Operating Systems

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Based on 23 ratings
March 24, 2026 / Release Date
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Kaunt
70

This thing is so backloaded I feel like I'm getting backshots.

Haha. Funny. Anyway. Compakt is an exciting up & coming producer, and this seems to be their first project to be gaining some steam online. It's not hard to understand why; the highs on "Operating Systems" are nothing short of mindblowing.

There's a lot of potential here, even if a good chunk of this LP feels taken straight out of FL Studio, and not as Avicii would have done it (take the dry feeling of ... read more

90

Underground electronic musician COMPAKT continues to mature beyond just a bloghouse revivalist on this three-act epic.

Elowen
84

Compakt's strongest album ever since PENTALOGY IV and it's not even close.
Another great, creative album from Compakt and it's great, maybe some points were a bit messy and not as amazing sounding, but holy shit some of the songs are so good it's insane.
Easily better than MK ORCHESTRA, but is it better than PENTALOGY IV? I need time to think about it.
Overall just some great electronic music.
Best: Retirement
Weakest: Initialize

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Track List

1Homecoming
7:59
96
2POSIWID
4:53
84
3Progenitor
4:21
87
4Energy
4:40
88
5Busy/Noisy
4:24
87
6Initialize
4:35
84
7Paranoid
4:09
95
8New Stuff
8:09
92
9Operator
5:07
89
10Monotony
4:41
87
11Retirement
3:44
94
12Posthumous
5:32
88
13Vices
7:38
90
14Usurper
9:56
feat. akemiden
92
Total Length: 1 hour, 19 minutes
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