Michael Mayer - Kompakt The Early Years

Kompakt – The Early Years (1998-2004) by Michael Mayer

For the past decade, Cologne’s Kompakt has been the pre-eminent techno label in the world. Emerging in the late-1990s– at a time in which techno itself was the province of a cabal of Detroit devotees with a conservative, narrow definition of their scene– Kompakt used the 4/4 thump of the dancefloor as a means rather than an end. Label owners Wolfgang Voigt (Gas, Mike Ink), Michael Mayer, and Jürgen Paape created a central, branded imprint willing to release any and all sounds that took their fancy. Over the years, that has included ambient washes, hands-in-the-air electro-pop, thumping floor-fillers, and above all microhouse, a minimal take on house in which elements of rhythm are often glitches, whirrs, and clicks rather than more traditional mechanistic drums.

PITCHFORK have teamed up with KOMPAKT to celebrate their landmark TOTAL 10 compilation.

01 All - Alltag
02 Ehlert & Lohberger - Vito E.P.
03 Dettinger - Totentanz
04 Sascha Funke - Safety First
05 Peter Grummich - Schleusen Auf
07 Schaeben & Voss - Tombo’s Revenge
08 Jürgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie (Ata’s Playhouse Mix)
09 Leandro Fresco - Cera Uno
10 Superpitcher - Heroin
11 Dorau / Köhncke - Durch Die Nacht (Geiger Mix)
12 Closer Musik - 2 the Beat 2 the Rock
13 Lawrence - Teaser

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