[Today: The big easy...]
It goes by many different titles: in the zone, on fire, feeling it, being on (or on point), riding the wave, rolling, and living in the moment, to name just a few. But in the case of Kruder Dorfmeister, the most appropriate phrase for the phenomenon might be ‘in the groove’. One can find oneself in the groove doing almost anything. Suddenly everything comes easy. The basketball hoop looks as big as a dumpster. The dreaded work presentation is a simple conversation. Chores become pleasurable. Everything flows to and around you. Lips taste like sugar and love seats offer a warm embrace. If this sounds chemically enhanced, it’s with good reason. Endorphins rush to the brain, explain scientists – blueprinting the neurological chain behind a moment of ecstasy without coming anywhere near explaining its fleeting nature. Because one minute you’re in the groove and the next minute you’re tripping over your own shoelaces or dribbling the ball off your own foot.
Austrian re-mix specialists Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister have created the soundtrack for those moments when the endorphins are flowing and you’re scoring with every shot. Their style of electronica is called downtempo or chill-out music, and their 1998 album The K&D Sessions compiles some of their best mixes and re-mixes for artists such as Depeche Mode, David Holmes, Rocker’s Hi Fi, and Roni Size. In spite of literally zero marketing support, the album quietly sold more than half a million copies worldwide. It has been called the Hotel California of the 90s, in that it was an album everybody had at home and used to come down from those chemically enhanced nights on the town. These mixes are certainly built for the job – lush, smooth, energetic, soulful. The K&D Sessions is the sound of many parts coming into harmonious sync. It’s the sound of getting in the groove…
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Tags: Kruder & Dorfmeister, Peter Kruder, Richard Dorfmeister, The K&D Sessions
30 October 2010 at 9:17 am |
i worked for K7 when this record came out. it was such a phenomenon and with the thievery corporation DJ Kicks, pretty much funded K&D for over two years. its like downtempo 101. almost every person i knew had this record. the got damn eagles greatest hits of electronic music.
3 November 2010 at 4:07 pm |
HEAR, HERE, dk. HEAR, HERE.