2011 is the year that Kraak & Smaak will take centre stage again with the release of their third studio album. The setup single from the record – Dynamite - has already become the most added electronic record at American college radio and the band debuted their new live show at the Eurosonic Festival to a rapturous response ahead of a mad summer of touring taking inGlastonbury, EXIT and The Big Chill amongst many others. Their new album Electric Hustle is sure to satisfy their growing army of fans and win over new converts. It is heavily song based with new singer Lex Empress contributing songs to the album as well as the band’s MC Sebastian, rising UK bluesman John Turrell and Dutch songstress Janne Schra. The band also had the chance to work with vocalists who have influenced and informed their unique sound. The distinctive voice of house don Romanthony can be heard alongside New York funk legend Lee Fields bringing a brilliant diversity to the album which is weaved together by the trademark K&S beats and incredible keyboard playing. Wim Plug, Mark Kneppers and Oscar De Jong are the studio core of Kraak & Smaak. After originally bonding over a slavish devotion to vinyl and a love for classic funk records they went on to record Boogie Angst their debut album. Picked up in the UK by Radio 1 and in LA byKCRW the band quickly picked up fans especially in the Los Angeles TV and Film community. Their new album Electric Hustle has continued that trend hitting the # 1 spot on KCRW’s Eclectic 24 album chart and gaining the boys a half hour guest mix on Radio 1. Kraak & Smaak’s second album Plastic People spawned their biggest hit to date Squeeze Me. It sold over 80,000 copies in the US, was used there in a major TV ad for download serviceRhapsody, brought in celeb and music industry fans such as Perez Hilton and Kanye West and earned the band a live performance at ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Show. It also marked a change from the out and out boogie funk of the first album to a deeper more electronic sound and led to a world tour taking in the cream of the worlds festivals including Glastonbury, Big Chill andBestival in the UK, Lowlands in Holland, Coachella, Ultra Music Festival and Detroit Movementin the US and many others around Europe. In between the first and second albums the boys also released a double CD of the favourite remixes they had done, including Jamiroquai and Richard Dorfmeister; since then their remix catalogue has only gained more weight with Maxwell, Junkie XL, Sam Sparro, Fedde le Grand,Darwin Deez, Sander Kleinenberg all being re-touched with the Kraak & Smaak sound. Released in April 2011, Electric Hustle is more of an electronic album than their previous ones but it still has the unmistakeable Kraak & Smaak swing. The music moves effortlessly from nu-disco through deep electronic funk to upbeat hand in the air anthems.