> phong sui

real name : Lothar Hempel
aliases : Magnet

> mikkel metal

real name : Mikkel Meldgaard
info : Mikkel Metal aka Mikkel Meldgaard, born 1973, lives and works in Copenhagen. Completing a degree in Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen 2001, he now works with web programming, besides making music. His musical career started 12 years ago as a guitarist. Equally interested in the introspective sound of the British shoe gazer-scene and the...

> reinhard voigt

real name : Klar
aliases : Pentax, S.R.I., Sturm, Sweet Reinhard
info : As a member of Kompakt since the early nineties, Reinhard Voigt has been a key player in the development and subsequent success of this legendary Cologne-based record label. Taking early notes from his infamous older brother Wolfgang Voigt (aka Mike Ink), Reinhard has refined and re-tooled his sound in a direction that has become unmistakeably his own in...

> thomas fehlmann

real name : Ready Made
info : Thomas Fehlmann, born in Switzerland, founded together with Holger Hiller the avantgarde band Palais Schaumburg in 1979 in Hamburg. He moved to Berlin in 1994 and after the band's break up he dedicated himself to his home studio and the sampler. At the end of the 1980s he reached England with his label "teutonic beats" (compilations with contributions from...

> kompakt

sous-labels : Auftrieb, Freiland, Immer, K2, KOMP3, Kompakt Extra, Kompakt Pop, Kreisel 99, Profan
info : By renaming Delirium into Kompakt in the beginning of 1998, it was possible to manage the problem with the confusing jungle of names, logos, store, labels etc. By giving a long overdue trademark and brand to the meanwhile internationally known Cologne minimal sound. Under the same roof as the already known labels Profan and Studio 1, Kompakt comprises not...