Colin Nagy | May 21, 2025
The Kompakt Selects Edition
On Michael Mayer, Sr. Sherburne, and an excellent playlist
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…