Crookram
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Crookram is an electronic music producer from the Netherlands, known for his extensive use of sampling in downtempo music. Crookram describes his sound as "cinematic, sample-based, downtempo soul music".[1]
Biography
[edit]Crookram, whose real name is Chris Angelovski, is a musician from The Hague. In 2006, he was invited by the Hungarian Budabeats label, an internet-only operation, to release music through their website. Crookram had been brought to Budabeat's attention by a Hungarian musician, who had received a favourable review from Crookram via their MySpace page.[1] His first release, 19/76, consisted of five tracks, all downloadable for free. Through Windows (2010) received significant airplay on VPRO's 3VOOR12. Angelovski said much of his inspiration and many of his samples come from his parents' record collection, which contained much 1970s jazzrock and jazz-funk.[1]
Albums
[edit]19/76 (2008)
- Hostile
- Tomorrow All Right
- Biggles
- Balboa
- A Day In The Life (feat. INC)
Escape, the E.P. (2009)
- Escape
- Make Way
- Warrior
- Patterns of Thought (feat. Wreckitnize)
- Epilogue
Through Windows (2010)
- Back To School
- Crookrilla
- Breakadawn
- Missione Pericolosa
- Bij De Rest
- Please Get Out Of The New One If You Can't Blend The Ancient
- Through Windows
- Two Seven Three Eleven
- Good Morning Good Days
- Makedonija
- Your Eyes Are Full Of Hate
- Bodies
- Badalamenti
- A Man Named Ivan
- Business Is Business
- Eugène Et Le Cerceau
- Sun
- The Confrontation
- I Saw You
Butterflies (2017)
- Flowers
- Bum Bum
- The Good, The Bad & The Gypsy
- Tabby Strut
- Peapod The Pocket Squirrel
- Little Marcos
- Mermaids
- For Your Lady
- Island
- A Sensible Man
- Silent City
- My Forest
- Un Canard
- Katmandu
- Puppy Love
- Like A Cat
- One More Time
- Starfield
- American Dream
- In The Future
- Butterflies
Clouds Are Free (2017)
- The Lick
- Safari
- Warm Hugs
- Number Song
- Magic Moon
- Clouds Are Free
- Swim Song
- C'est Si Simple
- A Friend Is A Treasure
- By The Way
Does Love Can Die Instrumentals (2020)
- Coping Kind Of Love
- Double Vision
- Every Day
- Long Time Comin'
- Open Water
- Revelations
- Still With You
- Twins
- Vulnerable
- Still Vulnerable
Mixtapes
[edit]- Downtempo mixtape (2008)
- Debutante, A Sex Tape (2014)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Keyzer, Ramon (26 March 2010). "Haagse Crookram brengt debuut uit op Hongaars label". 3VOOR12. Retrieved 2014-08-08.