has gained more fame for its stellar remixes and DJ sets than as producers of its own work. By engineering reworkings of tracks by a cast of artists ranging from
, the Austrian duo became one of the most respected names in the dancefloor community.
Kruder & Dorfmeister's standing increased with the issue of two acclaimed 1996 DJ albums:
Conversions for Spray/BMG and
DJ Kicks for Belgium's Stud!o K7. After forming their own G-Stone Records, the pair found a distribution deal with Quango and released the
G-Stoned EP in mid-1996. Though they remained busy with remix work and DJ gigs during 1997, it wasn't until late 1998 that another release appeared,
The Kruder & Dorfmeister Sessions.
Dorfmeister also appears in the side-project
Tosca with
Rupert Huber, while
Kruder released an album on G-Stoned in 1999 as
Peace Orchestra. [See Also:
Tosca,
Peace Orchestra]
–
John Bush, Rovi