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For Rune Reilly Kölsch, Kompakt has become a great label to call home. In 2013 the German imprint celebrated 20 years of record releases at the cutting edge of electronic music, championed in June by one of the most genre re-defining albums and personal music projects for an era: Kölsch’s landmark long player, ‘1977’.

A melodic autobiography on black wax, the Kölsch project has seen 36/37-year-old Rune take stock of a diverse and successful production career and draw upon his own personal beginnings: a nostalgia for childhood, family, friends and the confusion of applying his split-cultural heritage to what it means to think of ‘home’. As Rune freely admits, “being half Irish, half German and living in Denmark – it was all one big messy period of my life.” 

Born to hippie parents in the freetown of Christiania (a commune-like autonomous borough of the Danish capital Copenhagen) his childhood was spent surrounded by creativity. His mother was an artist whose family had roots in German politics and his father a singer songwriter who travelled through Asia playing music in the early 70's. Kölsch, however, did miss out on building friendships and found solace in making up “this imaginary world that I would spend days in,” before the family moved to Germany – a period of memories, relations and characters from which ‘1977’ derives its titles.

For Rune, the tracks he began building from 2010 took in this personal reflection, his being “completely locked in to reminiscing about what shaped me as a kid and into the individual that I am now” – contemplating his unique past to form the brickwork of ‘1977’, one of the most future-facing techno albums of recent years.

Influenced by hip hop, pop and the incredible legacy of Jeff Mills and Derrick May, Rune started producing in 1995, embarking on a string of success stories. In 2003 he released the multi-million selling, saxophone-infused ‘Calabria’, that saw collaboration requests pouring in from artists as diverse as Nicki Minaj, Shakira and Flo Rida. He then set up Tattoorecs – releasing pioneering underground tracks with no titles, just tattoos for artwork, that garnered critical acclaim and support from minimal and techno trailblazers such as Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Tiefschwarz and Ricardo Villalobos.

This appreciation of the complete musical spectrum has gifted Rune with a devotion to groove and melodics and with it the dexterity to input real creative change to the genres he reveres, not least his beloved techno. “2010 was the year of the ketamine house wave, where the music was 118 bpm and everything was extremely boring”, reflects Rune. “I wanted some melodic techno, some energy back in this scene. People needed the energy to express themselves and go crazy for a bit.”

This notion faced opposition, even from within Rune’s close circles. But it was Kompakt founder Michael Mayer who had the insight to see what Kölsch was trying to achieve. Rune’s conviction that vibrations and melodics are the key to human response had tipped the balance, underlined by his experience as a hip hop DJ where he “needed something to catch me and drag me in. And that’s what techno should do!” Here too he drew on his love of Jeff Mills and Derrick May, recalling how “they used to make mistakes all the time. It would be a big mash of all kinds of stuff, but at least something was happening. That’s what I was missing and that’s what I’m trying to change with the Kölsch project.”

The result is ‘1977’, a personal collection of dancefloor destroyers that are continuing to send clubs and festivals across the globe into melodic supernova. Take this video of Kölsch’s set at Belgium’s I Love Techno festival, one of Rune’s 2013 highlights, where “people were doing sit downs, singing along to all the tracks”. Watch it. It puts the hairs up on the back of your neck. “The response was overwhelming,” said Rune in a recent interview with Mixmag (who named Kölsch as one of their ‘Stars Of 2013’), as “when you think about it, it was just a bunch of childhood memories with a kickdrum underneath.” 

Elsewhere he’s ripped up the airways with an acclaimed Essential Mix for Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1, delivered his incendiary soundscape to Singapore’s world-renowned ZoukOut Festival, boomed his live show through the heaving basement of London’s XOYO and played the hallowed Space Terrace – in his words “a boyhood dream since I started going to Ibiza in 1999. That was what I wanted from life!” So opening Amnesia in 2014 with Joris Voorn will be a bonus then...

While these are reasons enough to keep the beaming smile beneath Kölsch’s trademark black fedora, his humility remains just as striking. While tracks like ‘Goldfisch’ have taken pivotal positions in the set lists of world class DJs from across the dance music spectrum – traversing the underground with Seth Troxler, while simultaneously providing credible new euphoric highs for the likes of Axwell – Rune remains joyously down to earth. All despite producing, with ‘1977’, an album that has crossed as many cultural and musical boundaries as his own childhood past.

From the face-twisting melodic drive of ‘Opa’ and ‘Bappedekkel’, to the chord-surfing piano groove of ‘Der Alte’ and the euphoric crescendos of ‘Lorely’, ‘Oma’ and ‘All That Matters’ (all hits in different countries), the fact remains that whether in your living room, on the dancefloors of the world’s greatest parties, or simply in your headphones on your way home, Kölsch’s ‘1977’ has re-defined techno and become an achievement that speaks for itself. 

Words: Phil Dudman – Clubs & Live Music Editor, Mixmag


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-2025- 
31.01 Lieu Unique - Nantes
21.02 Superflu - Paris 
26.04 Studio 1 Pre-Opening - Nantes 
23.05 Outer Place - Club Der Visionaere - Berlin
29.05 User Guide Afterparty - Nantes
28.06 Studio 1 - Nantes 
19.07 Studio 1 - Nantes
02.08 Studio 1 - Nantes
23.08 Melisma - Berlin
29.08 Mastak - Warsaw
20.09 Studio 1 - Nantes 
27.09 Studio Stereo - Barcelona

-2024- 
01.12 Libertine NYE w/ Levat, Spacetravel - Berlin 
20.01 Decibell's - Paris (as Second Life)
01.03 Kendama - Peniche Cinema - Paris 
27.03 Libertine 10 Years Bday part.1 - Berlin 
29.03 Planetarium - Radio Prun' - Nantes
31.03 Voiceless Session w/ Matthew Neequaye - Nantes
19.05 Vcls X Boreal w/ Carl FInlow - Quai West - Nantes 
29.06 Lu - Nantes  
13.07 Vcls X Boreal - Agronaute - Nantes 
19.07 Salad Komplett - Plotzensee - Berlin 
14.08 Club Der Visionaere - Berlin (as Second Life)
08.09 Faune Festival - France
02.11 HeavyDance - Bordeaux
30.11 Second Life x Distant Waters - Nantes
22.12 Superflu - Paris

-2023-
01.01 In:time NYD - Marseille 
24.03 CDC Afterhour - Nantes 
01.04 Voiceless Session w/ Michelle - Macadam - Nantes 
08.04 Radio Pirate - Paris 
07.05 Voiceless Rooftop - Nantes 
27.05 Archipel Festival - South 
06.07 Jeudi Sauvage 01 - OHM.Town - Nantes 
14.07 Lumbago ϟ Open Air - Lyon 
16.07 Boreal & Voiceless @ Quai West - Nantes 
22.07 FTF Records X Spin Desire - CO2 - Nantes 
28.07 Boreal Open Air - Nantes
29.07  Voiceless Session Afterhour - Macadam - Nantes
12.08 Discrete Society - 44 Tours - Nantes
18.08 In:Time w/ Mmmh - Marseille 
26.08 TBA - Berlin 
08.09 Micro Ondes - Nantes
16.09 Recordsale - Ohm.Town
17.09 Aora Open Air - Nantes
15.10 VCLS Session w/ Hicham - Quai West - Nantes 
27.10 Foehn w/ Gwenan, Miki - Warehouse - Paris
03.11 Nouveau Casino - Paris (as Second Life)
01.12 Superflu - Paris 

-2022-
18.02 VCLS Session w/ DJ Tree - CO2 Nantes FR
11.06 Bass Couture - Mulhouse FR
17.06 Krista Kupfer - Berlin DE
30.07 Les Viatiques Afterparty - Bordeaux FR
20.08 Voiceless Open Air - Nantes FR
01.09 Le Chant Des Oiseaux - Atipik Festival - FR
24.09 Gouters Electroniques Closing - Nantes FR
25.09 Poitoumata festival - FR
02.10 Viatica Esperit Festival - Bordeaux FR
12.11 CO2 w/ Christian Sarde - Nantes FR
27.11 Boem x VCLS - Agronaute Urban Farm - FR
18.12 VCLS Bday w/ Onur Ozer - Macadam Nantes 
31.12 In:time NYD - Marseille FR

-2021-
10.07 Nostromo Festival - Paris FR
06.08 Backsteinboot w/ Kashawar - Berlin DE
21.08 Foundation w/ Gwenan - Berlin DE
04.09 Club Pizza w/ Lemoan - Paris FR
24.10 Boem - Nantes
29.10 Macadam - Nantes
08.01 TBA - Paris

-2020-
02.01 Libertine NYD Afterparty - Berlin DE
17.02 Kit Kat Club - Berlin DE
12.03 Euphorik w/ Jeyoh - Paris FR
04.04 Voiceless w/ Ethel - Nantes FR
10.04 Sarcus w/ Carl Finlow, Etienne - Paris FR
17.04 Mudd Sow - Hoppetosse - Berlin DE
21.06 TBA - Lyon FR
09.26 Voiceless - Trampolino - Nantes Fr
10.23 TBA ´Paris

-2019-
01.01 Libertine NYD - Berlin DE
17.02 Libertine X Infoline Afterparty - Berlin DE
22.02 Electronic Rendez-vous - Napoli IT
22.03 Voiceless w/ Davy - Macadam - Nantes FR
10.04 Mittwoch w/ Sugar Free - Böckhstrasse 50
12.04 Rakya w/ Tom Cottrell - Paris FR
22.04 Libertine Easter Afterparty - Berlin DE
23.05 Sundowner - Else - Berlin DE
24.05 Libertine Industries w/ Yoshi - Berlin DE
01.06 Plastic Dream w/ Charlou - Stuttgart DE
15.06 Sarcus Festival - 6B - Paris FR
22.06 20ft Radio - Kiev UA
29.06Magick Bar w/ Niff - Rome IT
12.07 Garden - Paris FR
12.07 Nodd Club - Paris FR
14.07 TBA - Berlin DE
18.07 Seekers afterhour - Berlin DE
02.08 Outwatch - New York US
09.08 Outsiders - Montreal CA
12.08 Glow w/ Quest - CDV - Berlin DE
18.08 THP Social Spot - Kiev UA
26.08 Kit Kat Club - Berlin DE
31.08 TBA - Minsk BY
20.09 Error 404 w/ Christian AB - Rennes FR
21.09 Input Selector w/ Edward - Nantes FR
28.09 Partisan - Zur Klappe - Berlin DE
19.10 Infoline Rave - Berlin DE
31.10 Rhythm Tactics - Geneva CH
09.11 Crack Bellmer - Berlin DE
21.11 Libertine Records w/ Ixinidamix - Berlin DE
21.11 Underground Universal After - Berlin DE
27.12 Hoppetosse - Berlin DE
02.01 Libertine NYD Afterparty - Berlin DE

-2018-
25.01 The Basement w/ Oddity Soundsystem 
26.01 M.O.B. 07 - London UK
02.02 The Basement - Berlin
10.02 Oddity - Beate Uwe - Berlin
23.02 The Basement w/ Saverio Celestri & Yoshi
22.03 The Basement - Berlin
01.04 Input Selector w/ Spacetravel - Nantes FR
07.04 Polygon w/ Handmade - Berlin
17.04 Glow - Club Der Visionaere - Berlin
04.05 Libertine showcase - Diskret - Lyon FR
17.05 The Basement Vinyl Market - Berlin 
20.05 The Ghost 2nd Bday - Club Der Visionaere 
29.05 The Basement w/ Matthias & Modex 
21.06 The Basement w/ Saverio Celestri & Ethel 
21.07 Hansa - Silibergold - Frankfurt DE
12.10 Basement 1 year anniversary - Berlin 
03.11 Libertine After w/ Onur Özer & Yoshi - Paris
23.11 Libertine Vinyl Market - Basement - Berlin 
18.12 The Basement Reopening - Berlin

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