Peace Orchestra is a musical solo project from the Austrian music producer
Peter Kruder, best known as one half of
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo, known for their trip hop/downtempo remixes of pop, hip hop and drum and bass songs.
Career
In 1993, they released their first EP '' G-Stoned'' ...
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History
In parallel to his partnership with Dorfmeister, Peter Kruder has always followed his solo projects. After the Kruder and Dorfmeister releases "DJ Kicks" (!K7, 1996) and "K&D Sessions" (!K7, 1998) became global bestsellers, he followed up with his solo project ''Peace Orchestra''. ''Peace Orchestra'' is also the title of an album recorded by Kruder and released to critical acclaim in 1999. The album's most well-known track is "Who Am I", which received a great deal of exposure through its use in
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project alongside tracks by Photek, Death in Vegas and Juno Reactor. It was also used in the movies ''
Stay'' (2005), and
Memento (
Christopher Nolan, 2000).
An album of Peace Orchestra remixes by such artists as
Gotan Project, Chateau Flight, Beanfield, DJ DSL and
Trüby Trio was released in 2002, entitled ''
Reset''.
In addition to releasing under the "Peace Orchestra" moniker Peter Kruder's solo remixes were in demand by artists like
Bebel Gilberto, Fauna Flash and various other artists. With Fauna Flash - Munich DJs and producers Christian Prommer and Roland Appel - Kruder kicked off the
Voom:Voom project in 2001.
Discography
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Peace Orchestra'' (1999)
*''
Reset'' (2002)
References
External links
G-Stone RecordingsPeace Orchestra on DiscogsSalon.com on "Reset", Jul 17, 2002
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Austrian electronic musicians
Musicians from Vienna