Hometown: naerum, DK
Label: Brumtone, Scape, Cheap & Musicsystem, Brumtone
Management: Mo
Website: www.augustengkilde.com
Genre: Jazz
As a producer, composer and multiinstrumentalist August participates on more than 30 releases in various genres. This includes among others Police Beat Box and Mobile (Cheap, AUS), E.P.O. (~Scape, DE), "Kaotic Brain | Beautiful Noise" (Brumtone, DK), "Hinter Dem Spiegel" (Brumtone), “Warum sollten wir...”) (Musicsystem, DK), Elektrazz (Musicsystem, DK), Pole (Mute, UK) and Señor Coconut (Multicolor, DE). Further, he delivered tracks and remixes for a number of other labels.
““.....don't waste your money on dropping acid, just buy this instead.””
Echoes - August Engkilde - Police Beat Box, Cheap/033
"Next-Level-Teo-Macero"
DW - Groove-Berlin reviewing:Kaotic Brain-Beautiful Noise
"Ein umwerfend gutes Album!"..."Wilkommen im "Club für gute Musik"."
MK - De:Bug reviewing Kaotic Brain-Beautiful Noise
"...alles perfekte arrangiert und mit viel fingerspitzengefühl produziert und abgesmischt. Ohrenkino von feinsten!..."
MK - De:Bug reviewing Kaotic Brain-Beautiful Noise (Apr 11, 2008)
"Ein Gerüst aus guten grooves, hardswingende basslaüfen, dazu Noise und scheinbares Chaos im Wechsel mit düsteren soundcollagen, melancholischen Akkorden, daswischen immer wieder freundliche Melodiefetzen ein blasorchester und seltsam klingende instrumente..."
MK - De:Bug reviewing Kaotic Brain-Beautiful Noise (Apr 11, 2008)
"August Engkilde hører, med sin medvirken på over 30 udgivelser indenfor blandt andet jazz, hiphop, electronica, dub og electro, til blandt de mest erfarne aktører på den repetitive og elektronisk forankrede scene herhjemme."
Thomas Borre - Gaffa - Anmeldelse af Kaotic Brain | Beautiful noise
"Engkilde folder sig elegant ud i et myldrende lydunivers, der både er funky og abrupt, abstrakt og konkret, håndspillet og programmeret, tyst og larmende. Det er netop alle disse selvmodsigelser, der får pladen til at fungere – uden at det bliver påtaget skævt eller konstrueret vel at mærke
Thomas Borre - Gaffa - Anmeldelse af Kaotic Brain | Beautiful noise (Mar 12, 2008)
"uden at der nogensinde går kønsløs stiløvelse i den. Dertil er der for meget krummelurisk støj i det varierede og fantasifulde lydbillede."
Thomas Borre - Gaffa - Anmeldelse af Kaotic Brain | Beautiful noise (Mar 12, 2008) (Mar 12, 20
"He's plainly a sick man worth tracking down."
Hector Jones - Jockeyslot - reviewing Police Beat Box-June 2000
"A closer inspection reveals that August Engkilde has taken a live jazz recording and a live recording in a cinema in Delhi and done bad things to them, with the aid of his computer. He's plainly a sick man worth tracking down."
Hector Jones - Jockeyslot - reviewing Police Beat Box-June 2000 (Jun 01, 2000)
"Sehr eigenwillig und sofort begeisternd. Jazz wird irgendwie, obwohl Schnarchsack Referenz Nr.1, nie langweilig."
Bleed - De:Bug - Reviewing Police Beat Box on Cheap recods
"Police Beat Box, das ist ein Soundtrack ohne Film. Die Bilder entstehen beim Hören von selbst... Endlich mal wieder ein Album aus der Jazz und Elektronik Ecke mit Feeling, Intensität, Humor, Intelligenz und Geschmack. Mehr davon. "
MK - De:Bug - Reviewing Police Beat Box on Cheap recods
"As a polar opposite to just having fun, here is Mr.Engkilde's challenging sound."
Echoes reviewing, August Engkilde - Police Beat Box, Cheap/033
"the sound clash of jazz and unidentifiable musical objects works sublimely."
Echoes - Reviewing August Engkilde - Police Beat Box, Cheap/033
"A stunningly good record!"
MK - De:Bug reviewing Kaotic Brain| Beautiful Noise
" A framework of well crafted grooves, hard-swinging bass-lines, combined with noise and apparent chaos in change with dark sound collages, melancholic chords - in between snatches of friendly melodies, a brass orchestra and weird sounding instruments...."
MK - De:Bug reviewing Kaotic Brain-Beautiful Noise
" everything is perfectly arranged, produced and mixed with sure instinct/ viel fingerspitzengefühl. This album could be the best work we have heard from August Engkilde so far."
MK - De:Bug reviewing Kaotic Brain | Beautiful Noise
"...We will stay curious for the forthcoming releases. Welcome to the "Club of good music".
MK - De:Bug reviewing Kaotic Brain | Beautiful Noise
"Man findet immer wieder Neues und immer mehr bei jedem Hören. Auch die vereinzelten Instrumentalstücke heften sich ins Hirn. Man kann sie laufen lassen, die Platte. Das ist still manchmal. Poppige Stille, aber keineswegs langweilig."
Nina - De:Bug reviewing EPO on Scape records
"...And sounds - compared to so many others - never just like
an update of the usual sounds but completely peculiar."
DW - Groove-Berlin reviewing:Kaotic Brain-Beautiful Noise