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KOMPRESSOR is also a badge given to a line of cars with supercharged engines manufactured by Mercedes. KOMPRESSOR (born 1979) is an electronic musician and the alter-ego of Andreas K. from Washington Court House, Ohio, United States.

KOMPRESSOR's music is self-described as: "KOMPRESSOR sound is hard and angry, good words used for song and electronic." KOMPRESSOR's work serves as a parody of industrial music but has also been widely recognized as legitimate and catchy synth-pop in its own right.

History and persona

The artist was originally one of the early participants in Song Fight!, an internet competition in which home recording artists submit songs in response to posted titles within a one-week time-frame. KOMPRESSOR attained some level of internet celebrity through this medium, and eventually began selling his own albums and apparel via his website as the meme spread. While Andreas K. has risen to some amount of popularity, it has repeatedly been made clear in public forums that it is not in his interest to become a figure of public scrutiny, and as such little personal information is available.

KOMPRESSOR is depicted in his albums and videos wearing a strange alien mask, usually with a black leather jacket and black gloves. He proclaims to be from Bremen, Germany, to speak English as a second language, and some of his songs are in German, or have some German lyrics.

Albums

KOMPRESSOR released his own remix of the "Tunak Tunak Tun" music video by Sikh bhangra singer Daler Mehndi. In KOMPRESSOR's version, the lyrics open with:

KOMPRESSOR crushing American people
KOMPRESSOR driving cars into stores
KOMPRESSOR crushing all of Manhattan
KOMPRESSOR flying plane into building mp3
Eerily, the song was recorded before the September 11, 2001 attacks in which terrorists flew planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. After the attack, KOMPRESSOR originally removed the track altogether out of what Song Fight! forumgoers presumed to be sympathy, then eventually replaced those two lines of the song in the web-released video, splicing in an old man playing "It's a Small World After All" on a piano. video

Public domain

According to Sharing Machine, all existing KOMPRESSOR lyrics (as of 2005) are available in the public domain. Speaking on behalf of Sharing Machine, KOMPRESSOR's record label, you have permission to post these lyrics anywhere you want. While the music is copyrighted, the actual lyrics for the three KOMPRESSOR albums released in the US are registered as public domain. He has also stated that his music is free to distribute, as long as it is not sold. *

KOMPRESSOR Singularity

KOMPRESSOR, who announced his intentions to revamp his project at the start of 2006, closed his online store at the end of 2005. Prior to closing the online store, he released all songs from WORLD DOMINATION and CRUSH TELEVISION (plus some songs from UNDERGROUND ARCHIVES) for free download. *

As of January 1, 2006, KOMPRESSOR's Singularity occurred. While not explicitly stating all music production will cease, his statement on the matter indicates that he will no longer sell music, and he would be selling off his music equipment. Additionally, the old KOMPRESSOR web site is replaced with a discography, yet other pages still exist on the server.

Despite the apparent halt of Andreas K.'s production, KOMPRESSOR's LiveJournal hints at a past project that remains unknown to most, and proceeds to hint at a future project. *

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Living people

 

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