Rune Reilly Kölsch (born 9 February 1977), simply known as Kölsch, is a Danish electronic dance musician and DJ from Copenhagen.
He has worked with artists such as Coldplay, Imogen Heap, London Grammar, Tiga, Sasha and Michael Mayer. He is best known for his 2003 instrumental track "Calabria", which has been sampled by multiple artists since its original release.
Career In 2003, Kölsch released the track "Calabria", 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. In June 2022 two songs using the same sample climbed the UK Top 30, one by DJ Nathan Dawe, the other by West London drill rapper Benzz.
In 2017, Kölsch performed on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris for Cercle.
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 2007" 2012: "I'm That Chick" (featuring Nicki Minaj & Goonrock)
Other aliases 2003: "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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