Interview: Crackazat

By Kyle Marno on April 6, 2015

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So who is Crackazat?

Crackazat

Crackazat started out as a hip hop alias during my teens. Since then it has turned into my artist name for all my output as an electronic musician/producer.

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Your Crescendo LP came out in March on Local Talk, how did the album come to be, and was there a unique approach to this project, in comparison to your other releases?

Crackazat

Crescendo LP is really an introduction album. It shows who I am, where I’ve come from, and where I’m going. The material spans my productions over the last 7 years or so. Some of the newer material I took a slightly different approach, trying out some singing, and live instrumentation. One has slightly more creative freedom when making an album compared to singles.

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And you just joined the Percolate artist roster, a step in the right direction?

Crackazat

I’m really happy to be working with Percolate. Many of my coming live shows will be through them.

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Yourself and the Local Talk guys are both based in Sweden, was this a conscious factor when deciding where to put out your first album, as I understand you are originally from Bristol?

Crackazat

Before I moved to Sweden I was working with FutureBoogie who are also based in Bristol. I had put out my first 12″ with them, and we were even talking about an album. When I moved to Sweden in 2011, They recommended I get in touch with Mad Mats, who they said liked my material. We started mailing, and decided to have a meeting, where we discussed the future releases, including an album. As I had moved to Sweden to start a life, I decided to start collaborating with Local Talk.

Since then. we have worked very closely, building up a relationship and a release schedule. For me it’s been great to work with a label so local to where I live. We see each other from time to time, and talk locally.

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Tell us something we shouldn’t know about you?

Crackazat

You know what you need to know, and should not need to know what you don’t know.

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Three tracks you can’t get enough of right now?

Crackazat

Billy Holiday – Lover Come Back to Me
Crosby, Stills and Nash – You Don’t Have To Cry
Anything by Leon Vynehall

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Can you talk about any plans you have for the future?

Crackazat

I’m looking to start singing/looping, and playing electric bass during my live sets. As well as looking forward to putting some more singles out after the album, and I’m currently starting a mix series called ‘About Jazz’.

https://soundcloud.com/crackazat/about-jazz-vol2-8