Rune Reilly Kölsch

Rune RK
Birth name	Rune Reilly Kølsch
Also known as	Rune, Heavy Rock
Born	1979 (age 44–45)
Origin	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	House, Techno, Reggae fusion
Occupation(s)	Disc jockey Electronic musician
Years active	1995–present
Website	http://www.runerk.com

Rune Reilly Kølsch (born C. 1979), also known as Rune RK, Rune' and Enur, is a record producer and DJ from Denmark. Together with his half-brother Johannes Torpe they make up the musical production team Artificial Funk.

Career

Rune started producing music in 1995, when he released the single "Zone One", experimenting on techno and drum & bass. Alongside his half-brother Johannes Torpe, he formed the Artificial Funk production team in 2000. The pair achieved some notoriety by being signed to Skint Records in 2002. In 2003, Artificial Funk released the track "Together", which was nominated for the Top 10 tracks of the year by DJ Mag.

Still in 2003, and working under the Rune RK name, they released the track "Calabria", an instrumental house tune with a synthesized saxophone riff, on Credence, a sublabel of Parlophone Records, for which he received the Danish Music Award in 2004. Following the remakes of "Calabria" by Drunkenmunky and Alex Gaudino, this one reaching #4 in the UK charts under the name "Destination Calabria", Rune and Torpe remade the track with new ragga vocals provided by Danish singer Natasja Saad, which peaked at #9 in France, #3 in Canada, #3 in Portugal, and #43 in the U.S. and finishing #1 on iTunes-US sales chart in the Dance-genre, making it one of the most popular reggae fusion songs to date. The song also appeared in a commercial for Target.

Enur released his first album, Raggatronic, a predominantly reggae fusion album, on 9 September 2008 and has guest-appearances by Natasja, Natalie Storm, Majid, Beenie Man, Greg Nice, Chopper City Boyz, Nicki Minaj, and Collie Buddz Michael Rune.

Rune and Torpe have also founded the labels ArtiFarti Records (2005), Tattoorec.com (2006) and Nightology Records (2008).

Discography

Albums

• 2008 Raggatronic, as Enur
• 2008 Sleep Less, Live More, as Artificial Funk

Singles

Rune/Rune RK/Enur

All tracks co-produced by Johannes Torpe

• 2003 "Calabria"
• 2004 "Nothing New" (with Morten Luco)
• 2005 "Good to Me/You Got Me" (with Morten Luco)
• 2005 "You Got Me EP" (with Morten Luco)
• 2007 "Calabria 2007" (with Natasja Saad)
• 2007 "Yesteryear/Run In"
• 2007 "Soi Ari/Backyard Superman"
• 2008 "Calabria 2008" (with Mims)
• 2008 "Bodybuilder Loves Tatoogirl"
• 2008 "Day In The Dark/Less Rock"
• 2009 "Bonfire" (with Natasja Saad & Lumidee)
• 2009 "Jeg er din" (with Clara Sofie)
• 2010 "Har det hele" (with Karen & Jooks)
• 2011 "Når tiden går baglæns" (with Clara Sofie)
• 2011 "Memorize Me" (with Databoy)
• 2011 "Kom Kom" (with Stanley Most)

Artificial Funk

All tracks co-produced by Johannes Torpe

• 1995 "Real Funk"
• 1996 "Zone One"
• 2000 "Use It (The Music)"
• 2001 "People Don't Know"
• 2002 "Together" (with Nellie Ettison)
• 2005 "Never Alone"

Ink and Needle

• 2006 "Number One/Number Two"
• 2006 "Number Three/Number Four"
• 2007 "Number Five/Number Six"
• 2007 "Number Seven/Number Eight"
• 2008 "Number Nine/Number Ten"
• 2008 "Number Eleven/Number Twelve"

Other aliases

• 2003 "I Just Want to Be a Drummer", as Heavy Rock (with Johannes Torpe)
• 2004 "Beautiful", as Rude RKade (with Morten Luco)
• 2007 "Koochi Koochi", as Fashion Victims (with Johannes Torpe)
• 2007 "Elephant", as Rune & Sydenham (with Jerome Sydenham)
• 2008 "Peter Pan/Snow Bored", as Rune & Sydenham (with Jerome Sydenham)

External links

• Rune's official website
• Rune's site on Myspace.com
• Artificial Funk's site on Myspace.com
• Rune's page on Discogs.com
• Rune's channel on Youtube.com