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Artificial Funk was a famous Danish production duo formed in 2000 by Rune Reilly Kölsch (known as Rune RK and Enur) and his half brother Johannes Torpe. ==Career== The pair initially achieved some notoriety by being signed to Skint Records in 2002. In 2003, Artificial Funk released the track "Together", written by Rune RK and Nellie Ettison which was nominated for the Top 10 tracks of the year by ''DJ Mag''. It reached #67 on the Dutch Singles Chart.〔(DutchCharts.nl Artificial Funk featuring Nellie Ettison - "Together" page )〕 Still in 2003, they 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. Following the remakes of "Calabria" by Drunkenmunky and as "Destination Calabria" by Alex Gaudino featuring Crystal Waters, a veritable international hit in many countries,〔(LesCharts.com: "Destination Calabria" song page )〕 Rune and Torpe remade the track with new ragga vocals provided by Danish singer Natasja Saad. This version credited to "Enur featuring Natasja" (Enur being one of the names used by Rune RK) peaked at #9 in France,〔(LesCharts.com "Calabria 2007" page )〕 as well becoming a hit in Canada, Portugal, and the United States making it one of the most popular reggae fusion songs. The song also appeared in a commercial for Target. Rune and Torpe have also founded the labels ArtiFarti Records (2005), Tattoorec.com (2006) and Nightology Records (2008). In addition, Johannes Torpe runs a design company through Johannes Torpe studios in addition to Toolroom Records. They together have won 5 DJ awards plus a Danish Grammy Award.〔(DJGuide.nl: DJ Artificial Funk biography )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Artificial Funk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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