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Kraak & Smaak
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Out of 5 votes - Similar Artists: Audio Bullys, Jazzanova, 4Hero
Out of 5 votes
- Location: Holland, United States
- Genre: Electronic & Dance » Electronica
Editor's review
Dutch duo Kraak and Smaak met and formed a dance-music alliance in 2003, and have slowly made their way through electronic music's trials. They're now coming to the forefront with new light-house track "The Sun in the Sky," turned into a devastating tech-house club hit by Henrik Schwartz.
Biography
Kraak & Smaak formed in 2003 through a series of chance meetings, and have been winning over audiences all over Europe with their powerful debut album and energy-charged live shows.
In 2005, they won the Best Newcomer Award in their native country, Holland, and garnered praise from the likes of Radio 1's Annie Nightingale, Pete Tong and IDJ.
Citing Jazz, Hip Hop, Funk, New Wave and Breakbeat, as well as all experimental music as their main inspirations, their debut album "Boogie Angst" is unabashedly awash with funked up breaks and soul jumping grooves. The band however simply likes to call it, "Dance music to listen to."
“No Sun in the Sky” is the latest single to be dropped from Kraak & Smaak’s debut album Boogie Angst; the white-hot remix package gives an idea of the serious heat generated by stand out remixes of this funk break original.
DJ Kicks hot shot Henrik Schwarz dishes up a 7-minute edgy electro tech house killer that climaxes with the lush chords of the original.
Tom Belton, fresh from mixing Jamiroquai and Coldcut turns out a melodic main room house mix. Finally, Noogman (an alter ego of the K&S boys) embraces the original’s sultry female vocals, framing them with impossibly heavy breaks and a superb funk guitar breakdown for a positively infectious mix.
