Enur (also known as Artificial Funk) was a Danish

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duo.

Career

Artificial Funk was initially an alias of

Rune Reilly Kölsch Rune Reilly Kölsch (born 9 February 1977), simply known as Kölsch, is a Danish electronic dance musician and DJ from Copenhagen. He has worked with artists such as Coldplay, Imogen Heap, London Grammar, Tiga (musician), Tiga, Sasha and Michae ...

in the 1990s; in 2000, he joined forces with half brother Johannes Torpe to form the duo. They initially achieved some notoriety by being signed to Skint Records in 2002. In 2003, Artificial Funk released the track "Together", written by Kölsch and Nellie Ettison which was nominated for the Top 10 Tracks of the Year by ''

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''. It reached No. 67 on the Dutch Singles Chart. Rune and Torpe have also founded the labels ArtiFarti Records (2005), Tattoorec.com (2006) and Nightology Records (2008). In addition, Torpe runs a design company through Johannes Torpe studios in addition to Toolroom Records. Together they have won five DJ awards plus a Danish Grammy Award.

As Enur

In 2007, Rune and Torpe, under the name Enur, scored a major club hit in 2007 with a new version of "

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" titled " Calabria 2007" featuring reggae vocalist and fellow Dane

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. "Calabria 2007" peaked at No. 9 in France, as well becoming a hit in Belgium, Canada and Portugal. It crossed to American shores via New York dance label

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and charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, gaining support from mainstream and rhythmic top 40, dance and Latin radio. It also went to No. 29 on the European Hot 100 singles chart. The song was eventually remixed again for their album, '' Raggatronic'' in 2008. The song also appeared in a commercial for

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. Enur released '' Raggatronic'' on September 9, 2008, featuring guest artists such as

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, Greg Nice, Majid, Natalie Storm and Chopper City Boyz. According to ''

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'', the Caribbean, soul and electronic influences featured in "Calabria" are prominently featured on the album.

Discography

Albums

*2008: ''Sleep Less, Live More''

Singles

*1995: "Real Funk" *1996: "Zone One" *2000: "Use It (The Music)" *2001: "People Don't Know" *2002: "I Can't Help Myself" *2002: "Together" (with Nellie Ettison) *2005: "Never Alone"

As Enur

;Album *2008: '' Raggatronic'' ;Singles *2007: " Calabria 2007" *2012: "I'm That Chick" (featuring

& Goonrock)

References

External links

*
Enur's Myspace
{{authority control Musical groups established in 2000 Danish dance music groups Danish musical duos Danish record producers Danish songwriters Male musical duos Sibling musical duos Record production duos Electronic dance music duos