Artificial Funk

Artificial Funk was a Danish production duo formed in 2000 by Rune Reilly Kölsch and his half brother Johannes Torpe.

Career

The pair initially achieved some notoriety by being signed to Skint Records in 2002. In 2003, Artificial Funk released the track "Together", written by Rune Reilly Kölsch and Nellie Ettison which was nominated for the Top 10 tracks of the year by DJ Mag. It reached #67 on the Dutch Singles Chart.[1]

Still in 2003, they released the track "Calabria", an instrumental house tune with a synthesized saxophone riff, on Credence, a sublabel of Parlophone Records, for which he received the Danish Music Award in 2004. Following the remakes of "Calabria" by Drunkenmunky and as "Destination Calabria" by Alex Gaudino featuring Crystal Waters, a veritable international hit in many countries,[2] Rune and Torpe remade the track with new ragga vocals provided by Danish singer Natasja Saad. This version credited to "Enur featuring Natasja" peaked at #9 in France,[3] as well becoming a hit in Canada, Portugal, and the United States making it one of the most popular reggae fusion songs. The song also appeared in a commercial for Target.

Rune and Torpe have also founded the labels ArtiFarti Records (2005), Tattoorec.com (2006) and Nightology Records (2008). In addition, Johannes 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.[4]

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 "Together" (with Nellie Ettison)
  • 2005 "Never Alone"

References
  1. DutchCharts.nl Artificial Funk featuring Nellie Ettison - "Together" page Archived May 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  2. LesCharts.com: "Destination Calabria" song page Archived October 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. LesCharts.com "Calabria 2007" page Archived October 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. DJGuide.nl: DJ Artificial Funk biography
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