# Rumpistol

Jens Berents Christiansen (born in 1978), also known as Rumpistol, is a Danish producer and musician, who writes and performs electronic music. He has been releasing music since 2003 and has received positive reviews from magazines such as Intro.de De:Bug and Danish magazine GAFFA. The latter gave Rumpistol 6/6 for his 2008 album Dynamo.
Rumpistol creates music ranging from neoclassical music to electronic music in the electronica-genre with inspiration from ambient, dub, IDM, techno and dubstep, made for both the dance floor and for sitting audiences.
Christiansen also plays keyboards and produces for the band Kalaha and has produced or contributed to releases from Lukkif and collaborating with artists like Baiana System (BZ), Efterklang, Blue Foundation and Indians.
In 2019 Kalaha won Carl Prisen in the category Best Roots Composer (for the EP Mama Ngoma). In 2016 Christiansen co-wrote and co-produced the album Masala which won a Danish Music Award Jazz for Best Special release and was also nominated for Carl Prisen in 2018. In 2016 his music was used for the opening ceremony for the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. Rumpistol has played live at Roskilde Festival (DK) in 2006 and 2009, at MUTEK Montréal (CAN) in 2012, at Multiplicidade (BZ) in 2015 at Boiler Room UK in 2012.
Rumpistol has released on several labels including his own label Rump Recordings, The Rust Music, Øen Records, Project: Mooncircle and Iboga Records.

## Selected discography
### Studio Albums by Rumpistol

| Title | Label | Year |
| Rumpistol | Rump Recordings | 2003 |
| Mere Rum | Rump Recordings | 2005 |
| Dynamo | Rump Recordings | 2008 |
| Floating feat. Red Baron | Project Mooncircle | 2012 |
| Floating Remixes feat. Red Baron | Rump Recordings | 2013 |
| Away | Rump Recordings | 2014 |
| Eyes Open Wide Rmxs | Iboga Records | 2016 |
| After The Flood | Øen Records | 2020 |
| Isola | Raske Plader | 2022 |

### Singles & EPs by Rumpistol

| Title | Label | Year |
| Copenhagen Jazz feat. Splitbeat | Auditory Designs | 2004 |
| Talk To You | Rump Recordings | 2011 |
| It's Everywhere feat. John LaMonica | Rump Recordings | 2013 |
| Asleep | Rump Recordings | 2013 |
| Away Rmxs | Rump Recordings | 2014 |
| Eyes Open Wide | Rump Recordings | 2016 |
| Drops | Rump Recordings | 2017 |
| Drops Remixes | Rump Recordings | 2018 |
| In My Room | The Rust Music | 2019 |
| (There is no) There There | Øen Records | 2020 |
| Aurolac | Øen Records | 2020 |
| Løvfald | Raske Plader | 2021 |
| Vindheks | Raske Plader | 2022 |
| Gniben | Raske Plader | 2022 |
| New Beginning (Collaboration w. Kill J) | Raske Plader | 2022 |

### Albums by Kalaha

| Title | Label | Format | Year |
| Hahaha | Rump Recordings | Digital Album | 2014 |
| Masala | Rump Recordings | Vinyl & Digital Album | 2016 |
| Masala – Extra Spicy | Rump Recordings | Vinyl & Digital Album | 2018 |
| Mandala | DME | Vinyl & Digital Album | 2019 |
| Mystafa | April Records | Vinyl, CD & Digital Album | 2021 |

### Singles & EPs by Kalaha

| Title | Label | Format | Year |
| Quarquaba | Rump Recordings | Digital EP | 2016 |
| Wahwahwah | Rump Recordings | Digital EP | 2016 |
| Dragon Jenny (Extended Version) | Rump Recordings | Digital Single | 2018 |
| Mama Ngoma | Rump Recordings | Digital EP | 2018 |
| Çok Küstüm feat. Hilal Kaya | DME | Digital Single | 2019 |
| Eymen feat. Hilal Kaya | DME | Digital Single | 2019 |
| Eymen feat. Hilal Kaya (Junglelyd & Merlyn Silva remix feat. Huaynot) | Sofa Beats | Digital Single | 2019 |
| Dans Det Op feat. Uffe Lorenzen / Eymen feat. Hilal Kaya | April Records | 7" Vinyl | 2020 |
| Vivo | April Records | Digital Single | 2020 |
| Özgürüm Ben feat. Hilal Kaya | April Records | Digital Single | 2020 |
| Hurt You Once Again feat. Hjalte Ross | April Records | Digital Single | 2021 |

### Remixes by Rumpistol

| Artist | Title | Label | Year |
| Magtværk | Rumpistol meets Freja in Dub | MVR | 2004 |
| Analogik | So Many Musicians (Rumpistol Meets Analogiks Many Musicians) | Auditory Designs | 2005 |
| Acustic | T.P.Ø. (Rumpistol Remix) | RKRLHJ | 2006 |
| .tape. | Late, Vague, Wrong (Rumpistol Remix) | spa.RK | 2008 |
| Keramick & Lobo | Answers (Rumpistol Remix) | Freaky Beats Productions | 2010 |
| Efterklang | Modern Drift (Rumpistol Remix) | Flow Records | 2010 |
| System | Alpha (Rumpistol Remix) | Rump Recordings | 2011 |
| Blue Foundation | Hoshi No Tame No Kmoruta (Rumpistol Rmx) | Dead People's Choice | 2012 |
| Indians | Magic Kids (Rumpistol Remix) | 4AD | 2013 |
| Cirkular | Girl (Rumpistol Remix) | Pattern Abuse | 2016 |
| Rumpistol | Swing Drops (Rumpistol Ambient Remix) | Rump Recordings | 2018 |
| Roel Funcken | Bloid Fraxton (Rumpistol Remix) | Touched Music | 2018 |
| IKI | Reflex (Rumpistol Remix) | DME | 2020 |

## Career

After starting his career playing keyboard and guitar for the band Magtværk, Christiansen moved on to launch his solo career as Rumpistol in 2003.