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The K&D Sessions | 
| Artist: Kruder & Dorfmeister
Label: K7
Category: Music
List Price: £12.99
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 1688
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: 7073
UPC: 730003707322
EAN: 0730003707322
ASIN: B00000G257
Release Date: October 19, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Heroes - Roni Size | | • | Jazzmaster - Reece, Alex | | • | Speechless - Count Basic | | • | Going Under - Rockers Hi-Fi | | • | Bug Powder Dust - Bomb The Bass | | • | Rollin' On Chrome - Afrodelics | | • | Useless - Depeche Mode | | • | Gotta Jazz - Count Basic | | • | Donaueschingen - Truby, Rainer Trio | | • | Trans Fatty Acid - Lamb | | • | Gone - Holmes, David (1) | | • | Sofa Rockers - Sofa Rockers | | • | Eastwest/stoned Together - Mama Oliver | | • | Boogie Woogie - Mama Oliver | | • | 1st Of The Month - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | | • | Lexicon - Kruder & Dorfmeister | | • | Bomberclaad Joint - Knowtoryus | | • | Million Town - Strange Cargo (1) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
By the late 1990s Vienna production duo Richard Dorfmeister and Peter Kruder had firmly established themselves as remixers par excellence, selecting key elements of other people's compositions and rebuilding them in their unique framework, which saw a collusion of Latin, dub and bossa. This outing on K7 collates their finest works in a double CD set, and though compiled in the spirit of DJ Kicks retains much of each track with the mixing itself barely noticeable as the material segues gently from outtro to intro. All of their best work is here, from the opening strains of Kruder's take on Roni Size's "Heroes" right through to the closing washes of "Million Town," highlights taking the form of a breathtaking, space aged dub of Depeche Mode's "Useless" and "Trans Fatty Acid" from Lamb, which weaves Louise Rhodes' angelic vocal into a sprawling, live groove. Fascinating late-night listening. --Kingsley Marshall
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
Si2wheels March 6, 2008
As with all who have felt compelled to add their thoughts on this amazing double CD, I too find it timeless and one of those rare collections you will never get tired of.
We often drive upto Wales (usually leave around 8pm and get to mid Ceredigian around midnight) and this collection, specially Part 1, is reserved for the last hour or so....nothing like rolling through the night to this sound :)
Hope everyone gets to experience these sounds....thanks to the Bear for recommending it :)
It's the greatest mix album ever, okay? September 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just take a look at the other reviews - nearly 10 years on and people are still raving about this mix. K&D created something alchemically magical with this album: it is smooth, seamless, yet never boring, and flows with a real sense of progression. And now it's ridiculously inexpensive you'd be crazy not to buy!
Pure Brilliance. June 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although I usually steer well clear of compilations this is probably my most listened to CD. It doesn't really count as a compilation because the songs are all reshaped and mixed together flawlessly. Both discs are great but I find myself listening to Disc 2 at least daily. The fact that other reviewers have said they prefer Disc 1 shows how consistently great it is. It really is too good for words, you can only listen from start to finish without skipping to hear for yourself. At night there is nothing that comes close to this CD. Disc 1 kicks things off in a relaxing way before Disc 2 cools things down with each track seemlessly transitioning into the next. After years and years of listening its still as good as ever. I found some tracks such as 'Gone' by David Holmes are obviously amazing the first time but others like 'Million Town' by Strange Cargo sound better and better every time, even when overlooked at first.
I would also recommend the earlier K&D DJ Kicks CD that is very similar to this. If you're into any sort of chillout music you can be sure this is worth buying. On its first listen it will be good but after many plays you'll find yourself loving it more and more. When you're in the mood for chillout this never fails. If you've bothered to read this far then you should definitely buy this.
Amazing June 15, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
K&D are best known for making smooth, funky, dubbed, smoked-out club mixes. Their published work is rare, and as with this album, completely seminal. These guys are the absolute masters, and their musical instincts are second to none. When I mean instincts, I mean not only knowing which tunes to pick and what order to put them in, but also how to re-engineer each tune so it flows smoothly into the next re-engineered tune. It's hard to describe this album as a `mix' in the conventional sense. Most mix albums take good tunes and put them in a particular order. K& D assimilate them. Some tunes on this album are changed almost beyond recognition, some are just tinkered with. Some tunes I really didn't like are re-engineered into something beautiful. For example - I've never been the biggest fan of Lamb, but K&D's remix of Trans fatty Acid is a moment of real beauty.
What you end up with is an astonishing and painstakingly crafted mix. There are hardly any other artists I can think of who have come up with something this good. Thievery Corporation did a good DJ Kicks mix, but I haven't liked much else of their other stuff. Possibly the only other electronic artist I can think of with better musical instincts is Four Tet.
Buy this for anyone, I promise you they will love it.
A desert island disk for sure! April 20, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
So much is right about this CD its untrue! There are upbeat songs, ones that you can chill out to and the mix hits the mark perfectly. I have a lot of good memories and associations with this CD, and it is the type of album that forces its way into your memories and experiences. Groovey. But you must listen to this CD!!
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