Frogtoon Muziek

No Sun In The Sky by Kraak & Smaak

Biografie van de kunstenaar Kraak & Smaak

Since The Dutch Trio Of Producers Kraak & Smaak Released Their First Album 'Boogie Angst' Worldwide In 2005 The Act Has Steadily Grown Into A Well-Respected Force In Today's International Producers Club And Festival Scene. Their Set-Up Combining The Club Sound Of Their Releases With Live Musicians And Vocalists Turned Out To Be A Musical Phenomenon On The Dutch Circuit Leading To Invitations To Play At Europe’s Festivals And Renowned USA Hotspots Like SXSW Coachella Miami's WMC And New York's CMJ.
 
The Second Album 'Plastic People' Dropped In 2008 And Off That Album The Hit Single 'Squeeze Me' Made For An Even More Rapid International Rise Of K&S. The Acclaimed UK Dance Magazine IDJ Labelled K&S As A “Must See Live Act” Together With Big Guns As The Chemical Brothers Moby And The Prodigy. The Band Subsequently Performed At The 'holy Grail Of Festivals' Glastonbury In The UK Lowlands In The Netherlands And Again Europe's Biggest Festival Sziget. During A Five-Week Live Tour Across The USA They Performed At Jimmy Kimmel's Late Night Show On ABC Television And Further Explicit Support Came From US Celebrity Blogger Perez Hilton Who Describes K&S As ‘Amy Winehouse Meets Moby’. Even Kanye West Declared Himself A Fan! And To Top Things Off The European Border Breakers Award EBBA Is Won Together With None Other Than Adele.
 
In The Following Years The Upward Trend Of K&S Is Continued And Solidified With The Albums 'Electric Hustle' 2011 And 'Chrome Waves' 2013 . A Grueling Schedule Of International Touring Includes Career Highlight Shows At Detroit Movement Sziget Glastonbury And Exit And Key Single Releases In This Period Include “Let’s Go Back” Which Features A Superb Vocal From The Sadly Departed Romanthony The Future Is Yours” Which Saw The Band Hook Up A Second Time With Ben Westbeech Who At The Time Was Hitting The Top Of The Charts Under His Breach Guise And The Soulful “How We Gonna Stop The Time” - An Instant Club Hit That Went On To Be Licensed For Release On Axtone Records. New Remix Work Comes Through For Moby Aretha Franklin Chromatics And Royksopp And 2015 Sees A One-Off Single Release On Spinnin’ Records. The 5th Album Juicy Fruit Released In 2016 Has Seen Them Returning To The More Organic Sound Of Their Debut Record. As Usual It Contains Some Heavyweight Collaborations Including Americans Mayer Hawthorne And Eric Biddines And Australians Parcels And Cleopold To Name Just A Few. In The US Initial Support Comes From KCRW Top Tune #1 For ‘Hands Of Time’ And A #2 Position In The College Radio CMJ / RPM Charts For I’ Don’t Know Why’ . The Latter Track Also Also Gets Picked Up By The Jimmy Kimmel Show Band And The Track ’Stumble’ Reaches A #1 Position In Hype Machine’s Most Popular List. A String Of New International Live And Dj Dates Followed With Performances In Countries In West- And Eastern-Europe The Americas And Asia Topping It All Off With An Extensive Tour In The USA And Again A Live Show On 2017’s Glastonbury.
Coinciding With Their Busy Touring Schedule Kraak & Smaak Have Also Just Released Their Album “Juicy Fruit Remixed” With Input From Eli Escobar Fouk Purple Disco Machine Moods And Thatmanmonkz Among Others To Give A New Fresh Outlook On The Tracks By Producers They Admire.
Moreover They Have Found Some Time To Work On New Material Themselves As Well New Singles ‘Hendo’ And 'Scorched' Have Recently Been Released On The Exploited And Spinnin' Deep Labels And More Is Coming Later This Year For Labels Such As Future Disco.

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