Various Artists, Kompakt100

For Kompakt's landmark 100th release, the Cologne label came up with a doozy of an idea: to offer its core artists the chance to remix their favorite track from the label's back catalogue. The results, which fill two CDs (or four pieces of vinyl), cover virtually every facet of the shape-shifting label: punchy, jewel-toned, synth-heavy house; beatless, pastoral ambiance; grinding, uncompromising techno; and eccentric electro pop. Representing this last style, Justus K—hncke featuring Meloboy's "Hot Love" is easily the strangest cut on the album, turning T. Rex's glam-rock staple into a synth-popschlager crossover dripping with camp; love it or hate it, the song's an undeniable reminder of the fact that Kompakt has never limited itself to minimalism, though restraint generally does rule the day. Dettinger's lilting "Intershop (Jonas Bering Mix)" is a high point of the label's ambient output, nodding to both Erik Satie and the Orb; the latter make an appearance, remixing Ulf Lohmann's "Because," in an andante haze. Several classic hits — Superpitcher's "Tomorrow," Closer Musik's "Tomorrow" — are given worthy updates that make their sources start to feel almost like pop standards — which, one suspects, might well be Kompakt's goal for all their releases.