Kruder Dorfmeister* ‎– The K&D Sessions™

Label:

Studio !K7 – !K7073CD

Format:

2 × CD, Mixed, Compilation, Digipak

Country:

Germany

Released:

05 Oct 1998

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Downtempo, Dub, Trip Hop

Tracklist Hide Credits

		Part One
1-01	Roni Size / Reprazent –	Heroes (Kruder's Long Loose Bossa) Producer, Written-By – R. Size* Remix – Peter Kruder	6:30
1-02	Alex Reece –	Jazz Master (K&D Session™) Producer, Written-By – Alex Reece Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister	8:20
1-03	Count Basic –	Speechless (Drum 'N' Bass) Producer – W. Wunder* Remix – Peter Kruder Written-By – P. Kruder, P. Legat	6:37
1-04	Rockers Hi-Fi –	Going Under (Main Version) (K&D Session™) Producer, Written-By – Bush, Plummer, Whittingham* Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister	8:37
1-05	Bomb The Bass –	Bug Powder Dust (K&D Session™) Producer – T. Simenon* Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister Written-By – J. Warfield, T. Simenon	7:20
1-06	Aphrodelics –	Rollin' On Chrome (Wild Motherfucker Dub) Producer, Written-By – Ogunleye, Kölblinger, Ongeri, Dorfmeister, Hunter* Remix – Richard Dorfmeister	5:39
1-07	Depeche Mode –	Useless (K&D Session™) Producer – Tim Simenon Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister Written-By – Martin L. Gore	6:13
1-08	Count Basic –	Gotta Jazz (Richard Dorfmeister Remix) Producer – P. Legat, W. Wunder Remix – Richard Dorfmeister Written-By – P. Legat, R. Dorfmeister	5:32
1-09	Rainer Trüby Trio* –	Donaueschingen (Peter Kruder's Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänskajütenremix) Producer, Written-By – C. Prommer, P. Kruder, R. Trüby, R. W. Appel Remix – Peter Kruder	6:55
1-10	Lamb –	Trans Fatty Acid (K&D Session™) Producer – A. Stanton* Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister Written-By – A. Barlow, L. Rhodes	8:31
		Part Two
2-01	David Holmes –	Gone (K&D Session™) Producer, Written-By – David Holmes Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister Vocals – Sarah Cracknell	8:30
2-02	Sofa Surfers –	Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix) Producer, Written-By – Sofa Surfers Remix – Richard Dorfmeister	4:31
2-03	Mama Oliver –	Eastwest (Stoned Together) Producer, Written-By – Weber, Kühlwein Remix – Richard Dorfmeister	5:10
2-04	Bomb The Bass –	Bug Powder Dust (Dub) Producer – Tim Simenon Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister Written-By – Justin Warfield, Tim Simenon	6:20
2-05	Kruder & Dorfmeister –	Boogie Woogie Producer, Written-By – Kruder & Dorfmeister	3:20
2-06	Sin –	Where Shall I Turn? (K&D Session™ Vol. 2) Producer, Written-By – Orel, Hansel (2), Dorfmeister Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister	5:53
2-07	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony –	1st Of Tha Month (K&D Session™) Producer, Written-By – Bone*, DJ U-Neek, M. Powell Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister	5:49
2-08	Kruder & Dorfmeister –	Lexicon Producer, Written-By – Kruder & Dorfmeister	1:04
2-09	Knowtoryus –	Bomberclaad Joint (K&D Session™) Producer, Written-By – J. Krause, M. Reinboth Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister	3:47
2-10	Rockers Hi-Fi –	Going Under (Evil Love And Insanity Dub) Producer, Written-By – Bush, Plummer, Whittingham* Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister	4:33
2-11	Strange Cargo –	Million Town (K&D Session™) Producer, Written-By – William Orbit Remix – Kruder & Dorfmeister	7:31

Credits

Compiled By – Kruder & Dorfmeister
DJ Mix – Kruder & Dorfmeister
Photography, Design [Sleeve] – Oliver Kartak

Notes

Comes in three-section digipak case. The inlay is stored in the centre section and folds out into a 24 x 36 cm mini-poster.

All tracks are segued together.

Some earlier pressings of the CDs may have the artist's name misprinted.

There is also an issue with "G-Stone" shown in the upper right corner; see additional images.

There also exists a clear jewel case package (single size, 2 CDs), with the same catalog number and cover art. It still contains the mini-poster.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 30003 70732 2
Other (Label Code): LC 7306

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 7) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
The K&D Sessions™ (4xLP, P/Mixed, Comp)	Studio !K7	!K7073LP	Germany	1998
The K&D Sessions™ (2xCD, Mixed, Comp, Dig)	Studio !K7	!K7073CD	Portugal	1998
The K&D Sessions™ (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Jew)	Studio !K7	!K7073CD	Germany	1998
The K&D Sessions™ (2xCD, Mixed, Comp, RP, Dig)	Studio !K7, G-Stone Recordings	!K7073CD,	France
The K&D Sessions™ (4xLP, Par)	Studio !K7	K7 073 LP		2011

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punkrockrock77 May 16, 2012

there is a listing for the unofficial release now, still a great price considering you have to pay $200 to get the original and would take you probably $100+ to find all these gems individually

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Rated 5/5

Review by smid04 Jul 23, 2011 (edited 10 months ago)

I listened to it in 1999, some month after its release: what a trip! It sounded new, rich, deep, fluid. I played it in loop for an entire weekend.
What makes this a masterpiece is the perfect mix between original samples and new arrangement, especially basses and delays.
After 12 years, I'm still listening to it, and I can't find "old fashioned" sounds in it.

5/5 and maybe more...

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Review by jazzfelons Jun 18, 2010

if only electronic music had stayed this course, we'd all be in better places.

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Review by zekeistheman Jul 25, 2006 (edited over 5 years ago)

I started listening to this release a few years ago, and it STILL sounds fresh when I listen today - and this doesn't happen with many of my CDs. Kruder and Dorfmeister are downtempo geniouses. From the downtempo hip-hop of Bug Power Dust and Rollin' On Chrome to the straight bossa-nova of Heroes and Donauschingen, this album is gold from start to finish. And if you listen to it through, you might even start feeling a bit stoned - it had that affect on me for sure. Beautiful soundscapes. Highly reccommended. True Vienna Sound.

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Rated 5/5

Review by plastikman5 Oct 09, 2004 (edited over 7 years ago)

Bar none, this is THE quintissential at home chill, listening, spaced out, romantic, angst ridden, mood enhancing album of all time! Discover for yourself, because music is a journey and this is the first class ORIENT EXPRESS sleeper through some of the most beautiful landscapes that we have ever traveled. This is a 5* album that deserves its place in music history. I hated lounge/chill, THIS changed my mind!!

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Rated 5/5

Review by scoundrel Sep 23, 2004 (edited over 7 years ago)

A landmark in downtempo head-nodding, Kruder & Dorfmeister’s album of remixes, THE K&D SESSIONS, achieved fame far beyond the usual DJ suspects. For a while, this was the definitive chill. To this day, it still holds up surprisingly strong, even though their style and vibe has been emulated to near extinction. On the first disc, right from the long, low throbs of Roni Size’s “Heroes” and Alex Reece’s stretched-out “Jazz Master,” you can tell why K&D are still the kings. From completely slow and dubby to Smith & Mighty style drum ‘n’ bass, they handle it all. The darkness of Rockers Hi-Fi’s “Going Under” is balanced by the out-and-out funk of Bomb the Bass’ “Bug Powder Dust.” And their take of “Rollin’ on Chrome” by the Aphrodelics is some of the best downtempo hip-hop I heard, ever. And, believe it or not, they make Depeche Mode’s “Useless” feel more hopeless than before. The second disc takes a much more chilled approach, with the dreamy tones of Mama Oliver’s “Eastwest” or Sin’s “Where Shall I Turn.” The harder inflections of Bone Thugs ‘N Harmony’s “1st of Tha Month” is transformed into a dub jazz smoker. Their second take on “Going Under” is moody and mysterious. Two original K&D compositions as well: the slow and meditative “Boogie Woogie” and the interlude “Lexicon.” Essentially, if this isn’t in your collection… there’s something wrong with you.

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Rated 5/5

Review by thecreaser Jan 27, 2004

Could this be the quintessentialintelligentdownbeatchill-out album of all time? You came home from the club spangly eyed and twitchin and you put on the K&D Sessions, like a reflex action, it wasn't concious thought that did it, it was what you did, it was almost unwritten law. And through the buzz of the Heads coming down, the rustle of rizzlas, the soupy herbal haze drifted K&D's sumptuous serving of chilled beats and baselines.
It swoops and rolls, slides and shuffles, cossets and supports then messes you up with ghostly, icy fingers tickling your very soul.

A victim of its own success, this album has been so played that it's hard not to cringe whenever you catch a beat or a bar of one of the tracks. Shame, this album is simply incredible.
It deserves more praise than it's got so far on this page.

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