Rune Reilly Kölsch or simply Kölsch is a Danish
electronic dance musician and DJ.
He has worked with artists such as Coldplay, Imogen Heap, London Grammar, Tiga, Sasha and Michael Mayer.
Career
In 2003, Kölsch and
Johannes Torpe
Johannes Torpe is a Danish designer, musician, producer, and former creative director of Bang & Olufsen (2011-2015). He has been the CEO and creative director of the design company Johannes Torpe Studios based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In 2000, T ...
released the track "
Calabria", an instrumental house tune with a synthesized saxophone riff, on Credence, a sublabel of
Parlophone Records
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 192 ...
, for which he received the
Danish Music Award
The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called ''IFPI-prisen'' ("IFPI-Award") until 1991, when it changed its name to ''Dansk Grammy'' ("Danish Grammy"). It was chang ...
in 2004. In the 2000s, several remakes of "Calabria" were released, including a version by
Drunkenmunky and a mashup titled "
Destination Calabria
"Destination Calabria" is a song by Italian music producer Alex Gaudino with vocals by Crystal Waters. It is the first single released from his debut album ''My Destination''. The track is a mashup, taking the instrumental from Rune RK's " Cala ...
" by
Alex Gaudino
Alessandro Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino (; born 23 January 1970 in Salerno, Campania), better known by his stage name Alex Gaudino, is an Italian DJ and record producer.
Biography Early career (1993–2006)
Alessandro Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino was ...
featuring
Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters (born November 19, 1961) is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits " Gypsy Woman", "100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino. All three of her stud ...
, a veritable international hit in many countries, whilst in June 2022 two songs using the same sample were climbing the UK Top 30, one by DJ
Nathan Dawe
Nathan Dawe (born 25 May 1994) is an English DJ and producer. He is best known for his 2020 single "Lighter" featuring KSI, which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
Early life and career
Nathan Dawe was born in Burton upon Trent on 25 ...
, the other by West London drill rapper Benzz.
In 2017, Kölsch performed on top of the
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
Locally nickname ...
in Paris for
Cercle.
Discography
Studio albums
*2013: ''1977''
*2015: ''1983''
*2017: ''1989''
*2019: ''Fabric Presents Kölsch''
*2020: ''Now Here No Where''
*2021: ''Isopolis''
Singles
* 2010: "Loreley"
* 2010: "Silberpfeil"
* 2011: "Opa"
* 2011: "Der Alte"
* 2012: "All That Matters" (with Troels Abrahamsen)
* 2013: "Goldfisch"
* 2013: "Zig"
* 2014: "Cassiopeia"
* 2015: "Two Birds"
* 2015: "DerDieDas"
* 2016: "KIR"
* 2016: "Grey"
* 2017: "Goodbye"
* 2017: "Push"
* 2018: "Left Eye Left"
* 2018: "Emoticon"
* 2018: "Little Death"
* 2018: "Hal" (with Tiga)
* 2019: "The Lights" (with Sasha)
* 2020: "Glypto"
* 2020: "Shoulder of Giants"
* 2020: "Remind you"
* 2020: "Sleeper must awaken"
* 2020: "The Great Consumer"
* 2020: "While waiting for something to care about"
* 2020: "Time" (With Beacon)
* 2021: "Hold/Clear"
Other projects
As Artificial Funk
* 1995: "Real Funk"
* 1996: "Zone One"
* 2000: "Use It (The Music)"
* 2001: "People Don't Know"
* 2002: "Together"
* 2005: "Never Alone"
As Ink and Needle
* 2006: "Number One/Number Two"
* 2006: "Number Three/Number Four"
* 2007: "Number Five/Number Six"
* 2007: "Number Seven/Number Eight"
* 2008: "Number Nine/Number Ten"
* 2008: "Number Eleven/Number Twelve"
As Rune RK
* 2012: "Teacup"
* 2013: "Burning Boombox"
* 2013: "One Perfect Day" (ft. Laura V)
* 2014: "Trash Talk"
As Enur
* 2007: "
Calabria 2007
"Calabria" is a song by Danish DJ/producer Rune Reilly Kölsch. It was originally released in 2003 by Credence, a sublabel of Parlophone Records.
The song has been remixed or released in numerous other versions by different artists, the most suc ...
"
* 2012: "I'm That Chick" (featuring
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian-born rapper based in the United States. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accents. ...
&
Goonrock
David Jamahl Listenbee, better known by his stage name GoonRock, is an American record producer, musician, singer, songwriter and rapper. Raised in Los Angeles, California, early in his career he focused on hip hop and sold beats to artists suc ...
)
Other aliases
* 2003: "
Calabria", as Rune
* 2003: "I Just Want to Be a Drummer", as Heavy Rock
* 2004: "Beautiful", as Rude RKade
* 2007: "Koochi Koochi", as Fashion Victims
* 2007: "Elephant", as Rune & Sydenham (with
Jerome Sydenham)
* 2008: "Peter Pan/Snow Bored", as Rune & Sydenham (Jerome Sydenham)
References
External links
Eiffel TowerKölsch/Kompakt
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Living people
Club DJs
Danish DJs
Danish house musicians
Reggae fusion artists
1977 births
Electronic dance music DJs