Kruder & Dorfmeister are playing the 930 Club - and we have 2 tickets to give away. These tickets are each a $45 value, so hit us up either here or on twitter and let us know why you should win these.
Kruder & Dorfmeister were the beginning of my love affair with intelligent well made electronic chillout music. I've spent many a night loungin' in my room working on school work or art projects while listening to tracks from this duo. So it should come as no surprise that one of my most prized records is my copy of their quadruple LP The K&D Sessions, which I ordered from a dealer in France for an outrageous price. Along with my copy of Kid Loco's DJ Kicks, The K&D Sessions have been in contestant circulation in my trip-hop and downtempo sets at various art galleries and events around town. Kruder & Dorfmeister have a signature sound that is entirely original, using sampled, processed voices trimmed and cut with echoing bass lines in everything from a trip-hop sounding track to a deep bassline or bossa nova goove. This creates a completely unique sound using production techniques that have been widely copied, and are used today by some of the top artists and producers in the industry. Songs like "High Noon" and "Original Bedroom Rockers," as well as their remixes of Madonna's "Nothing Really Matters," Depeche Mode's "Useless," Count Basic's "Speechless" and Roni Size's "Heroes" are all good examples of Kruder & Dorfmeister's unique musical and production styles. Kruder & Dorfmeister are out on a very rare US tour right now, and they'll be performing at the 9:30 Club on Monday, October 11. I could not be more excited to see this duo produce their music live in person. I have never had the opportunity to catch these guys live, so I'm looking forward to seeing how they integrate vocal and video into their live presentation. I'm sure they'll keep it lively and entertaining. Hope to catch you there at the show - and check out more info on them below.
Bio:
The acid jazz of Kruder & Dorfmeister - with its sinewy bass lines, cool grooves and warm sensuality - is the opposite of the country's pristine stereotype. The highly respected DJ/producer/remix team - might be single-handedly changing perceptions, at least among the dancefloor underground. Peter Kruder, 28, and Richard Dorfmeister, 27, have worked with or done remixes for the likes of William Orbit, United Future Organization, Bone Thugs & Harmony, and Bomb the Bass, among others. As is the case with England's celebrated sound squad Massive Attack, an artist who gets K&D to work with them gets an extra imprimatur of cool.
Check out their discography here.
"HIGH NOON":
"BOMB THE BASS":