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The Kompakt Selects Edition

On Michael Mayer, Sr. Sherburne, and an excellent playlist

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Colin Nagy
May 21, 2025
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Colin here. Philip Sherburne, for my money one of the most important music and culture writers around, wrote an excellent retrospective about Kompakt. The Cologne-based label just celebrated its 500th release. Similar to labels like Ghostly International (from friend of WITI Sam Valenti), Kompakt has had a unique worldview, aesthetic, and a level of con…

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