o00o Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) Nostalgic news for ravers of a certain vintage. The !K7 label is reissuing The K&D Sessions, a 1998 compilation of original tracks, dubs and remixes by Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister that became a staple of bleary-eyed and blunted after-parties, soothing weary ears with their bass-heavy, downbeat moods drawing on funk, jazz, hip hop, dub and dn'b. The compilation has never been officially available digitally and has long since been deleted on vinyl, with copies going for big money when they do pop up. !K7 have spent painstaking years searching for the original rights holders and clearing the licenses in order to bring the album back in print, with a mastered-for-iTunes version coming on November 17 and a huge 5xLP vinyl box set and 2xCD reissue coming early next year, along with an audiophile quality digital version. All new versions of the album feature three tracks not available on the original issue. Hear the original album in full, pre-order it now, and if youre looking for an session where you can deploy the compilation to full effect, look no further than the new app thats basically Tinder for after-parties. Tracklist: Roni Size Heroes. Kruder Bossa Alex Reece Jazzmaster. K&D Session Count Basic Speechless. Drum n Bass Rockers Hi Fi Going Under. K&D Session Bomb The Bass Bug Powder Dust. K&D Session Afrodelics Rollin On Chrome. Wild Motherfucker Dub Depeche Mode Useless. K&D Session Count Basic Gotta Jazz Rainer Truby Trio Donaueschingen. Kruder Mix Lamb Transfatty Acid. K&D Session David Holmes Gone. K&D Session Sofa Surfers Sofa Rockers. Dorfmeister MIx Mama Oliver Eastwest / Stoned Together. Dorfmeister Mix Bomb The Bass Bug Powder Dust. K&D Dub Kruder & Dorfmeister Boogie Woogie Sin Where Shall I Turn. K&D Session Vol.2 Bone Thugs N Harmony 1st Of The Month. K&D Instrumental Kruder & Dorfmeister Lexicon Knowtoryous Bomberclaad Joint. K&D Session Rockers Hi Fi Going Under. Evil Love & Insanity Dub Strange Cargo Million Town. K&D Session Knowtoryous The Revenge of the Bomberclad Joint: The Kruder & Dorfmeister Session Pt. II (The Lost Tapes) *** Count Basic Strange Life (K&D Remix) *** Count Basic Hide & Seek (K&D Remix) *** *** Bonus tracks http://www.factmag.com/2014/11/06/k7-to-reissue-classic-after-party-compilation-the-kd-sessions-as-huge-vinyl-box-set/ This is great news as the normal vinyl box scores insane prices and is pretty much timeless Edited November 10, 2014 by o00o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jasondonervan Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Practically every record shop in the late 90s had copies of this rammed into their Electronica section. Never bought a copy myself, think I made do with crappy 128 mp3s ripped from a mate's CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Every since stumbling onto monkeyradio.org in the early 2000's (RIP), I have played every song on this to death - some of my earliest discoveries in how fantastic music can be. Buying it will be a no-brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Practically every record shop in the late 90s had copies of this rammed into their Electronica section. Never bought a copy myself, think I made do with crappy 128 mp3s ripped from a mate's CD Not only in the 90's, there was a whole K&D Sessions 2CD wall in a shop in Amsterdam around 2010, must've been hundreds of them, for €5 a piece (no vinyl though). I picked one up then, because I only listened to my brothers copy before that. One of the first couple of electronic albums I really dug as a (pre-)teen, so the nostalgic factor is through the roof with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Kruder & Dorfmeister always reminds me of the music in crazily priced clothes shops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 this has been part of my soundtrack for every time i went on an airplane since 2002 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud capture Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Classic. My poor CD's didn't last the test of time. It will be nice to have this album again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 really looking forward to this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Nice! Have this on CD but it's nice to see it get out in the wild again. Always loved how each disc had a distinctly different vibe to it. Definitely want to cop the bonus tracks. Kruder & Dorfmeister always reminds me of the music in crazily priced clothes shops qft/lol (even if I still like them anyway). It's a shame that they just dropped the mic on K&D after this, though if their subsequent projects are any indication perhaps it was a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 aaaaa such great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 looks like this is still in stock! Absolutely seminal release. Did anyone nab this version? https://www.amazon.com/Kruder-Dorfmeister-K-D-Sessions/dp/B00THZVYJA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I got the 5xLP. Woot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 just ordered the 5LP. Could not pass it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Am I missing something here? Always took this to be some mid 90s easy listening muzak. Judging by the opinions of some well respected peers here, I may need to reassess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) ^ Nostalgia. I think most people first heard this back in the late '90s/early 00's when this was still fresh, and can associate it with that time. It's definitely better than a lot of the downtempo/trip hop compilations that came and went during that era of electronic music. It was always disc 2>disc 1 for me. And thanks to this thread, I'm listening to this in probably the first time in 10+ years. Now I just need a bong, some weed, a black light, and a fish tank or an old winamp visualization to stare at to make the nostalgia trip complete! Edited January 27, 2020 by zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 ^ haha, yea. Totally nostalgic but it holds up - for me at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 it's the "lofi hip hop beats to relax/study to" of the 90s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) RUDE K&D hold up great, they definitely carved out a signature sound from dub, hiphop, dnb, rnb, jazz, and even classical (dey Vienna bois after all) with a fine blade of masterful production. Unfortunately in their wake came the seminal Cafe Ibiza Verve Nu-jazz Chillout Sessions Volume 7, which rendered their entire body of work (both up to then and after) null & void. Every genre has its imitators, but its the originators (your massive attacks, underworlds, orbs) whos'tm'ves albums are still worthwhile revisitations. Just going to address the elephant in the room, lyrics to Bug Powder Dust are terrible, definite top 5 best production/worst MC tracks of all tiem 19 hours ago, zero said: And thanks to this thread, I'm listening to this in probably the first time in 10+ years. Now I just need a bong, some weed, a black light, and a fish tank or an old winamp visualization to stare at to make the nostalgia trip complete! OOFLOL Edited January 28, 2020 by BobDobalina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 ok ok my comment was "mean" -- i too have enjoyed this record over the years but i agree that a large part of its appeal is the nostalgia factor. I'm at 50% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Apparently they're doing a 25th Anniversary (of what i have no idea, G-stoned EP came out in 93) tour and are going to be playing in NYC and at lolchella. As evidenced in the video the lads still have it and the show looks hella fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) thanks for posting this! edit: fuck, this is so good! Edited March 4, 2020 by jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 K&D apparently have a new album called 1995 coming soon... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitonly Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 i was more of a mushroom jazz kid myself 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 2 hours ago, jules said: K&D apparently have a new album called 1995 coming soon... well that's a pleasant surprise...I came back into this thread expecting to read how they'd re-released K&D sessions again. and lol at that video 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 the preorder for 1995 is up here... https://kruder-dorfmeister.myshopify.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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