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.
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.
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.
Discography
Other aliases
Richard Dorfmeister vs. Madrid De Los Austrias (w/ Heinz
Tronigger & Michael "Pogo" Kreiner)
Voom:Voom (w/ Christian Prommer
& Roland Appel)
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