August Engkilde

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During the years August played the bass on more than 18 jazz and electronic/experimental recordings, including his own bands "Band of Inner Urge" (Storyville records), Police Beat Box (Cheap), Mobile (Cheap), Warum sollten wir angst vor grossen Tieren haben (Musicsystem) e.t.c.

He further more did deliver tracks for several compilations and made tool records for the label and production group MusicsysteM, which he is a memeber of. In June 2000 he made the music for the 8 hour long art movie "The Wake" by Christian Lemmerz and Michael Kvium, in collaboration with composer Dror Feiler and DJ Wunderbaum. The Elektrazz band which he founded, is releasing it's first album on the frankfurt label multicolor summer 2001. The Mindspray album project, that August has recently been involved in, will be released in fall 2001. Mind spray is a band consisisting of Peter Laugesen, DJ Wunder Baum and trumpeter Lars Vissing. August plays a lot: a band leader, DJ (DJ tennis), computer-musician, composer and bass player educated at the New School of Contemporary Music in New York, aswell as in private lessons with a bass master in Havanna, Cuba.

He is at the moment involved in following touring live band projects around the world: Elektrazz (Multicolor), DJ Tennis (Musicsystem), Police Beat Box (Cheap), Mobile (Cheap) Mr. Atomheart's Senor Coconut band (MultiColor), Louie Austen (Cheap), Mindspray (Borgen) and with the live performances of the Wake film as a DJ and improvising computer sound maker.
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Discography

Releases:
Police Beat Box (12")   Cheap 2000
Police Beat Box (CD)   Cheap 2000
Electronic Panorama Orchestra (CD)   popscape 2004
Electronic Panorama Orchestra (LP)   popscape 2004
Kaotic Brain / Beautiful Noise (Vinyl, Album)   Brumtone 2008
Kaotic Brain / Beautiful Noise (CD, Album)   Brumtone 2008
Remixes:
Amore (Maxi) (2 versions) Amore (August Engkilde... Kitty-Yo ... 2001
Production:
Live At The Living Room – Session No.1 (CD, Album)   Brumtone 2008
Appears On:
Hardcore Candlelight Dinner (12", EP)   Musicsystem 2000
Mobile (12")   Cheap 2000
Outer Space / Inner Space (Album) (3 versions)   Ninja Tune ... 2001
#2 (CD, Album) Annex Aug Korm Plastics 2002
Elektrouble (CD)   Musicsystem 2002
Secret Rhythms (Album) (2 versions)   Nonplace 2002
45/45 (Maxi) (4 versions) Back Home Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
90/90 (Maxi) (4 versions) I Can't Hear (Ska Vers... Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Can't Cool (CD, Album) Get Things Strait, Get... Nonplace 2003
Fiesta Songs (Album) (5 versions)   Third Ear (2) ... 2003
Grab My Shaft (12") Amore Instant Karma 2003
Pole (Album) (4 versions) Green Is Not Green - Y... Mute Records Ltd. ... 2003
Smooth Operator (2 versions) Smooth Operator (Versi... Multicolor Recordings 2003
Unavoidable Infiltrators (12")   Cytown Records 2006
Live At The Living Room – Session No.1 (CD, Album)   Brumtone 2008
Golden Solitude (CD, Album + Vinyl, Album)   Karaoke Kalk 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Electric (2 versions) Let's Play 6-8 Musicsystem 2002
10 Years Of Cheap Records (2xCD) Arabic Bong Cheap 2004
Unofficial Releases:
Can't Cool (CD, Album) Get Things Strait, Get... Not On Label  
Secret Rhythms (CD, Unofficial)   Par Media Music  
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