'Blame It All On Love', released 20 October 2023 on Counter Records: https://poolside.lnk.to/biaolSo

Do You Believe (Instrumental)

Part Of: Evergreen
Catalog: FRLP41
Release Date: 13.05.22
Buy Link: https://crackazat.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen

Crackazat
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Freerange Records
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Website | https://www.freerangerecords.co.uk

Release Text:
Freerange Records are thrilled to announce the arrival of Crackazat's latest long-player, the scintillatingly soulful and jazz-enriched masterpiece, 'Evergreen'. 

There can be few artists to have emerged in the last decade or so who've made a more indelible mark on the deep house universe than producer, Ben Jacobs, better known as Crackazat. The accomplished musician's effervescent productions routinely hit the sweet spot between elemental dancefloor fire and cerebral musicality – thanks to a propulsive sound combining influences of jazz, house, garage, funk, hip hop, Latin, neo-soul (and far beyond). While he's already forged an instantly recognisable sonic palette all of his own, new album 'Evergreen' represents his most accomplished work to date. Making his full vocal debut while introducing a new level of songwriting prowess to his long-established dancefloor credentials, this is the complete Crackazat.

Composed during – and undoubtedly informed by – these trying times, 'Evergreen' explores themes of adversity and gratitude, arriving as both a masterclass in contemplative songwriting and a celebration of musical influences. Elegantly bridging the gap between the soulful house underground and jazz-flecked crossover realms – inhabited by the likes of Jacob Collier, Thundercat, Tom Misch, and Jordan Rakei – the album echoes of a time where jazz-funk sensibilities and popular appeal were not mutually exclusive. Few artists boast the musical aptitude or creative vision to attempt such a bold fusion of styles, and thanks to its exceptional execution and irresistible appeal, 'Evergreen' is primed to introduce Crackazat's sound to an entirely new audience. 

Fusing modal jazz with UK garage, we segue directly into the warm throes of an enraptured dancefloor via the irresistible bump of 'It's All Different', its soulful vocal embellishing a heavy club rhythm as the trumpet solo and Rhodes chords cascade across the horizon. Title-track 'Evergreen' opens with a sprightly jazz swing before dusty drums add body to the sophisticated instrumentation, presenting jazz and house as a single entity as the well-orchestrated wind instruments, keys and mallets dance over an improvised walking bass line. The distant vocal elevates the track into the stratosphere before the arrangement resolves, neatly leading us into the Collier-esque accapella and vintage jazz aesthetics of 'Cedencia', where signature vocal cadences ascend to celestial heights for an interlude that ushers in a departure from the futurist first-half of the album. 

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PREMIERE: Crackazat - It's All Different [Freerange Records]

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In this house-tinged Touché Tape, I select some of my favourite soulful house cuts of the moment, including some classics and recent discoveries.

Best listened to with a side of sensibility.

Artwork by me.

Touché Tape 3

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Ramona Brooks - I Dont Want You Back (Funky Mike´s Disco Edit)

Fleetwood Edit

Created a custom kit for Groove Agent 4 using sampled Arab Drum Kit from my old GEM WK2 Oriental keyboard. Made few patterns in groove agent, one of which is an Iraqi Hewa groove that I used to compose my take of an intro to a well known song by a well known Iraqi singer Adel Ogla.

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Do What You Wanna Do (Nu Disco Funky Mix)

Blood On The Dancefloor

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