U.K. based legendary trip-hop duo Kruder & Dorfmeister have reemerged from their studios to announce the release of their long-awaited and album, 1995. Today, August 28, they share the first single off the album, “Johnson”, which released alongside a hypnotic music video via G-Stone Recordings. The album was mastered by the well known and esteemed Bernie Grundman (Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Dr. Dre).
Listen to Kruder & Dorfmeister’s “Johnson” here: https://soundcloud.com/kruderdorfmeisterofficial/johnson
Kruder & Dorfmeister (Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister), are a Viennese duo who started making music together in the early 1990s. Since their early days producing behind dusty Akai samplers, the duo has gone on to produce multiple successful projects including Tosca, Peace Orchestra, and Voom:Voom, as well as official remixes for Depeche Mode. “Johnson” features a trippy downtempo groove with a soundscape infused with delays and celestial synths.
Watch the Kruder & Dorfmeister official video for “Johnson” here: https://youtu.be/GxH5piakaHc
The video for “Johnson” was directed by Oscar Pecher and Stefan Pecher, who stated that when they heard the track for the first time, “…pictures immediately came into our minds. The cinematic, atmospherically dense sound, supported by emotional vocal samples, reduced breakbeats and deep bass lines gave us a lot of visual input.” The brothers also said, “Someplace that has stood still in time, the dark corridors, the mysterious musical mood that fits the current time, combined with a young, sensitive leading actress whose sluggish movements increasingly develop towards dance as the track progresses.”
1995 Tracklist:
1. “Johnson”
2. :Love Hope Change”
3. “Swallowed The Moon”
4. “Spring”
5. “Dope”
6. “King Size”
7. “Holmes”
8. “Don Gil Dub”
9. “Stop Screaming” (only available on physical copy)
10. “Morning”
11. “White Widow”
12. “In Bed with K & D”
13. Ambiente”
14. “One Break”
15. “Lovetalk”
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