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| | First Album | | | Music Artist : | | Miss Kittin & the Hacker | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Emperor Norton | | Release Date : | | 2002-03-19 | | Store Price : | | $15.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $15.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Life on MTV
2. Frank Sinatra
3. Walk on By
4. 1982
5. Stock Exchange
6. You and Us
7. Flexibility
8. Homme Dans l'Ombre
9. Slow Track
10. Nurse
11. Stripper
12. Walking in the Sunshine
13. 1982 - Miss Kittin
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 insanely erotic and funky with the art house appeal of edgy
Submitted on: 2008-05-09 |
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Wow so in 2001 these two technoish type/stripper/producer/remixing psuedo -dj's joined forces and decided to create a dream come true. Miss Kitten (Caroline Herve) who has collaborated with Sven Vath and Felix Da Housecat and The Hacker (Mike Amato) are truly uncompromisable. The deadpanned lyrics of Miss Kitten and the disco/house feel of The Hacker, almost bourgeoisie Detroit Derrick May type stuff here: grungy, rough, revived and one-taked, bring to life a sound that makes people's heads turn, and believe me they truly will. It's one of the only albums through the years that people WANT TO OWN. That in itself is saying a mouthfull. Miss Kitten and the Hacker's 'First Album' is one of those rare finds you can give your friends and really say check this little number out, without it being from mainstream fields, but from off the beaten path horizons, that make discovering rare kinds of music and tracks like this so enjoyable. 'Frank Sinatra' and 'Stock Exchange' alone are worth the heafty price tag associated with this release. Any true underground and eccentric fan of cranky and decidingly wild techno, cannot be without this record.
Check out her second solo album just released a few months ago called, "Batbox" and available on amazon here, check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Batbox-Miss-Kittin/dp/B000YRKVA8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1210303337&sr=8-1
Gigilo Records Release, 2001, in u.s by Emperor Norton Records. |
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 You're only at the tip of Miss Kittin's iceberg.....
Submitted on: 2006-03-29 |
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| I only gave 3 stars because she has better stuff. I'm a DJ. Trance, house, break beats. Love GOA. Love Infected Mushroom. Love Miss Kittin. This album is okay for her first outing (and the style is unique in that her newer stuff isn't as out-of-the-basement sounding). I agree that the differential among all the songs isn't that wide. But if you like it at all, GET SOME NEW KITTIN. She's badass!!! I Com and Or are both great, but her mixing / spinning is the best. Mixing Me and On The Road are 2 of the best cds i've ever heard. (When she DJ's, not all the tracks are by her, but she knows how to use them) Get them! |
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 This is the real deal
Submitted on: 2006-02-02 |
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I bought this album about a year ago, and loved it. But it's only over time that I have started to appreciate the more complex aspects of it. This is, without a doubt, the single best Electroclash album out there. The Hacker provides some brilliantly clinical music, against Miss Kitten's detached, alienated, nihilistic and carefully affected slighty-broken English vocals and lyrics.
Many probably bought this because the heard 'Frank Sinatra', and found it quite amusing. That's what I thought at first as well. But after listening to it a few times, you realise it is a pretty smart song, concerning the moral vacuity at the heart of modern celebrity. Miss Kitten is a very astute social commentator, with tongue in cheek at times. Miss Kitten creates an image in our heads - going out with her carefree 'famous friends', eating caviar, drinking champagne, having sex in limos and VIP areas. They then discuss Frank Sinatra, and find the idea of him being dead amusing. A less sophisticated artist would simply write 'modern celebrity is vain, shallow, and vacuous'.
The Hacker is quite clearly a very talented producer and musician, though in terms of producing 'tunes', he only gets a couple of opportunities on this album to really pull out all the stops. Most of the rest are quite minimalist and clinical in the electroclash style - which compliments Miss Kitten's vocals. Whilst this makes most of the songs less danceable, this album is not supposed to be an retro 1980's electronic musical excercise. The best tune on the album is 'Stock Exchange' - a beautifully built, multi-layered tune that could fill any dance floor.
Ladytron are more radio friendly are arguably write better tunes, but this is a far smarter piece of work. More of the same, please. |
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kind of disappointed.
Submitted on: 2005-02-10 |
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i bought this because I was looking for something new, electronic, and fun. It's new (to me). It's electronic. It's fun, kind of. But there's a problem. All the songs are non-distinguishable from the others, in my eyes.
The only one that REALLY caught my attention is "Stock Exchange." It's pretty good... actually, it's really good. I even went out to my car in the snow to grab this CD to listen to JUST that song, oh, and to hear her say "You know frank sinatra? he's dead" I thoroughly enjoy that, even though it's stupid.
I don't know. I guess the reason why this didn't get two stars is because I almost see myself growing to really like this. Almost. I can see myself picking it up just to listen to "Stock Exchange," and then just listening to it in the background while I'm in the internet, and eventually I'll begin to NEED it. I love electronic music. Give it to me anyday over anything acoustic.
I don't know if this has helped much, but if you're reading all the glorious reviews claiming this is the best piece of music ever in the world you'll ever hear, and blah blah blah, just make sure you REALLY listen to the music samples, or something. think about it.
Ladytron is much better, and they're in the same musical vein. |
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 bit weak
Submitted on: 2005-01-04 |
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| I got this based on the positive reviews and the price. I'm a big fan of Felix da Housecat's Kittenz and da glitz, so I thought I'd try this. I'm not that impressed. The music was simple and emotionless. Like it came from a $20 cassio keyboard...and nothing else. The tracks were ok but all about the same like listening to the same song over and over except for a brief pause of a french track. Oh well I'll keep it but it'll be at the bottom of my playlist. |
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