Kraak & Smaak return to the United States this March for a select run of performances as Holland's breakthrough act continue to support their critically acclaimed sophomore album

, out now on Ultra Records. Kicking off March 17 in Austin, TX, the two-week trek will feature both live band sets as well as DJ sets throughout Florida (Orlando, Tallahassee, and Tampa) and the Southeast, including Charleston, SC, Atlanta, GA, and Nashville, TN. The live band will also be appearing at SXSW, How Sweet It Is Festival in San Bernardino, CA and Ultra Music Festival in Miami, FL.

Released in North America on September 9, 2008

features the hit single "Squeeze Me," which has been gaining great exposure via a Rhapsody national TV ad campaign and the band's recent performance on ABC-TV’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live." View their performance here:

Kraak & Smaak has quickly become one of the hottest live properties in electronic music. Original founding members

Oscar De Jong

,

Mark Kneppers

and

Wim Plug

are joined by the additional live band members of

Andre Kemp

(drummer),

Rose Spearman

(vocalist),

Sebastian van Der Berg

(MC) and

Marc Baronner

(bass). With keyboards, FX and percussion played by the band themselves, they bring their distinct brand of funk to the dance floor.

"Kraak & Smaak…always deliver the goods when it comes to pelvis-pushing funk beats..." -Geoffrey Himes,

"Kraak & Smaak take things to a higher level with a full-blown live show. With a drum kit, Fender Rhodes/Moog player, guitar, bass and soul diva Rose augmenting a base of R&B and soul samples, they give their cop-show-theme jams and symphonic funk a human kick." --John Dugan,

Hi all,

Just a quick one from K&S HQ: especially for all our US K&S followers we'd like to mention that tomorrow we'll be playing '

Squeeze Me

'

live on this Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel show

, broadcasted nationwide on the

ABC

network,

at 12:05/11:05c

! So be sure and check it out to get our live flavour if you missed out on us when we toured the USA in November last year.

KRAAK & SMAAK USA LIVE CAMPAIGN KICKING OFF!!

 At this very moment the K&S live band is flying somewhere over the Atlantic to set foot in Washington DC, USA later this day. Already on thursday, friday and saturday we will play our first East Coast gigs at

Washington

DC

's famous 

18th Street Lounge

(

Thu Nov 6

),

Bedrock

in

Baltimore

(

Fri Nov 7

) and the

Mercury Lounge

in

New York

(

Sat Nov 8

).
After that first weekend the schedule is as followed:

- Austin (The Parish Room, Nov 11)

- Madison (Majestic Theatre, Nov 13)
- Chicago (Subterranean, Nov 14)
- Lawrence (Granada Theatre, Nov 15).
- San Diego (The Loft, Nov 20)
- Los Angeles (Henry Fonda Theatre, Nov 21)
- San Francisco (The Independent, Nov 22)
- Whistler, Canada (Garibaldi Lift Company, Nov 24)
- Portland (Doug Fir Lounge, Nov 25)
- Seattle (Nectar Lounge, Nov 26)

 

The Kraak & Smaak track Squeeze Me is used in an add campaign for US download service Rhapsody. Also featured in the add is a track by David Bowie.
You can check a short version of the add

Kraak & Smaak will perform on a lot of European festivals this summer. To name a few;
Glastonbury, Lovebox and Bloom in the U.K., Becksperience in Roemenia, Szgiget, Budapest, 10 days Off in Belgium, Cruilla de Cultures, Barcelona and Lowlands in Holland. Please check the

page for more.... Hope to see you there!

Kraak & Smaak will hit the Dutch clubs once again from November 30 until December 29.
Expect a live show that will feature songs from the new album (release early 2008) but also a brand new band member (Paul Jan Bakker on guitar) and an improved stage show! Check

for dates. See you there!

A few months ago I did a great show in Istanbul with Kraak & Smaak. And recently I found a bizar movie on You Tube called "

Kosuyolu Lounge II [ Kraak & Smaak Live in Istanbul ] " I have no idea what the maker intended, but it's intruiging........

.

Next week Kraak & Smaak will do two more support shows for Faithless;
19/09 Antwerpen - Sportpaleis and 21/09 Arnhem - Gelredome. Hope to see you all there!

The remix of the Mimezine track Can't Get Enough that Kraak & Smaak did last year is now released on the double cd "Kraak & Smaak Remix Sessions". It's also available on double vinyl but be quick; its a limited edition! The cd is handled by Quango (U.S.), Jalapeno (U.K.) and P.I.A.S. (Benelux). Also available on ITunes.

On Saturday the 12th of May i will do a workshop on the Muzikantendag together with Kraak & Smaak drummer Ro Krom. We will give you an inside on how we play together on stage with electronica and sequencers. Sugar Factory 12.00 h. Check for some more info about the rest of the program

Kraak & Smaak just got confirmed as live support for the Faithless show in Ahoy Rotterdam, tomorrow on April the 18th, the only Dutch show in their worldwide tour. For more info (in Dutch) on tickets click

.

Will do some shows in the U.S. with Kraak & Smaak...... You are all invited!

16-03. LIVE SET: SXSW, Austin (Latitude Club)
17-03. LIVE SET: SXSW, Austin (Lone Star Lounge, for Direct TV)
17-03. DJ SET: SXSW, Austin (Firehouse Lounge)
19-03. LIVE SET: New York (Rebel)
19-03. DJ SET: Atlanta (HALO Lounge)
21-03. DJ SET: Winter Music Conference (WMC), Miami (Penthouse @ Raleigh Hotel, SCION Presents)
30-03. LIVE SET: San Francisco, California (The Mighty)
30-03. DJ SET: San Francisco (The Mighty)
31-03. LIVE SET: Los Angeles (EL Rey Theate

British dance Mag I-DJ put Kraak & Smaak in their top 20 must see acts! Yeehaa!

At the start of this new year Kraak & Smaak will be all over Groningen. First we do a show on Eurosonic on the 11th, which will be broadcasted in a lot of European countries. And on the 13th we are the closing act on the Noorderslag Festival. See you there!
11th: Stadsschouwburg, 21.45h./ 13th. Oosterpoort, Bumazaal, 01.45 h.