DJ Kicks - Kruder & Dorfmeister - Various Artists

CD Info:

* 17 tracks
* 73 min.
* Bring to party - If your friends don't listen to Pop..
* Show your girflried - Yes :)

* My fav. tracks:
"High Noon"
"Black Baby"
"Shaolin Satellite"

* Bad tracks:
none

Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister from Australia (aka Kruder and Dorfmeister or K&D) are very well known to ...
...or drum n base.

They are well known not only for their superb albums like "K&D Sessions" or "G-stoned", but also from a huge list of cooperations and mixes with such groups like Thievery Corporation, Nicola Conte, Madonna, Rae & Christian, Portishead and many many other.

This is a superb album in both its production and its selection of mixes. "DJ Kicks" shows just how good electronica, ... more

CD Info:

• 17 tracks
• 73 min.
• Bring to party - If your friends don't listen to Pop..
• Show your girflried - Yes :)

* My fav. tracks:
"High Noon"
"Black Baby"
"Shaolin Satellite"* Bad tracks:
none

Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister from Australia (aka Kruder and Dorfmeister or K&D) are very well known to most lovers of acid jazz, hip hop, trip hop, electronica or drum n base.

They are well known not only for their superb albums like "K&D Sessions" or "G-stoned", but also from a huge list of cooperations and mixes with such groups like Thievery Corporation, Nicola Conte, Madonna, Rae & Christian, Portishead and many many other.

This is a superb album in both its production and its selection of mixes. "DJ Kicks" shows just how good electronica, acid jazz, drum & bass, trip hop can go together if the mix is done by skilled hands. Incredibly effective in its sequencing of the complex, multi-layered instrumental & vocal loops that drive most of the selected tracks, mixed with some wonderfull deep bass grabs you and doesn't let go until the end.

First few tracks are as introduction to your music journey, taking you higher and higher and on track 3 you'll probably find yourself dancing:) These guys know how to generate atmosphere, how to make you close your eyes and just listen to their beat, how to make you rockin your head even if you are sitting at work with your headphones on (God, i don't know how would i work without headphones:)

If you're not into this kind of music, i recommend you tro try K&D, they can be a perfect start for you into acid jazz...or at least try Thievery Corporation or St. Germain though in my oppinion they are a bit too simple.

Anyway, i think this CD is superb, no matter that it's published in 1998 i think, this music doesn't get old, K&D will be popular in 2050 just as it is now, i don't have any doubts about it :) 

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