Interview: House Producer Crackazat

“What surprises me is that I have found relative success in the area of house music. In my head I`m still a jazz musician and beat maker. I didn`t start making, or listening to house, until my 20s. I am forever grateful to the house community for giving me a musical home, and a career.”

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Born in Bristol, Ben Jacobs aka Crackazat, currently resides in Sweden, where he’s developed a long-running relationship with Stockholm label, Local Talk. However, his last few releases have graced Jimpster`s Freerange imprint, and his new collection of quality recordings – the Demucha E.P. – is ready to go with The Netherlands` Heist. The title track opens with acoustic contrabass and builds on the same classic Detroit house template beloved by Bruise – packing some real piano power, and a saxophone blasting like a crazy kazoo. Sarge is seductive, sexy, deep. Its sparse keys, part marimba, part bleep, while the tinkling ivories and dubbed-out detail are like something you’d more commonly find on a trip hop side.We Know starts with pounding drum programming that had me thinking of Felix Da Housecat`s Tunnel Vision, but quickly morphs into something far more musical. Via a cosmic choir, taking off in a fantastic fusion-esque flight. Here our favourite four-to-the-floor expert, The Insider, caught up with the jazz man who continues to wow the house scene.

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