“Nomen,” says Kompakt Records cofounder and DJ-producer Michael Mayer, “est omen.” Or in other, non-Latin words, one’s moniker is a sign of destiny. So while “Kompakt started out,” Mayer recently told ...

If Germany has dominated techno since the turn of the millennium, it’s thanks in no small part to the enduring influence of one label: the legendary Cologne-based Kompakt Records. Launched in 1998, ...

Techno and indie: historically, these have been separate, hermetically sealed genres; parallel worlds; sworn enemies, even. To the techno purist, guitar music is a dead artform. Cologne's Kompakt ...

Although the new album from Kompakt Records tentpole Justus Köhncke boasts a characteristic mix of mid-tempo house, techno, disco and kitschy pop, it’s hardly a definitive statement. Save this story ...