Kompakt bring guitars to techno

Guitar music was once a no-go area for the techno purist, but German label Kompakt is forcing a rethink, says Tony NaylorTechno and indie: historically, these have been separate, hermetically sealed genres; parallel worlds; sworn enemies, even. To the techno purist, guitar music is a dead artform.Cologne's Kompakt label, however, rejects such fundamentalism. It might be regarded as one of minimal techno's definitive labels, but, insists label boss Michael Mayer, "Guys with machines can be very b...

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