ENUR IN 11 POINTS:
• Enur is comprised of brothers Rune RK (turntables, vocals) and Johannes Torpe (drums, percussion). Their live show features guest vocalists, such as Natalie Storm, and has been described as an exhilarating, fun and high-energy affair.
• Enur’s first single, Calabria, which features Natasja, has sold over 700,000 copies in the US alone, and 2 million copies internationally. The video for the single has been viewed a collective 10 million times on YouTube.
• Calabria was the #1 selling dance track on iTunes in 2008
• Enur’s debut album, Raggatronic, was released on Ultra Records September 9th and features Beenie Man, Greg Nice (of Nice & Smooth), Natasja Saad, Nicki Minaj, and Chopper City Boyz, among others.
• ‘Calabria’ reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart, #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 on the French singles sales chart and #29 on the European Hot 100 singles chart.
• ‘Calabria’ has received over 62,000 spins to date on US radio, including major airplay on Z100 and WKTU in NY, Y100 and Power96 in Miami, 103.5 Kiss FM and B96 in Chicago, and WiLD 94.9 in SF. ‘Calabria’ has charted on Top 40, Rhythmic, and Urban radio.
• The new single ‘Enur’s Bonfire’ features Lumidee and Natasja.
• Enur’s music has been featured in the popular television shows ‘Ugly Betty’ and ‘Nip/Tuck’, as well as the Wii videogame ‘Namco: We Cheer’ and EA’s ‘NBA Live 09’. ‘Calabria’ is presently being used in the national Target Back to School television campaign.
• ‘Calabria’ has been reworked by the likes of Alex Gaudino, in ‘Destination Calabria feat. Crystal Waters’, and sampled by Pitbull in ‘The Anthem feat. Lil Jon.’ New York rapper MIMS has also been featured in a ‘Calabria’ remix.
• Rune and Johannes are also responsible for the UK hit ‘Together’, which was released under the pseudonym Artificial Funk, sold 250,000 copies, and hit # 1 on the UK dance charts. DJ Mag hailed it one the Top 10 tracks of 2003.
• Quotes:
“[Calabria is] a seemingly indestructible track…” – New York Times
“..[The] Ibiza hit with the bouncy sax-driven hip shaker” – Billboard Magazine
“…the new Planet Rock” - dancemusic.about.com
“…A full platter of turntables, global vocals, interesting accents, percussion, drums, the catchy hooks and beats will leave you dancing! – Urb Magazine review of Raggatronic (4/5 Stars)
