{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{short description|Danish electronic musician (born 1977)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kölsch | alias = Rune, Rune RK | image = 2015-07-19 6748 Kölsch (Sea You).jpg | caption = Kölsch in 2015 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Rune Reilly Kølsch | origin = [[Denmark]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|2|9}} | birth_place = [[Freetown Christiania]], Denmark | death_place = | genre = [[House music|House]], [[techno]] | occupation = DJ, musician | label = [[Kompakt]] | years_active = 1995–present }}
'''Rune Reilly Kölsch''' (born 9 February 1977), simply known as '''Kölsch''', is a Danish [[electronic dance music]]ian and DJ from [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Welby|first1=Augustus|year=2014|title=Kölsch|url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/k-lsch|url-status=dead|access-date=22 November 2018|website=[[Beat Magazine]]}}</ref>
He has worked with artists such as [[Coldplay]], [[Imogen Heap]], [[London Grammar]], [[Tiga (musician)|Tiga]], Sasha and Michael Mayer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://weraveyou.com/2017/09/hell-liars-kolsch-remix/|title=Kölsch puts his own spin on London Grammar's "Hell to the Liars"|work=We Rave You|date=2017-09-05|access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref>
==Career== In 2003, Kölsch released the track "[[Calabria (song)|Calabria]]",{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} 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. In the 2000s, several remakes of "Calabria" were released, including a version by [[Drunkenmunky]] and a mashup titled "[[Destination Calabria]]" by [[Alex Gaudino]] featuring [[Crystal Waters]], a veritable international hit in many countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters – Destination Calabria|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alex+Gaudino+feat.+Crystal+Waters&titel=Destination+Calabria&cat=s|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026053942/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alex+Gaudino+feat.+Crystal+Waters&titel=Destination+Calabria&cat=s|archivedate=October 26, 2012|website=lescharts.com}}</ref> In June 2022<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]}}</ref> two songs using the same sample<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=3 June 2022|title=Charts analysis: Harry Styles secures ninth week at the top of the singles charts|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-harry-styles-secures-ninth-week-at-the-top-of-the-singles-charts/085930|website=Music Week}}</ref> climbed the UK Top 30, one by DJ [[Nathan Dawe]], the other by West London drill rapper Benzz.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 April 2022|title=West London drill rapper Benzz drops latest track 'Je'Mappelle'|url=http://sportplaylists.com/benzz-je-mappelle|website=Sport Playlists}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Machin|first=Alex|date=21 April 2022|title=Premiere: Benzz Unleashes Visuals for Highly-Anticipated Track "Je M'appelle"|url=https://grmdaily.com/benzz-je-mappelle/|website=GRM Daily}}</ref>
In 2017, Kölsch performed on top of the [[Eiffel Tower]] in Paris for [[Cercle_(company)|Cercle]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ross|first=Annabel|date=27 October 2017|title=Sky High: The Dance World According to Kölsch|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8014827/kolsch-eiffel-tower-1989-interview|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Bein|first=Kat|date=11 October 2017|title=Kölsch to Perform Atop Eiffel Tower, Here's How to Stream It Live|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7997484/kolsch-eiffel-tower-stream|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
== Discography == === Studio albums === *2013: ''1977'' *2015: ''1983'' *2017: ''1989'' *2019: ''Fabric Presents Kölsch'' *2020: ''Now Here No Where'' *2021: ''Isopolis'' *2023: ''I Talk To Water''
=== Singles === * 2010: "Loreley" * 2010: "Silberpfeil" * 2011: "Opa" * 2011: "Der Alte" * 2012: "All That Matters" (with Troels Abrahamsen) * 2013: "Goldfisch" * 2013: "Zig" * 2014: "Cassiopeia" * 2015: "Two Birds" * 2015: "DerDieDas" * 2016: "KIR" * 2016: "Grey" * 2017: "Goodbye" * 2017: "Push" * 2018: "Left Eye Left" * 2018: "Emoticon" * 2018: "Little Death" * 2018: "Hal" (with Tiga) * 2019: "The Lights" (with Sasha) * 2020: "Glypto" * 2020: "Shoulder of Giants" * 2020: "Remind you" * 2020: "Sleeper must awaken" * 2020: "The Great Consumer" * 2020: "While waiting for something to care about" * 2020: "Time" (With Beacon) * 2021: "Hold/Clear" * 2021: "Louisiana" (With [[Dubfire]]) * 2022: "ULM" (With Dubfire) * 2022: "Prison Grass" (With Magit Cacoon) * 2025: "Waste my time" (With CamelPhat)
=== Other projects === ==== As Artificial Funk ==== * 1995: "Real Funk" * 1996: "Zone One" * 2000: "Use It (The Music)" * 2001: "People Don't Know" * 2002: "Together" * 2005: "Never Alone"
==== As Ink and Needle ==== * 2006: "Number One/Number Two" * 2006: "Number Three/Number Four" * 2007: "Number Five/Number Six" * 2007: "Number Seven/Number Eight" * 2008: "Number Nine/Number Ten" * 2008: "Number Eleven/Number Twelve"
====As Rune RK==== * 2012: "Teacup" * 2013: "Burning Boombox" * 2013: "One Perfect Day" (ft. Laura V) * 2014: "Trash Talk"
====As Enur==== * 2007: "[[Calabria (song)#"Calabria 2007" (Enur remix)|Calabria 2007]]" * 2012: "I'm That Chick" (featuring [[Nicki Minaj]] & [[Goonrock]])
==== Other aliases ==== * 2003: "[[Calabria (song)|Calabria]]", as '''Rune''' * 2003: "I Just Want to Be a Drummer", as '''Heavy Rock''' * 2004: "Beautiful", as '''Rude RKade''' * 2007: "Koochi Koochi", as '''Fashion Victims''' * 2007: "Elephant", as '''Rune & Sydenham''' (with [[Jerome Sydenham]]) * 2008: "Peter Pan/Snow Bored", as '''Rune & Sydenham''' (Jerome Sydenham)
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