KRMPCK (ARG)
FUTURE RELEASES
Where's my freak?(Traktor-Mahtrasher GER)
Bass ink(Traktor-Mahtrasher GER / Buzzard Gulch-Coco Machete US)
Club-me(Traktor-Mahtrasher GER)
Crcl jrk(Undertunes-Sony Music ARG)
KRMPCK by Kat
Krmpck -- or Krampack as they are spelt in their full glory -- used to be two, now they are three as a magical reproduction took place. The two same-sex protagonists Zeca aka Ezequiel Saralegui and (Sebastian) Echave were strutting their thing deep in the vaults of the electronic underground of Buenos Aires until their whole technoey DJ world got shaken up by their later addition, Andrés Servidio, who joined the band causing a stir and turning them upside down and inside out, sound-wise.
He, although “serving no real purpose within the band” as the other members laughingly reveal, helped the original outfit to change direction. After four years of dedicated DJ duties on the floor, they triple Krampack ram-packed the studio and started to produce some ragingly rocking electronic music that actually satisfies their very needs: a very phat dose of techno-tinged electro crossed with indie rock elements, pop, disco and funk. All you need to shake your venus/penus on the elegantly wasted floor.
Phantasmagoric Reinvention
Tme to dive into their adolescent universe. Masturbation and (homo-)sexuality, two keywords band managers avoid like the plague, are deliberately celebrated as Zeca and Echave humorously call their band like a special wanking technique screened in the Catalan movie “Krámpack” by Cesc Gay. Full-on--hard-on? Not quite. Actually. Zece laughs: “Well basically, it was me and Echave being crammed behind our set-up djing live, both tweaking the knobs of the other’s equipment, so our arms would cross as we’d happily twiddle away. Friends would comment on this, saying we’re like the guys in this movie giving each other a ‘Krámpack’, which is a vice-verse wank, basically. And it stuck. When Andrés would join the band, it took on another dimension, now it’s more of a circle jerk, really.” It’s easy to detect that these humorous chicos are neither very embarrassed, nor very concerned about things as it’s all about music! If anything, they are stuck in a pre-sexual stage where the mutual passion for making cool sounds is dominating the scene, and sleepless nights can be spent discussing the importance of incorporating sounds like “kkkkrrhghghgh”, and “gggrrrrgg” in the second part of the track, in undies, really innocent and nerdy-like. And that’s perfect. That’s what makes these quite grown up pre-teens so fabulous. Their music rocks!
Future Will Survive
All really passionate about techno, pure techno actually yet stemming from a tech-housey DJ past, they are starting to fuse this dance background with their diverse love for all things kicking, they slowly manage to find their musical equilibrium which results in them getting their first productions released in Argentina and Canada. More than ever immersed in the world of production, they connect more and more, also to themselves, which in return results in more expressive sounds that reflect their very own spectrum which they slowly start to discover and explore their personal electro sound that is, thanks to driving techno basslines and indietronic crazyness very, very catchy indeed. But: the labels they adore do not catch on. When they finally realize that no-one was really interested in signing them although all the labels they sent their productions to were amazed by their sounds, Krmpck deliberately took their chances and asked renowned artists and labels if “we could remix them.” It was quite a success. So far, they’ve released remixes of tracks by Cazals, and Golden Bug, and unreleased remixes by every single band around the world.
Poor Innocent Boys
“It’s really kind of sad what kind of measures we were forced to take to be noticed in Europe. We were offering our own productions which are original and sound like no-one else, and no-one was reacting, keep ourselves busy with a mental exercise conjured up to get recognition: making remixes of bands we liked. Then we made a remix of the Cazals, of a track -- ‘Poor Innocent Boy’ -- which wasn’t even our favorite, and this is what got the ball rolling,” recounts Echave. “We were contracted by the Kitsuné to make the remix, and so far it’s out in Japan -- digitally. It’s great but we were hoping for much more. Basically, we’re still waiting for some kind of breakthrough.” In the meantime though, they have geared up. After their extensive and active underground phase spinning with turntables, they now perform live, rocking it with a mixture of own production, samples, vocals, and records they mash up in Ableton. “Basically, we combine what we make, like, and what we know works treats with the people as we wanna get them hooked. Completely hooked on Krmpck. Sounds like a dangerous addiction! Watch out!
RELEASES
"Kingsdown EP (Noah Pred remix)" (Sentient Sound CAN)
Derek Marin "Cut the line" (KRMPCK remix) (Thoughtless Music CAN)
Cazals "What of our future remixes" (Kitsuné JAP)
Golden Bug "Barbie's Back remixes" (Silicon Square Garden/ Gomma FRA)
Modex "remixalize EP" (AR)
Coco "Oferta remix" (Undertones AR)
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