Band: Kraak & Smaak (@kraaksmaak on Twitter) Title: Squeeze Me Management: White Mountain Production company: Pool Productions Directors: Andre Maat & Superelectric Post: Andre Maat & Henk Loorbach and Crabsalad DOP: Eric Lor
Official Kraak & Smaak remix of Caro Emerald's 1st single "Back It Up". (c)+(p) Grandmono Records Written by: Degiorgio/Schreurs/VanWieringen/Veldman Produced by: David Schreurs & Jan van Wieringen Grandmono Additional production by: Kraak & Smaak Artwork: Daniel & Oscar Maarleveld www.caroemerald.com http caroemerald.com itunes.apple.com Social media: www.facebook.com twitter.com www.myspace.com www.last.fm caroemerald.hyves.nl
Chillout Sessions 8 is the eighth installment in the Chillout Sessions series, released by Ministry of Sound. DISC ONE Emilíana Torrini - "Sunny Road" Lior - "Daniel" Breaks Co-Op - "The Otherside" Alexkid - "Turn It Round Again" Boozoo Bajou feat. Wayne Martin - "Moanin'" Radiohead - "Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7 Mix)" Husky Rescue - "New Light of Tomorrow (Bonobo Remix)" Kraak & Smaak - "Danse Macabre" Datarock - "The Most Beautiful Girl" Steve Mac vs. Mosquito feat. Steve Smith - "Lovin' You More (That Big Track) (Mosquito Chillout Mix)" Alpinestars - "Burning Up" Tosca - "Rondo Acapricio" Manhead - "Doop" Stereo Mcs - "First Love" Dr. Rubberfunk - "Latin Player" Plantlife - "When She Smiles She Lights The Sky (4Hero Mix)" Lemon Jelly - "'95 Aka Make Things Right" Paul Mac feat. Peta Morris - "Sunshine Eyes" Ian Brown - "Time Is My Everything (Album Version)" DISC TWO Scissor Sisters - "Comfortably Numb" Hot Toddy - "Mindtrip" Rithma feat. Ryralio Djs - "The Funk Is Still Alive (Ryralio Djs Mix)" Recloose feat. Joe Dukie - "Dust" Kings of Tomorrow - "Another Day" Schmoov! - "Spirits (Lights Out Mix)" Rise Ashen - "Second Wind" Fred Everything - "Light of Day" Blaze presents Uda feat. Barbara Tucker - "Most Precious Love (Franck Roger Remix)" Bah Samba feat. Isobel Fructuoso - "Calma (Louie Vega Remix)" Chuck Love - "El Divorcee" Jamiroquai - "Seven Days In Sunny June (Steve Mac Classic Mix)" Copyright Present One Track Mind - "Essence of Life (Main Mix)" Julien Jabre ...
www.myspace.com "Squeeze me" is the first full single from the new Kraak & Smaak album Plastic People. Featuring vocals from rising soul star Ben Westbeech (whose album "Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life" on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label made it into nearly all of the Best of 2007 charts), means this track is already being tipped as the one to propel K&S into the charts. Marrying the Kraakers future funk and hip hop beats with a sensational Westbeech vocal made this track a sure bet as the first choice single although the band did release a couple of warm up EP's to remind everyone why their debut album Boogie Angst was a worldwide success. "Funk Ass Rotator / Mad as Hell" was aimed firmly at the dancefloor and has earned the boys a Radio 1 guest mix later on this month while "That's Our Word" showcased the bands more leftfield side featuring a collaboration with Stones Throw rapper Dudley Perkins. Squeeze me features a killer set of remixes. Trevor Loveys -- mainstay of the dubsided label and partner of Herve in their Speakerjunk project turns in a hot vocal and dub that neatly crosses the divide between bassline and techy fidget house. Breaks hero A Skillz from Fingerlickin' slays the floor with a hip hop tempo tech-funk mix. Soul of Man's Jem Stone turns in a deep and dubby beauty and deep funk don Lack of Afro from Freestyle rounds off the package with a mix for the funk soul brothers and sisters.
www.myspace.com Kraak & Smaak take their name from an old Dutch proverb meaning 'neither here nor there'. We are reliably informed it has nowt to do with Class A's. That may well be the case as the Dutch dance trio's Boogie Angst is more lounge-core than hardcore, mixing funky riffs, acid jazz melodies and instantly catchy songs that Jamiroquai would be proud to call their own. No more so then on the stomping "One Of These Days" with U-Gene doing his best Donny Hathaway impersonation. '80s reference points are also in abundance on their current single, "Money In The Bag", taking a line from an obscure Indeep release and mixing it up to sound like a modern day slab of P Funk laid siege at the hands of the Talking Heads. The other main vocal contribution comes from Dez on the chunky Brass Construction-parody "Keep Me Home", and with enhanced percussion, guitar licks and filtered breaks the chemistry is a kinetic one. DJ Wim, radio personality Mark Kneppers and Fender Rhodes extraordinaire Oscar de Jong are the Dutch threesome with a healthy penchant for all thinks retro: from '70s rare grooves ("Keep On Searching") to '50s Blue Note jazz leanings ("5 To 4"). Their earlier single, "Say Yeah", pays blissful homage to the likes of Fatback, BT Express and Sly Stone thanks to Kneppers' keyboard majesty and James Brown style chants. It's a heady soundclash of styles, beats, breaks and funky basslines. Yet those searching for something a little less esoteric will find sanctuary on ...
cool d:vision è lieta di presentare il duo olandese Kraak & Smaak in uscita col secondo singolo estratto dall'album Electric Hustle. "Call Up To Heaven", con il vocal di Lex Empress - la front woman dei loro incredibili live show - è un brano funk influenzato da sonorità pop malinconiche, caratterizzato da una melodia davvero orecchiabile. Dopo essere stato presentato in esclusiva mondiale dalla radio nazionale olandese 3FM, "Call Up To Heaven" è diventato Tune Of The Day sulla radio americana KCRW ed è entrato nella Cool Cuts Charts inglese. Il video ufficiale è una parodia del genere cinematografico afroamericano Blaxploitation, caratterizzato dalle colonne sonore soul & funk. Ambientato nella tipica pista da bowling americana, il video è una divertente storia in perfetto stile anni 70! Sul fronte dei remix alternativi, è già disponibile quello dei balcanici Gramophonedzie, star modiali con la hit "Why Don't You"e quello dell'artista della Japaleno Records Smoove. Gli olandesi Kraak & Smaak si sono fatti apprezzare dal pubblico internazionale grazie ai loro live act elettronici, portati in giro nei locali di tutto il mondo. La loro hit "Squeeze Me", con la voce di Ben Westbeech, ha venduto oltre 80'000 copie, ed è stata utilizzato come soundtrack dello spot del portale musicale americano Rhapsody. Nel Regno Unito la hit è stata supportata da Pete Tong, Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Annie Nightingale e Trevor Nelson su BBC Radio 1. Nei paesi bassi il duo ha raggiunto una ...
An amazing song of Kraak & Smaak. Three dutch guys from Leiden, their hometown. This is from their second album 'plastic people'. Their first album was 'Boogie Angst'
