Crazy P (formerly known as Crazy Penis)Goh, Daryl (2005) "Changing tides with Crazy P ", 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."Crazy Penis - Keeping audiences a little shocked", Resident Advisor, 11 March 2003, retrieved 5 April 2010"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) "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) "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) "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) "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) "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. The cause was suicide. She had been suffering from mental ill-health exacerbated by perimenopause
Discography Studio albums A Nice Hot Bath With... (1998) The Wicked is Music (2002) 24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout (2003) A Night on Earth (2005) Stop Space Return / Love on the Line (in Australia) (2008) When We On (2011) Walk Dance Talk Sing (2015) Age of the Ego (2019) Any Signs of Love (2024)
Live albums When We Live (2012)
Remix albums A Nice Hot Edit With..... (2011) Remixed (2013)
Remixes Hot Toddy remixes YearArtistTrackTitle2000Easy Tiger"Easy"Hot Toddy Mix2005Crazy P"Lady T"Crazy P"Sun Science"2006Crazy P"Can't Get Down"Hot Toddy Mix2008Crazy P"Lie Lost"Hot Toddy DubHot Toddy RemixCrazy P"Never Gonna Reach Me"Crazy P"Stop Space Return"Hot Toddy MixEstelle featuring Kanye West"American Boy"Splice of Life Hot Toddy DubLevi 5Star featuring Michelle Martinez"Another You"Hot Toddy DubHot Toddy RemixNUfrequency featuring Snax"Passage Of Time"Hot Toddy DubHot Toddy Remix2010D-Pulse"Velocity of Love"Fred Everything featuring N'Dea Davenport"Don't Nobody"Hot Toddy RemixHot Toddy InstrumentalJoey Negro presents Kola Kube"Why"Hot Toddy Boogiefield MixHot Toddy Club MixHot Toddy Special DubLovebirds featuring Stee Downes"Want You In My Soul"Ron Basejam"Spirit"Hot Toddy Disco DubHot Toddy RemixSmoke & Mirrors"Set It Off"Hot Toddy InstrumentalHot Toddy Remix2011Alain 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"2012Black Strobe"Boogie in Zero Gravity"Crazy P"Changes"Flash Atkins featuring Sally Garozzo"Did You Forget to Shine?"Hot Toddy MixMousse T."Brother on the Run"Novika"Miss Mood"2013Dean 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 DubHot Toddy Mix2014Kraak & Smaak featuring John Turrell"Back Again"Hot Toddy DubHot Toddy RemixSugardaddy featuring Ronica"Don't Look Any Further"Hot Toddy Dub RemixHot Toddy Vocal Remix2015Crazy P"Cruel Mistress"Hot Toddy Retro Mix"Something More"Hot Toddy Disco ReduxHot Toddy Percky DubIlija Rudman"Future Times"Oh Yeah"Nothing But the Beat"Hot Toddy Dub MixHot Toddy Vocal MixSituation featuring Andre Espeut"Get to Know Me"Hot Toddy Dub RemixHot Toddy Vocal Remix2017Charles Schillings featuring Kuku"Whatever Makes You Happy?"Hot Toddy RemixCrazy P"In My Hands"Hot Toddy RemixDutchican Soul featuring Andrea Love"We Can Change the World"Hot Toddy Psychedelic DubHot Toddy Come Together DubIzo FitzRoy"Hope You Can Wait"Hot Toddy DubHot Toddy RemixJoey Negro"Stomp Your Feet"Hot Toddy RemixHot Toddy Underwater DubSoul Clap featuring Nona Hendryx"Shine (This Is It)"Hot Toddy Marimba Message Dub MixHot Toddy Marimba Message Vocal Mix2018Seamus Haji"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"Hot Toddy Remix
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