Camo & Krooked official press pic 2017Background informationAlso known asMasai, ChromeOrigin,Genres,Years active2007–presentLabelsMosaik Records, Mainframe Recordings, Beta Recordings, Viper Recordings,Associated acts, Body & Soul, Phetsta, Pat Fulgoni, Shaz Sparks, MefjusWebsiteMembersReinhard RietschMarkus WagnerCamo & Krooked are an electronic music producer/artist duo from, with their musical roots embedded in, consisting of Reinhard 'Camo' Rietsch (born 12 November 1983 in ) and Markus 'Krooked' Wagner (born 31 July 1989 in ). Contents.History Both Rietsch and Wagner have been producing music since 2002. They met at one of Rietsch's gigs and collaborated to form Camo & Krooked in 2007. Their first collaboration was the track 'Play It' from Camo's 2007 single Drop It.2008-10: Above & Beyond The duo has been releasing songs on various labels throughout 2008 to 2010, including Future Prophecies's Berzerk and Body & Soul's Nasca. More frequently, they've released multiple singles through fellow Austrian drum and bass producer and promoter DisasZt's label Mainframe Recordings. On 12 February 2010, the duo had released their debut studio album Above & Beyond through the label. The fourteen-track album includes a Mainframe Recordings compilation mix composed by DJ DisasZt himself.
Camo & Krooked had then released the Edge of Mind EP on John B's label Beta Recordings ten days later. It had received DJ support from many of the biggest names in drum and bass, including Pendulum, Grooverider, DJ Fresh, Adam F, London Elektricity, Matrix & Futurebound, Shimon, Concord Dawn, and DJ SS.Due to Camo & Krooked's success with Above & Beyond, they won Best Newcomer DJs at the 2010 Drum & Bass Arena Awards, and put out two mixes for BBC Radio 1's, &. Grooverider later quoted that Camo & Krooked are 'one of the biggest talents in Drum & Bass'. Both of these mixes bring to the table Camo & Krooked's usual varying subgenres of drum and bass.
They have released successful remixes of drum and bass tracks such as 's 'September', 's 'Numbers' and 's 'Talkbox'. They have also produced remixes for songs by English rapper twice: one for ' and another for '. The latter remix was their first venture into the realms of, a new genre for them.On April 2010, Camo & Krooked released 'Turn Up (The Music)', featuring the vocals of Pat Fulgoni, through as part of the compilation album Sick Music 2. The song contains lyrics based on the song 'Turn on the Music'. The track was originally released on a double A-side joint single backed with 's 'Memory Lane'. Their first individual single release on Hospital was 'Climax', released on 28 June 2010.
On October 2010, drum and bass producer and Shogun Audio owner had teamed up with Camo & Krooked to create the collaborative effort of 'Stand Up!' , featuring added vocals from. Friction had also made a drum and bass remix of the track 'Sweet Shop' alongside the two.Camo & Krooked were eventually signed to Hospital Records on 4 December 2010 to join the likes of,.
By the end of 2010, they've made a huge impact on the world of drum and bass in a short period of time with releases on labels including Viper Recordings, Technique, Renegade Hardware, Urban Takeover and.2011-12: Cross the Line and other projects Rietsch and Wagner had experimented with and under the alias Chrome. The duo had released the Paranoia EP, which featured six of their unreleased tracks, as a free download. In 2011, they have decided to discontinue the side-project in order to focus on producing drum and bass as Camo & Krooked.Camo & Krooked open 2011 with their two-part Pulse of Time EP released through Viper Recordings. It met the support of acts such as DJ Hype, Andy C, Danny Byrd, High Contrast, ShockOne, Netsky, Sub Focus, Chase & Status, Metrik, and Crissy Criss.On 3 June 2011, Camo & Krooked released the first single from their upcoming Hospital Records debut album, 'All Fall Down' / 'Breezeblock'. ' features the vocals of Shaz Sparks. The song is another one of their dubstep productions. It reached number 196 on the, making it Camo & Krooked's first ever charting single.
It has also charted at number 40 in the and number 20 in the, and it is one of their most commercially successful singles to date. During 2011, due to the success of the release, as well as their growing discography, they have played live at many festivals throughout Europe. Some of these gigs were alongside big names of the genre, such as. They've performed at the Nass festival, and also at the festival, both in July 2011. In addition, they also headlined the stage at the in August 2011.The second single off of Camo & Krooked's untitled second album, 'Make The Call', featuring the vocals of Bristol-based drum and bass musician, was released on 12 September 2011, accompanied by the AA-side track 'In the Future' featuring. 'Make the Call' was one of their few songs produced in the style of music. The single was their last released prior to the album's release in the latter months of 2011, which in August 2011 was revealed to be named Cross The Line.
In BBC Radio 1's show of and (12 September), Camo & Krooked announced the album was to be released on 3 October. The title track from Cross the Line featuring singer was released as the album's third single on 14 November 2011.They produced Professor Green's track 'How Many Moons' for the album, which was released on 28 October 2011. A remix of the song featuring British artists Dream McLean and Rinse was released as a promotional single on 21 April 2012. It was available on vinyl as part of 2012, and also featured on the ' EP.On 1 December 2011, Camo & Krooked were awarded with the Best Producer title at the 2011 Drum and Bass Arena Awards.The duo has produced music for various video game companies. They've made an official rework of the James Bond theme featured in the trailer for the 2011 video game remastering. Also, they have produced multiple tracks for the soundtrack of the 2012 video game. They have created the majority of the tracks along with and.Camo & Krooked released a for Cross the Line on 19 March 2012.
Between the Lines features remixes from High Maintenance, BCee, InsideInfo, Submorphics, Metrik, Mind Vortex, Smooth, Sub Zero, Fred V & Grafix, Funtcase, as well as material from the duo themselves.2013-2015: Zeitgeist and Gravitas. Camo & Krooked performing at 2014.The first single of Camo & Krooked's third album, ' All Night' was released on 1 July 2013, the vocals for which were performed by Pat Fulgoni. It was followed by ' Move Around', featuring the vocals of, which was released on 9 September 2013. Their third studio album, titled Zeitgeist (meaning ' spirit of the age' or ' spirit of the time'), was released on 30 September 2013 through.
The album contains influences of, and merged with their signature production style. It also features collaborations with fellow Viper Recordings / Hospital Records artist and Norwegian indie-electronic duo.
The album's third single ' Loving You is Easy' was released on 11 November 2013.After tour they released couple remixes for Lana Del Rey ' West Coast' and Klangkarussell ' Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain)'.In June 2015 after a long period of silence they presented composition ' Gravitas' which was produced for Red Bull's skydiving team.2016-Present: Mosaik. Camo & Krooked performing at Red Bull Listening Session 2016.On 17 February 2015 the duo announced that they are working on a new album which they stated would be a logical progression of their previous album Zeitgeist. On 7 October 2016 Camo & Krooked presented new music at Red Bull Listening Session 2016. They revealed the title of their album to be Mosaik which will be released in May on their new own imprint Mosaik Musik, and BMG. The first sampler, ' If I Could' featuring vocals from Joe Killington plus flipside ' Ember', was released on 11 November.On 9 December 2016 the video to the song ' Black Or White', featuring vocals from Tasha Baxter, was presented by Red Bull 20 before 17.
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