reinhard Voigt. Many critics considered Profan at the cutting edge of '90s electronica.[10] Profan stopped releasing any new material in 2000, but resumed in August 2008 when Wolfgang Voigt's "Freiland Klaviermusik" single was released under the Profan name.[11]

Selected releases edit

Total series edit

Pop Ambient edit

  • Pop Ambient 2001 (2001)
  • Pop Ambient 2002 (2001)
  • Pop Ambient 2003 (2002)
  • Pop Ambient 2004 (2003)
  • Pop Ambient 2005 (2004)
  • Pop Ambient 2006 (2005)
  • Pop Ambient 2007 (2006)
  • Pop Ambient 2008 (2007)
  • Pop Ambient 2009 (2009)
  • Pop Ambient 2010 (2010)
  • Pop Ambient 2011 (2011)
  • Pop Ambient 2012 (2012)
  • Pop Ambient 2013 (2013)
  • Pop Ambient 2014 (2014)
  • Pop Ambient 2015 (2014)
  • Pop Ambient 2016 (2015)
  • Pop Ambient 2017 (2016)
  • Pop Ambient 2018 (2017)
  • Pop Ambient 2019 (2018)
  • Pop Ambient 2020 (2019)
  • Pop Ambient 2021 (2020)
  • Pop Ambient 2022 (2021)
  • Pop Ambient 2023 (2022)
  • Pop Ambient 2024 (2023)

Other releases edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Burger/Voigt". Kompakt.fm. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Michael Mayer". Kompakt.fm. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Plagenhoef, Scott (10 August 2009). "Kompakt 10". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  4. ^ Kiran Sande: Review of Pop Ambient 2007 compilation 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Groovesmag.com
  5. ^ Simon Reynolds: GAS 13 June 2008. Expanded version of: Into the Wild, feature in Frieze, May 2008
  6. ^ "Nocs – High End Headphones – Airplay Speakers – Studio". nocs.se. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. ^ Christine Karman (4 November 2008). "De:Bug Musik » Kompakt schließt MP3 Shop". De-bug.de. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  8. ^ . Pits and Lands blog. 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  9. ^ McAllister,Lulu (2009). . XLR8R Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  10. ^ Kompakt Disk, Andrez Bergen. Daily Yomiuri, July 2005.
  11. ^ Dale, Jon (22 September 2008). "Wolfgang Voigt – Freiland Klaviermusik". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 8 December 2008.

External links edit

  • Official site
  • Pitchfork Media review of Total 6 compilation (2005, includes a look back at the label's success in the U.S. from 2001 to 2005)
  • Kompakt discography at Discogs

January 19, 2024
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This article is about the German record label For the software see Kompakt software This article is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this article if appropriate Editing help is available July 2013 Kompakt Labelcode LC 12012 is a Cologne based electronic music independent record label and vinyl CD distributor owned by Wolfgang Voigt Michael Mayer and Jurgen Paape They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno and are known for their Total compilation series KompaktFounded1998FounderWolfgang VoigtGenreElectronic music microhouse minimal techno ambient technoCountry of originGermanyLocationCologneOfficial websitekompakt fm Contents 1 History 2 Profan 3 Selected releases 3 1 Total series 3 2 Pop Ambient 3 3 Other releases 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editKompakt originated from a techno record store that was opened in Cologne in 1993 under the name Delirium by Wolfgang Voigt Reinhard Voigt Jorg Burger and Jurgen Paape who were soon joined by Michael Mayer 1 2 Kompakt itself was formally founded in 1998 combining several existing labels the record store and distributor and also event organizing activities 3 According to Grooves magazine Kompakt s chief aesthetic objective has always been the perfect marriage of ambient texture and linear 4x4 structure blending deep granular sound design with the 4 bar rhythmic intensity and patterning that makes house and techno so club effective 4 Kompakt has been noted for releases enriching abstract techno tracks with pop elements such as vocals Mayer has stated that We grew up with pop music and really like traces of pop in techno music This is probably Kompakt s biggest strength that we can detect these pop traces and give them a home 3 British music critic Simon Reynolds has characterized Kompakt as the label that s contributed more than any other to Germany s dominance of electronic dance music this decade the 2000s 5 Notable producers of the label include Superpitcher Michael Mayer Justus Kohncke Rex the Dog and Gui Boratto In recent years Kompakt has been better known for bringing a trance sound into minimal techno 6 Techno and electronic artists such as The Orb Thomas Fehlmann The Field Jonas Bering Aril Brikha Kenneth James Gibson and others have released material on Kompakt Kompakt also runs an online music store with a weekly newsletter providing a large amount of techno and other electronic forms and through mailorder The label used to run its own digital download store at kompakt mp3 net which according to Mayer was one of the first techno mp3 shops online but it was not financially successful and was shut down after three years in late 2008 3 7 The company had 16 employees in 2009 3 The Kompakt offices and record store appear in Amy Grill s 2009 documentary Speaking in Code which features interviews with founder Wolfgang Voigt and co owner Michael Mayer 8 9 Profan editProfan was founded in 1993 by Wolfgang Voigt and was later added as a sublabel to Kompakt The label primarily featured material by Wolfgang Voigt and his brother Reinhard Voigt Many critics considered Profan at the cutting edge of 90s electronica 10 Profan stopped releasing any new material in 2000 but resumed in August 2008 when Wolfgang Voigt s Freiland Klaviermusik single was released under the Profan name 11 Selected releases editThis section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is non use of wikitables formatting of album single titles Please help improve this section if you can March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Total series edit Total 1 1999 Total 2 2000 Total 3 2001 Total 4 2002 Total 5 2003 Total 6 2005 Total 7 2006 Total 8 2007 Total 9 2008 Total 10 2009 Total 11 2010 Total 12 2011 Total 14 2014 Total 15 2015 Total 16 2016 Total 17 2017 Total 18 2018 Total 19 2019 Total 20 2020 Total 21 2021 Total 22 2022 Total 23 2023 Pop Ambient edit Pop Ambient 2001 2001 Pop Ambient 2002 2001 Pop Ambient 2003 2002 Pop Ambient 2004 2003 Pop Ambient 2005 2004 Pop Ambient 2006 2005 Pop Ambient 2007 2006 Pop Ambient 2008 2007 Pop Ambient 2009 2009 Pop Ambient 2010 2010 Pop Ambient 2011 2011 Pop Ambient 2012 2012 Pop Ambient 2013 2013 Pop Ambient 2014 2014 Pop Ambient 2015 2014 Pop Ambient 2016 2015 Pop Ambient 2017 2016 Pop Ambient 2018 2017 Pop Ambient 2019 2018 Pop Ambient 2020 2019 Pop Ambient 2021 2020 Pop Ambient 2022 2021 Pop Ambient 2023 2022 Pop Ambient 2024 2023 Other releases edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it May 2016 Gas Zauberberg 1997 Gas Konigsforst 1998 Gas Oktember 1999 Dettinger Intershop 1999 Gas Pop 2000 Michael Mayer Immer 2002 Superpitcher Today 2005 The Orb Okie Dokie It s The Orb on Kompakt 2005 Klimek Music To Fall Asleep 2006 Gui Boratto Chromophobia 2007 The Field From Here We Go Sublime 2007 Gui Boratto Take My Breath Away 2009 The Field Yesterday and Today 2009 Panda Bear Surfer s Hymn Single 2011 WhoMadeWho Knee Deep 2011 Gui Boratto III 2011 WALLS Coracle 2011 Taragana Pyjarama Tipped Bowls 2012 Justus Kohncke Justus Kohncke amp The Wonderful Frequency Band 2013 Voigt amp Voight Die Zauberhafte Welt Der Anderen 2013 John Tejada The Predicting Machine 2013 Vermont Vermont 2014 Kenneth James Gibson The Evening Falls 2016 Gas Narkopop 2017 Vermont II 2017 Gui Boratto Pentagram 2018 Gas Rausch 2018 John Tejada Dead Start Program 2018 Gas Der Lange Marsch 2021 See also editList of record labels List of electronic music record labelsReferences edit Burger Voigt Kompakt fm Retrieved 22 January 2012 Michael Mayer Kompakt fm Retrieved 22 January 2012 a b c d Plagenhoef Scott 10 August 2009 Kompakt 10 Pitchfork Retrieved 22 January 2012 Kiran Sande Review of Pop Ambient 2007 compilation Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Groovesmag com Simon Reynolds GAS 13 June 2008 Expanded version of Into the Wild feature in Frieze May 2008 Nocs High End Headphones Airplay Speakers Studio nocs se Retrieved 2 June 2016 Christine Karman 4 November 2008 De Bug Musik Kompakt schliesst MP3 Shop De bug de Retrieved 4 March 2013 Speaking in Code Pits and Lands blog 13 April 2009 Archived from the original on 24 February 2012 Retrieved 22 January 2012 McAllister Lulu 2009 Q amp A Speaking In Code XLR8R Magazine Archived from the original on 7 June 2009 Retrieved 19 June 2009 Kompakt Disk Andrez Bergen Daily Yomiuri July 2005 Dale Jon 22 September 2008 Wolfgang Voigt Freiland Klaviermusik Resident Advisor Retrieved 8 December 2008 External links editOfficial site Pitchfork Media review of Total 6 compilation 2005 includes a look back at the label s success in the U S from 2001 to 2005 Dummymag com interview with Michael Mayer February 2010 Kompakt discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kompakt amp oldid 1187945606, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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