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Kraak & Smaak

Kraak & Smaak is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jamiroquai, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Skeewiff, Lee Fields & The Expressions and Ben Westbeech. Those roots explain a lot about how Kraak & Smaak arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Franc Moody, Poolside, Smoove & Turrell, Crazy P and Flight Facilities, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Maxwell, Junkie XL, Sam Sparro, Fedde le Grand and Darwin Deez, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Kraak & Smaak, reaching back through Jamiroquai and forward to Maxwell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Kraak & SmaakJamiroquaiKruder & DorfmeisterSkeewiffLee Fields & The Exp…Ben WestbeechLee FieldsSmoove & TurrellDeclaimeMaxwellJunkie XLSam SparroFedde le GrandDarwin DeezMobyFort Knox FiveCaro EmeraldFranc MoodyPoolsideSmoove & TurrellCrazy PFlight FacilitiesFlight FacilitiesThe ParcelsGroove Armada

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Kraak & Smaak connections

Kraak & Smaak grew out of Jamiroquai, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Skeewiff and Lee Fields & The Expressions, shares an orbit with Franc Moody, Poolside, Smoove & Turrell and Crazy P, went on to shape Maxwell, Junkie XL, Sam Sparro and Fedde le Grand. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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