Search - Miss Kittin :: I Com

Basically the sum of its parts

Matthew D. Mercer | Chicago, IL United States | 06/24/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When I heard Miss Kittin was going to be launching her solo album without the production help of the Hacker or Golden Boy (with whom she's released one album each, plus a few singles), I was skeptical to say the least. Considering the last time I heard a DJ set by her, she spent a lot of the time vocalizing like a bad haunted house effects box or ghost cat, I had little faith in how she would pull it together for a full length.The album is scattered, with varied results. Some tracks are electroclash rockers like "Meet Sue Be She" and "Professional Distortion," although the lyrics are so awful that it really detracts from what is otherwise pretty decent music. It is refreshing that she isn't completely relying on her "I'm bored, I'm bored" schtick that brought her attention originally, with tracks on which she sings quite well as well as more aggressive vocals (a la T.Raumschmiere's "The Game Is Not Over").All this considered, I suppose it's no great surprise that the best songs are produced by the Hacker and Smash TV. "Soundtrack of Now" is light on the vocals and heavy on the stiff, 4 to the floor sound that characterized the duo's album on Gigolo. "Dub About Me" is a dub reworking of Smash TV's "What About Me" (from their outstanding 2002 album "Electrified," on BPitch Control) with floating vocals by Miss Kittin as well as the original vocoded vocals from Smash TV.While the album is a bit uneven, honestly it's better than I had expected. Miss Kittin is more of an artist than her image tends to let on, and she has proven capable of assembling a reasonable set of tracks. The genre-hopping doesn't always work, but it's never dull."

Oh miss kittin...

Wesley Walton | salem, or United States | 06/24/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"ok so i finally got this cd the other day, i've been waiting to buy it for months. well it's not so great. i mean it's not bad, just nothing as jaw-dropping good as any of her collabos. the first single "professional distortion" sounds like it was written to be a single, but its pretty ok. it sounds a little matmos/aphex twin-ish, the lyrics are a little silly (the lyrics only get worse the further the album goes, making you almost wish that miss kittin would just sing/speak her vocals in french, check out the "rocker" meet sue be she, the lyrics are cringe-inducingly bad.)another song (beat for a hit) could be good, with the strange pairing of the kittin and some m.c., kind of going for a bit of slowed down ghetto tech. the song gets longish and very repetitive though. yea... the only song on the album that the hacker does the music for (soundtrack of now) is also almost all instrumental, which is sad cuz its the best music on the album. so i'm sad because i really wish she would've just done another album with the hacker. he really seemed to know how to utilize her talents. this album is meandering and at times just kinda boring. it gets 3 stars cuz its still better than most crap that gets put out."

Dazzle me

alexander laurence | Los Angeles, CA | 07/05/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Miss Kitten is a busybody from France. She is a DJ and singer. She did a record with The Hacker, which was one of the first Electroclash records. Everyone knows that song "Frank Sinatra." This her first solo record that also has a lot of people showing up here. Miss Kitten does a lot of talking over these songs in her deadpan style. She is not repeating the now clichés of Electroclash. "Requiem For A Hit" goes from fast rock to R&B. The changes in speed are very unique. She covers a lot of styles, like punk rock in "Meet Sue Be She," minimal techno in "Soundtrack Of Now," and more ambient sounds. This is a must have for electronic music in 2004. Miss Kitten is a cool French chick that wishes she was from Berlin."