Kompakt

EB is presenting 20 Years of Kompakt, a beach party in Barcelona on the Sonar weekend. What’s not to like about that sentence? Details inside. – more

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. – more

Uldus Bakhtiozina directs this new video from the Cologne-based artist, featuring fashionable young witches and pink bunnies. – more

In our cover story from the Winter 2012 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor talks Scritti Politti, Hildegard Knef and post-production with German producer, Kompakt-signed Justus Köhncke. – more

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. – more

Hamburg’s premier sonic prankster and dance music auteur has released his first album in seven years. It turns out that many wrongs really do make it right. – more

Videodrome lovers, here’s the latest edition of our weekly music video update, with new videos from Django Django, Voigt & Voigt, Hiatus and many – more

The Week in EB feature collates our favorite pieces of content from ElectronicBeats.net from the last seven days. What did you miss? – more