JazzDenmark bio:
"August
Engkilde is a composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ
and sound-designer. August plays the bass, the keyboards and twists the
computer knobs on more than 32 jazz, latin, electro, dub, hip hop, break
beat, and other electronic/experimental releases. This includes among
others “Kaotic Brain | Beautiful Noise” (Brumtone, Denmark), "Band of
Inner Urge" (Storyville, Denmark), Police Beat Box (Cheap, Vienna),
Mobile (Cheap, Vienna), E.P.O. (~Scape, Berlin), “Warum sollten wir
angst vor großen Tieren haben” (Musicsystem, Copenhagen), Elektrazz
(Musicsystem, Copenhagen), Pole (Mute, London) and Señor Coconut
(Multicolor, Frankfurt a.m.).
Further, he delivered tracks for a number of compilations on various
labels among others: Kitty Yo (berlin), Cheap (Vienna), Air France
(France) and ~Scape (Berlin). As a sound designer he made Tool records
for the label and production group Musicsystem, which he founded
together with the art-group Superflex. August as well made the music for
the 8 hour long art movie "The Wake" by Christian Lemmerz and Mikael
Kvium, in collaboration with composer Dror Feiler and Dj Wunderbaum.
August is educated at the New School of Contemporary Music in New
York and on Cuba by the Buena Vista Social Club bass-player Cachaito
Orlando Lopez and the percussion-player José Alfonso. At the moment
August is involved in following live band projects: August Engkilde solo
+ with The Surface Constructors, Elektrazz, Manuela Krause and more." MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/augustengkilde
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