Kruder & Dorfmeister „The K&D Sessions“ live

In the organizer's words:

The Enjoy Jazz Festival, in collaboration with the Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg and with the support of Manfred Lautenschläger, invites you to a special concert at the Heidelberg Congress Center: Kruder & Dorfmeister. The electro pioneers from Austria are returning to the festival stage. Back in 1999, their performance with the then freshly released "The K&D Sessions" formed the grand finale of the very first Enjoy Jazz edition at the Karlstorbahnhof in Heidelberg. For the 27th edition of the festival, the musicians are now back at Enjoy Jazz with this work, which is considered a milestone in electronic music.

Kruder & Dorfmeister's story is one of being different. When they started making music in the early 90s, they went against the grain: while Vienna was in techno fever, they followed the cosmic dancefloor tradition of the 80s, influenced by hip hop, rare groove, dub and new wave. They set new standards with their debut "G-Stoned" - a complex, organic sound created with minimal technology. Offers flooded in, but K&D turned down major deals, remained independent and promoted artists via their label G-Stone. Their DJ sets broke away from the "smoky time-loop jazz" cliché and explored drum & bass, broken beat and 4/4 rhythms. Their open concept and visionary approach are reminiscent of Brian Eno, who also broke down genres. Whether Kruder's work with DJ Hell or Dorfmeister's minimalist Tosca project - their focus was always on an individual sound beyond fixed genres. To this day, they see music as a universal language that not only wants to be heard, but also felt.

"I couldn't imagine a more fitting act as a gift from the festival for the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Karlstorbahnhof, the birthplace of Enjoy Jazz."
- Festival founder and director Rainer Kern

Price information:

There are 3 seating categories to choose from for this event: Category 1: Box Office €97 | advance booking €93.40 Category 2: Box Office €83 | advance booking €81.30 Category 3: Box Office €65 | advance booking €62.60