The K&D Sessions (25th Anniversary Boxset Edition): 3CD, Book + Poster Box Set

“The bottle is empty, the CD has stopped, there are still a few cigarettes left. So, I'm going to open another bottle, push a button on my CD player, and make use of my lighter - and then many associations will appear again which I won't write down anymore. All I want to do now is simply enjoy.” – Robert Menasse on ‘The K&D Sessions’

Occasionally an album comes along that seems to capture the mood of the time. ‘The K&D Sessions’ was one. In the late 1990s no afterparty, smoking session or languid Sunday afternoon was complete without Kruder & Dorfmeister blasting from the Bang & Olufsen. Now approaching it’s 25th anniversary the lore around this iconic release, steeped in a silvery cloud of smoke, retains a star quality which only shines brighter as time hurtles on. With the original having sold well over a million copies by this point in time, it’s hard to imagine a mix or remix compilation being able to inform a movement like ‘The K&D Sessions’ has.

To celebrate this monumental milestone, we’ve created a limited boxset in 6LP and 3CD of ‘The K&D Sessions’, mastered and cut by LA luminary Bernie Grundman for a luxurious listening experience, with newly designed inner sleeves using unseen photos from the original photo shoot. Inserted in the box is a forty-page booklet containing multitudes more never before seen photos from the same shoot and notes which recount humorous tales surrounding the duo and the people who spent time with them in this epoch. Included on the 6th LP is their legendary 11 minute shimmering remix of Madonna’s “Nothing Really Matters”. The 6th LP also contains Peter Kruder’s Powercut Mix of Roni Size’s “Heroes” and K&D’s remix of U.F.O, “L.O.V.E.”. In addition there are two cerebral alternate remixes of Lewis Taylor, one being completely dubbed and the other the using the vocal line for this beautiful gem, “Lucky” and a special remix of “Speechless” by Count Basic. These have been staples in K&D’s sets and now take their rightful place collected in the canon of ‘The Sessions’.

Tracklist:

CD1 (Mixed)

1. Roni Size, Reprazent - Heroes (Kruder's Long Loose Bossa)
2. Alex Reece - Jazz Master (K&D Session TM)
3. Count Basic - Speechless (Drum 'n' Bass)
4. Rockers Hi-Fi - Going Under (K&D Session TM)
5. Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust (K&D Session TM)
6. Aphrodelics - Rollin' On Chrome (Wild Motherfucker Dub)
7. Depeche Mode - Useless (K&D Session TM)
8. Count Basic - Gotta Jazz (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)
9. Rainer Trüby Trio - Donaueschingen (Peter Kruder's Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapi-tänskajütenremix)
10. Lamb - Trans Fatty Acid (K&D Session TM)

CD2 (Mixed)

1. David Holmes - Gone ft. Sarah Cracknell (K&D Session TM)
2. Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)
3. Mama Oliver - Eastwest (Stoned Together)
4. Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust (Dub)
5. Kruder & Dorfmeister - Boogie Woogie
6. Sin - Where Shall I Turn (K&D Session TM Vol. 2)
7. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - 1st of Tha Month (K&D Session TM)
8. Kruder & Dorfmeister - Lexicon
9. Knowtoryus - Bomberclad Joint (K&D Session TM)
10. Rockers Hi-Fi - Going Under (Evil Love & Insanity Dub)
11. Strange Cargo - Million Town (K&D Session TM)

CD3 (Unmixed)

1. Count Basic - Speechless (Peter Kruder Vocal Mix)
2. Lewis Taylor - Lucky (Kruder & Dorfmeister Suicide Mix)
3. Knowtoryus - The Revenge Of The Bomberclad Joint (K&D Session TM)
4. Roni Size - Heroes (Peter Kruder Powercut Mix)
5. Madonna - Nothing Really Matters (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix)
6. UFO - L.O.V.E. (K&D Session TM)
7. Lewis Taylor - Lucky (Kruder & Dorfmeister Reprise Mix)