Crazy P

{{Short description|English electronic music group}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Crazy P

| image = Audioriver 2009 (98).jpg

| caption = Audioriver Festival 2009, Płock, Poland

| landscape = yes

| origin = Nottingham, United Kingdom

| alias = Crazy Penis

| genre = Disco, deep house, funk, downtempo

| years_active = 1995–present

| label = 2020 Vision, Paper Recordings, Shiva Records, !K7

| website = [https://www.facebook.com/crazypmusic www.facebook.com/crazypmusic]

| current_members = Chris Todd (Hot Toddy)
James Baron (Ron Basejam)
Tim Davies
Matt Klose

| past_members = Mav Kendricks
Danielle Moore (deceased)

}}

Crazy P (formerly known as Crazy Penis)Goh, Daryl (2005) "[http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/9/14/music/11989542&sec=music Changing tides with Crazy P] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020507/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2005%2F9%2F14%2Fmusic%2F11989542&sec=music |date=24 July 2011 }}", Malaysia Star, 14 September 2005, retrieved 5 April 2010 is an English electronic music group, formed around 1995 by Chris Todd and Jim Baron.

History

Todd and Baron formed the band after meeting at the University of Nottingham."[http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?260 Crazy Penis - Keeping audiences a little shocked]", Resident Advisor, 11 March 2003, retrieved 5 April 2010"[http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/36682/Crazy_Penis_A_better_band_than_ever_before Crazy Penis: A better band than ever before]", inthemix, 3 March 2008, retrieved 5 April 2010Moran, Jonathon (2005) "Crazy Penis name started as a bit of fun", AAP General News, 9 February 2005 The band's sound incorporates soul music, disco and house music.Jinman, Richard (2004) "[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340837558.html Good Vibrations for the discerning day-outer]", Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 2004, retrieved 5 April 2010 By 2002 the band expanded to include bassist Tim Davies, percussionist Mav Kendricks, and vocalist Danielle Moore.Hegarty, Khalil (2003) "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/21/1047749917722.html Genre Benders]", The Age, 21 March 2003, retrieved 5 April 2010 Todd explained the origin of the band name: "A flat mate of mine had a record called 'loco pinga' which roughly translates to Crazy Penis, we were going to call ourselves loco pinga but once we told people that, they liked crazy penis better for the shock value."

They were signed by Manchester label Paper Recordings and have since released six albums and several singles, starting with "Digging Deeper" in 1996.Hayden, Helen (2005) "[http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=7107 Crazy Penis do the Oz festival Circuit]", Resident Advisor, 13 September 2005, retrieved 5 April 2010 They built up a strong fanbase in Australia where they have toured several times.Hegarty, Khalil (2005) "[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/Letting-it-all-hang-out/2005/01/06/1104832227961.html Letting it all hang out]", The Age, 7 January 2005, retrieved 5 April 2010

Their track "There's a Better Place" samples the song "Pure Imagination" from the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Their track "Stop Space Return" was released as iTunes UK's single of the week on 28 October 2008.

The band began using 'Crazy P' exclusively in 2008 with Moore explaining "We wanted to grow, and keep growing, so there was no point in cutting our nose off to spite our face by keeping the original name."MacDonald, Kit (2008) "[http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/221892-sunny-disco-days-return-with-crazy-p Sunny disco days return with Crazy P]", Metro, 16 July 2008, retrieved 5 April 2010

The band's last album, Age of the Ego, was recorded in 2019. For the album, Moore wrote political themed lyrics which railed against the worship of high-profile politicians and celebrities, and also advocated for grassroots, community work, investment in the public sector and taxing billionaires and “people who have ravaged this country”.

Moore, who still served as the group's frontwoman and who also wrote lyrics for some of Crazy P's songs, died on 30 August 2024, at the age of 52.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/02/danielle-moore-lead-singer-with-crazy-p-dies-aged-52|title=Danielle Moore, lead singer with Crazy P, dies aged 52|first=Laura|last=Snapes|publisher=The Guardian|date=2 September 2024|accessdate=2 September 2024}} The cause was suicide. She had been suffering from perimenopause{{Cite web |title=Crazy P singer’s death leads to perimenopause awareness call |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr82r33x2eo |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

=Live albums=

  • When We Live (2012)

=Remix albums=

  • A Nice Hot Edit With..... (2011)
  • Remixed (2013)

=Remixes=

Hot Toddy remixes

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center; width:35px;"|Year

!width="200"|Artist

!Track

!Title

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2000

|Easy Tiger

|"Easy"

|Hot Toddy Mix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2005

|Crazy P

|"Lady T"

|

Crazy P

|"Sun Science"

|

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2006

|Crazy P

|"Can't Get Down"

|Hot Toddy Mix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|2008

|Crazy P

|"Lie Lost"

|Hot Toddy Dub
Hot Toddy Remix

Crazy P

|"Never Gonna Reach Me"

|

Crazy P

|"Stop Space Return"

|Hot Toddy Mix

Estelle featuring Kanye West

|"American Boy"

|Splice of Life Hot Toddy Dub

Levi 5Star featuring Michelle Martinez

|"Another You"

|Hot Toddy Dub
Hot Toddy Remix

NUfrequency featuring Snax

|"Passage Of Time"

|Hot Toddy Dub
Hot Toddy Remix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|2010

|D-Pulse

|"Velocity of Love"

|

Fred Everything featuring N'Dea Davenport

|"Don't Nobody"

|Hot Toddy Remix
Hot Toddy Instrumental

Joey Negro presents Kola Kube

|"Why"

|Hot Toddy Boogiefield Mix
Hot Toddy Club Mix
Hot Toddy Special Dub

Lovebirds featuring Stee Downes

|"Want You In My Soul"

|

Ron Basejam

|"Spirit"

|Hot Toddy Disco Dub
Hot Toddy Remix

Smoke & Mirrors

|"Set It Off"

|Hot Toddy Instrumental
Hot Toddy Remix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2011

|Alain Ho

|"Into a Deep"

|

Black Dogs featuring Chantelle

|"Love Underground"

|

Crazy P

|"Open for Service"

|

J Boogie's Dubtronic Science featuring The Pimps of Joytime

|"Go to Work"

|

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|2012

|Black Strobe

|"Boogie in Zero Gravity"

|

Crazy P

|"Changes"

|

Flash Atkins featuring Sally Garozzo

|"Did You Forget to Shine?"

|Hot Toddy Mix

Mousse T.

|"Brother on the Run"

|

Novika

|"Miss Mood"

|

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|2013

|Dean Tyler featuring Dos Santos

|"Ordinary Things"

|

Joey Negro and The Sunburst Band

|"Taste the Groove"

|

Lonely Boy

|"When I Think About"

|

Rhythm Plate featuring Frank H. Carter III

|"Not Like That"

|

The Right Now

|"Call Girl"

|Hot Toddy Dub
Hot Toddy Mix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2014

|Kraak & Smaak featuring John Turrell

|"Back Again"

|Hot Toddy Dub
Hot Toddy Remix

Sugardaddy featuring Ronica

|"Don't Look Any Further"

|Hot Toddy Dub Remix
Hot Toddy Vocal Remix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|2015

| rowspan="2"|Crazy P

|"Cruel Mistress"

|Hot Toddy Retro Mix

"Something More"

|Hot Toddy Disco Redux
Hot Toddy Percky Dub

Ilija Rudman

|"Future Times"

|

Oh Yeah

|"Nothing But the Beat"

|Hot Toddy Dub Mix
Hot Toddy Vocal Mix

Situation featuring Andre Espeut

|"Get to Know Me"

|Hot Toddy Dub Remix
Hot Toddy Vocal Remix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|2017

|Charles Schillings featuring Kuku

|"Whatever Makes You Happy?"

|Hot Toddy Remix

Crazy P

|"In My Hands"

|Hot Toddy Remix

Dutchican Soul featuring Andrea Love

|"We Can Change the World"

|Hot Toddy Psychedelic Dub
Hot Toddy Come Together Dub

Izo FitzRoy

|"Hope You Can Wait"

|Hot Toddy Dub
Hot Toddy Remix

Joey Negro

|"Stomp Your Feet"

|Hot Toddy Remix
Hot Toddy Underwater Dub

Soul Clap featuring Nona Hendryx

|"Shine (This Is It)"

|Hot Toddy Marimba Message Dub Mix
Hot Toddy Marimba Message Vocal Mix

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2018

|Seamus Haji

|"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"

|Hot Toddy Remix

References

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