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Get Tickets For Kompakt’s Night At c/o pop Cologne

Win tickets for Kompakt Total 16 with Kölsch, Weval and more. The c/o pop Festival in Cologne is coming up with a broad range of stages and events that transforms Cologne into a city of sounds from August 24th to the 28th. One highlight is the Kompakt 16 night on the 27th. The Cologne mainstay label … Continued

Here’s Your Ticket To Kompakt’s Open Air Rave In Berlin

If you love Kompakt as much as us, this is your lucky day. “HEY! Who wants to go to a big ol’ open air rave in Berlin for free!?” is a pretty cool thing to hear, right? Well, you’re reading it instead, but the principle is the same—we’re giving you a chance to win two tickets … Continued

DJ Koze Makes New Remixes For Kompakt And Permanent Vacation

DJ Koze is back with new remixes for Kompakt mainstays Wassermann (Wolfgang Voigt) and Mano Le Tough. Although Koze is known more for his original works than his remixes, he has nevertheless created his fair share of memorable reworks over the past few years. Now it seems he can add a few more to his discography: … Continued

Kompakt go knee-deep with WhoMadeWho

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Danish art-pop trio WhoMadeWho has announced they will be teaming up with Kompakt for a new mini-LP release entitled Knee Deep. The eight-track LP will be available for purchase in mid-April, along with a smattering of European dates. Kompakt have described their new direction as one less filled with pop but a more sombre route … Continued

Blind Test // 2000s Minimal – Episode 28 (Electronic Beats TV)

For the twenty eighth instalment of our Blind Test series we step back into the minimal heyday era from the turn of the millennium through to 2010. Joining us this time is KOMPAKT’s very own Michael Meyer, Melliflow co-founder Vera, Pampa Records regular Robag Wruhme, Maricas resident and Body Movements Festival co-founder Saoirse, beloved engineer … Continued

John Tejada on his studio set-up (Electronic Beats TV)

John Tejada is one of the most respected electronic music producers in the states. Born in Vienna, but living in California since he was a very young age, he has been exploring the hinterlands between techno and house for over two decades, releasing records on his own Palette Recordings, Poker Flat, 7th City and KOMPAKT. … Continued

One To Watch: Weval (Electronic Beats TV)

Weval, the Dutch duo with their sought-after debut on Kompakt in 2016 stars in our next ‘One To Watch’ episode here on Electronic Beats TV. Their music challenges the relationship between the new and the old, while focusing on the fun side of the workflow: experimentation, playfulness and positive approach all the way.

Kölsch‘s 5 Favourite B-Sides (Electronic Beats TV)

Kompakt Records favourite Kölsch boasts a stunning vinyl collection, and he invited us into his Copenhagen studio to check it out in the latest B-SIDES selection for Telekom Electronic Beats TV. Treat yourself as Kölsch shares some of his personal favourites.

Michael Mayer (EB.TV Feature)

Get on your bike and join Michael Mayer for a tour around his adopted city of residence Cologne, Germany on this Telekom Electronic Beats TV feature. Kompakt’s co-founder opens up about his DJ and production career that has spanned over 20 years, whilst showing off some of his favourite spots.

Electronic Beats Festival Cologne 2016 Line-Up Announced

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As announced a while back, Electronic Beats is shaking things up in 2016. Instead of hitting multiple European cities with two-day takeovers this spring, we’re concentrating all our efforts on one huge, five-day blowout in Cologne from May 18 – 22. Today, we proudly announce the first installment of the line-up. Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen will grace the … Continued

Agoria (Electronic Beats TV)

Telekom Electronic Beats TV travels to Paris to catch up with the prolific Agoria in this feature. Sébastien Devaud has continued to be one of the most active and creatively diverse house and techno artists around. His four studio albums and plethora of 12” releases on labels such as InFiné, Hotflush and Kompakt coexist with his collaborations in the film … Continued

Winners of 2014: Arca

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Win records from Laurel Halo, John Talabot, and more by participating in our Arca-themed contest.

Covering Tracks: Blond:ish

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Anstascia and Vivie-Ann reveal the records killing it for them right now. They also mention unicorns and watching people getting freaky. Not your usual DJ chart, then.

Beats Per Month: November, 2013

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In our BPM column, we review a clutch of the most intriguing electronic music currently on offer. This month, Louise Brailey on Mr. Beatnick, Fis, Objekt, Nguzunguzu, Pearson Sound, and Renaissance Man.

EB Festival Vienna: Line-up announced!

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The Austrian capital once more plays host to our Fall Festival season, featuring Italian legend Giorgio Moroder with support from Laurel Halo, Metro Area and When Saints Go Machine.

Border Patrol: An Interview with James Holden

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The British DJ/producer and his Border Community label set the tone for a swathe of European techno in the noughties, but found success to be a double-edged sword. We get his reflections and hear about the label’s new boundaries.

The alphabet according to DJ Koze

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DJ Koze has evolved over the past two decades from enfant- to savant- to the avant-terrible of German dance music. Here’s the alphabet according to him, from Amygdala to Zappa.

“Germans are probably funny people”: An interview with Uwe Schmidt

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At this year’s CTM 13 festival, Electronic Beats’ editor-in-chief Max Dax publicly interviewed the German musician living in Chile—aka Atom Heart, Atom™, Señor Coconut, and more—uncovering archiving, cultural imperialism, Axl Rose, and what Kraftwerk really think about Señor Coconut.

Justus Köhncke recalls his Depeche Moment

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Kompakt’s acclaimed producer of slo-mo techno minimalism details his experience of remixing the Depeche Mode single “Peace”, cementing his long held belief that, above all else, they’re great songwriters.

Brothers Connected: an interview with Voigt & Voigt

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This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Germany’s legendary Kompakt record label, and the debut album from Kompakt’s sibling unit Voigt & Voigt (Wolfgang & Reinhard). Christian Werthschulte speaks to the pair about techno legacy, Scritti Politti, and the importance

10 x 4: Friendly Fires

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Is the paranormal real? What’s it like to play live in Mexico City? Flipping out or chilling out? Ten questions and ten answers with Edd Gibson of Friendly Fires.

The Radio Sessions: John Tejada

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On this week’s edition of our Radio Sessions, Vienna-born producer John Tejada steps into the studio with host Mathias Weck. They’ll be discussing his new album The Predicting Machine, recently released on Kompakt, his personal label Palette Recordings, and his side project I Am Not A Gun, which features Tejada on drums and classical guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto.

Track-by-Track: Michael Mayer on Mantasy

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Michael Mayer provides Electronic Beats with an exclusive track-by-track of his new album Mantasy. Find out which song was inspired by thinking Madonna’s “Into the Groove” was about agriculture and, importantly, where that title comes from.

EB Listening: Emptyset – Collapsed EP

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After last year’s Demiurge – an outstanding beast of an album – we are happy to unveil the latest brainchild from the Bristol duo. The Collapsed EP is out next week through the Chemnitz-based Raster Noton label.

Stefan Betke vs. Wolfgang Voigt

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  From Kraftwerk’s travel obsession and the endless poetics of Manuel Göttsching’s E2-E4 to Atom™’s overt Schubert references on Winterreise, German Romanticism has been an enduring presence in electronic music. So too for Berlin clicks and cuts/dubtechnoist Stefan Betke and minimal techno godfather Wolfgang Voigt. Over the past fifteen years, both artists have forged a … Continued

Justus Köhncke recommends Can’s The Lost Tapes

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I’m not much of a career person. In fact, I would say I’ve stumbled into almost everything I’ve done in life—not entirely by accident, but certainly without very much planning. And that’s more or less how I became involved in making film music together with Can founder Irmin Schmidt.

WhoMadeWho and Tomas Barfod join for a Beach Party Below the Cherry Moon

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All the pieces start falling into place now: with their new album Brighter coming up in March, Danish WhoMadeWho also share what their individual members have been up to lately musicwise. We already told you about Thomas Høffding‘s recent collaboration with Terranova and Bon Homme‘s solo album and EB festival gig; now Tomas Barfod (pictured … Continued

Terranova Question Mark video

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We already inaugurated the Hotel Amour, runned by the Berlin-based electro-pioneers Terranova and shared the ‘So Strong’ video exclusive with you. Today we learned there is already a third fifth video out there, which supports the release of the Hotel Amour entitled full length – out next week via Kompakt. And we’re digging this Gudrun … Continued

Videodrome #38 – This week’s best videos

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Welcome to the #38 of our video round-up called V I D E O D R O M E. This week with Bintus, Shabazz Palaces, Golden Axe, Feist, Mohn and many more. Enjoy. #1 Bintus – Corrosion Control (directed by Will Clarke) Congolese acid warlord Bintus gets all up in your face with this analog … Continued

Club Transmediale starts today!

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Last year we thought we’d seen the biggest line-up yet for CTM festival. But the thirteenth edition – CTM.12 – comes with an even bigger, better and musically broader bill than previous years. The 2012′ Club Transmediale festival starts today and will take place at various venues across the city until February 5th. One of our … Continued

Videodrome #37 – This week’s best videos

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Welcome to #37 in our video round-up V I D E O D R O M E. This week with Django Django, Santigold, Justice, Xiu Xiu, Frittenbude. Enjoy. #1 Marsen Jules – Swans reflecting Elephants (directed by jutojo) This is jutojo‘s very nice under water video for Marsen Jules stand-out track ‘Swans reflecting Elephants’ off … Continued

Videodrome #36 – This week’s best videos

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Hello and welcome to the V I D E O D R O M E #36, serving nothing but the latest cool music videos from around the world. #1 Julia Holter – Marienbad (directed by Rick Bahto) We can’t wait for Julia Holter‘s new album Ekstasis, which will be released in march. But her first … Continued

Cologne calls for Zivilisation der Liebe

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Raves? Check! Rock festivals? Check! Symphony orchestras? Check! Electronic Beats festivals? Check (for sure)! It seems as if there were festivals and weekender for nearly every music there is – but what about techno’s (and electronic music’s, in general) older brother ambient music? The answer to this question is Zivilisation der Liebe. The ambient festival’s … Continued

Gudrun Gut recommends The Field’s Looping State of Mind

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Gudrun Gut is a musician, DJ and owner of the label Monika Enterprise. Not only being an early member of Einstürzende Neubauten Gut also co-founded the legendary German bands Malaria! and Mania D. She lives in Berlin, where she co-hosts the weekly radio show Oceanclub together with Thomas Fehlmann. Even though I listen to loads … Continued

WhoMadeWho’s Inside World

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WhoMadeWho will be back with a new album in the new year called Brighter – their first in over three years. Released via their new home Kompakt you can get a taste of what to expect by streaming the new single ‘Inside World’ below. WhoMadeWho – Inside World (from coming album “Brighter” out Feb 27 … Continued

Digitalism – Getting on

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Digitalism’s pulsating, sing-along electro, that you can jack and sweat to whilst embracing strangers, was the soundtrack to the Electronic Beats Festival in Zagreb last weekend. The two boys from Hamburg put on an explosive and spectacular show and it was a true honour to have them grace the stage. They were so nice in … Continued

o F F is Love

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o F F has been captivating us with his foggy, syrupy pop songs for most of the year. The Parisian producer recently relocated to London and changed his name to o F F Love, but this is no identity crisis: his songs are just as lovely as ever. We’ve always been curious, however, how his … Continued

EB Listening: Xaver von Treyer’s ‘The Torino Scale’ album streaming in full

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If you pay close attention, you’ll be hearing the little Moroder’s singing. Well, metaphorically, since Xaver von Treyer can’t be pigeonholed with just Italo disco – though you can hear rhythmic and melodic references such as spherical, bubbling synthesizers sounds throughout The Torino Scale, von Treyer aka Xaver Naudascher’s debut album. Further earthly pleasures come … Continued

Interview: Rainbow Arabia

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Rainbow Arabia are husband and wife Danny and Tiffany Preston who combine dance pop with the obscure side of the world music spectrum. Think Nguzunguzu or Crystal Castles playing a DJ set in a scene from Disney’s Aladdin. The ‘Rainbow’ part of the band’s name speaks volumes about their kaleidoscopic sound. They were darlings of … Continued

Dance around the Pole

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Pole aka Stefan Betke is releasing new music – his first in over three years. Since the demise of ~scape, the label he ran with Barbara Preisinger, Betke has been somewhat quiet. Accordingly he has been taking a break to “find his musical direction and produce a series of new tracks, starting with this 12inch”. … Continued

The Field loops his state of mind

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The Field is to release his second album on Kompakt this October and for the first time vocal samples have been added to the swirling mists of ambient pulses and gently progressing loops crafted by Axel Wilner. With his debut album From Here We Go Sublime making several best albums of the decade lists, and … Continued

Walls prep second album

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We love Walls. In fact we love anything even vaguely related to them – Snortex, Allez Allez, you name it, we’re on it! So it is with some excitement that we can announce details of the duo’s second full length – Coracle – due to be released via Kompakt this September. With their debut catching … Continued

Next is Saschienne

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Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Julienne Dessange and Sascha Funke spontaneously started their own music project called Saschienne last year, while making music together in Burgundy, France. Their first album is out this fall via Kompakt. When Sascha moved to Berlin years ago, he joined Ellen Allien‘s BPtich Control label. He dropped his debut album Bravo back … Continued

Wolfgang Voigt turns Kafka into music

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Cologne-based producer and minimal godfather Wolfgang Voigt is about to release a triple-pack of 12-inches under the project name Kafkatrax. Therefore the Kompakt-boss deconstructed an audio-book of famous German-speaking writer Franz Kafka, using the voices to create the tracks. Every sound on Kafkatrax, except the bassdrum, comes from this audio-book, which explains the name. The … Continued

Robag Wruhme – Colouring Tracks

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After his stunning mix Wuppdeckmischmampflow, which was released last year on Kompakt, Jena-based artist Gabor Schablitzki of Whignomy Brothers fame finally brings us his second solo album Thora Vukk, released under his Robag Wruhme alias. An intricately detailed album, the record combines a laid-back club feel with subtle melodies and mysterious field recordings. It also … Continued

Introducing Snortex

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Snoretex is the brainchild of Sam Willis – one half of Walls and one half of cult blog Allez Allez. As Snoretex he has released just a clutch of singles but his dreamy multi-layered soundscapes are infused with atmospheres and textures that touch the cornerstones of all that is wistful with unique, timeless quality. A … Continued

AKG launches Scholarship of Sound 2011

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Whilst you might consider most musicians and producers as being autodidacts, everybody needs a bit of artistic direction now and then. Where some of us tend to ask friends and colleagues for advice or search Google on how to use this or that production tool, Austrian audio gear producer AKG goes in a different direction: … Continued

John Roberts – Investigating Naivety and Anxieties

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John Roberts released Glass Eights, his debut LP, on Dial Records last autumn. Probably due to it’s hybrid sound that is not too far away from DJ Nate’s neo-ghetto house stylings, the record was praised from all sides: Techno veterans as well as dub-steppers, Panorama Bar patrons as well as hip-hop aficionados. Perhaps then it … Continued

Gatekeeper – Delving into the past, brushing against the future

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Analogue synth aficionados have re-contextualized the collective memories of the sonic past into their idiosyncratic renditions – usually aided by an opulent visualization of their music. Chicago band Gatekeeper are as influenced by Wax Trax! as they are by the mighty John Carpenter and early EBM. Their debut Optimum Maximus appeared on the Kompakt offshoot … Continued

Matias Aguayo teams up with Battles

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Battles drummer John Stanier recently revealed in a new Q + A with Pitchfork that Matias Aguayo from Kompakt Records and Eye from the Boredoms will be appearing on their up and coming album. The new Battles record will be ready for early summer on Warp Records but not much more can be said than … Continued