Kompakt

Kompakt has been running for more than 30 years. In electronic music terms, that's not quite archaic, but it's hard to think of many other German labels that have survived for so long – and evolved from experimental house and early minimal techno to all kinds of dance and ambient music, into a cohesive but widespread hub of distribution, booking, publishing and management. Founded by Wolfgang Voigt, Jürgen Paape, Reinhard Voigt Jörg Burger and Michael Mayer in 1993, Kompakt is looking back at an unparalleled discography of large variety. Much-acclaimed and highly distinct artists like The Field, Kölsch, DJ Koze, Gus Gus, The Orb, Jonathan Kaspar, Superpitcher, Weval, Matias Aguayo, Justus Köhncke, Patrice Bäumel, Gui Boratto, Kaito, Robag Wruhme or Sascha Funke have shaped their careers via the iconic imprint, just to name a very few. The complete story is surely much more complicated than that, but Wolfgang always says it best: “Forward ever, backwards never."