Kruder & Dorfmeister
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| Kruder & Dorfmeister | |
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| Origin | Vienna, Austria |
| Genres | Downtempo Drum and Bass Lounge Trip Hop |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Labels | G Stone Recordings |
| Associated acts | Tosca, Peace Orchestra, Voom:Voom |
| Website | G Stone Recordings |
| Members | |
| Peter Kruder Richard Dorfmeister |
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Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo most known for their downtempo-dub remixes of pop, hip-hop and drum and bass songs.
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[edit] Style
Their mixes are usually flavored with sampler-processed vocals, deep bassline dub, trip-hop elements, bossa grooves and smoothly-shaped echoes to achieve their unique sound. Some of their better-known works include "High Noon," "Original Bedroom Rockers," and remixes of Madonna's "Nothing Really Matters," Depeche Mode's "Useless," Count Basic's "Speechless," Roni Size's "Heroes". Many of their remixes are collected on the double album The K & D Sessions.
Although best known internationally for their remixing work, the duo gained their primary reputation in Europe for their live DJ performances and DJ Kicks album. Kruder and Dorfmeister have their own record studio, G Stone Recordings in Vienna, through which they release many of their own albums, as well as others by Stereotyp, DJ DSL, Rodney Hunter, Urbs, Makossa & Megablast, and Sugar B./Dub Club.
[edit] Trivia
The cover of Kruder & Dorfmeister's first album, G-Stoned, bears a black and white photograph of both artists with sans-serif title lettering closely mimicking the cover of the renowned Bookends album of the famous folk duo Simon & Garfunkel. This can be considered both a humorous 'tip-of-the-hat' towards the acclaimed quality of Simon & Garfunkel's music as well as a humorous statement on Kruder & Dorfmeisters perception of their own music, style and their claim for their own standing in modern popular music as a timeless classic duo.
The Austrian band Binder & Krieglstein's name is a satire on Kruder & Dorfmeister.
[edit] Discography
- 1993 - G-Stoned EP (12") G-Stone Recordings
- 1996 - Conversions - A K&D Selection Spray/BMG
- 1996 - DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister Studio !K7
- 1996 - Black Baby EP Studio !K7
- 1998 - The K & D Sessions Studio !K7
- 2000 - The G-Stone Book
- 2008 - Shakatakadoodub
[edit] Other aliases
- Tosca (Dorfmeister, with Rupert Huber)
- Peace Orchestra (Kruder)
Richard Dorfmeister vs. Madrid De Los Austrias (w/ Heinz Tronigger & Michael "Pogo" Kreiner)
- 2004 - Valldemossa Sunshine Enterprises
- 2006 - Boogie No More (12") Net's Work International
- 2006 - Grand Slam (CD) G-Stone Recordings
- 2006 - Valldemossa Remixed (12") Sunshine Enterprises
Voom:Voom (w/ Christian Prommer & Roland Appel)
- 2000 - Poppen / Influenza (12") Compost Records
- 2001 - Ginger & Fred / Influenza Forte (12") Compost Records
- 2003 - Baby 3 (12") Compost Records
- 2006 - Peng Peng LP Studio !K7
