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Miss Kittin & The Hacker – Party In My | Single Review

Monday, June 29th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

From the album 1000 Dreams we gave Party In My Head a conservative thumbs up. We thought that Miss Kitten’s vocals had been layered with the Blondie/Moroder style disco synths just right. So its good to see that the Thieves Like Us run with the disco bit and churn out a great strutting piece of NYC disco funk. The vocodered vocals sit with the natural percussion and funk lines. So much so that it far surpasses the original.

Kiko on the other hand is at the other end of the spectrum. He’s gone for a brash whirring remix with rough electronic synths and stern marching beats. It’s noisy and in your face so it’s totally made for the big rooms. That leaves Mr Pauli’s remix. He’s gone with the 80s synth pop influence on the original and taken that to town. Think shoulder pads, Miami Vice and those great 80s electronic tom toms. I was confused at first, but the retroness has its charm.

TRACKLISTING:

A1.Party in my Head (Original)

A2. Party in my Head (Mr Pauli Remix)

B1. Party in my Head (Thieves Like Us Remix)

B2. Party in my Head (Kiko Remix)

Tags: Blondie, Kiko, Miss Kitten, Miss Kitten & The Hacker, Moroder, Mr Pauli, NYC Disco, Thieves Like Us

Miss Kitten & The Hacker – Two | Album Review

Friday, May 1st, 2009 | Album Review | No Comments

Miss Kitten is another artist who I find chalk and cheese. On one hand she’s come out with some great electronic tracks yet on the other she’s come out with some cheese melody laden tracks where she insists she must sing over. Her latest offering with The Hacker is no different.

On this album the duo aim for a futuristic space aged sound dipping into the cyber-pop and techno territories. Ironically the sounds they use have an old school feel to them with Moroder synths, 80s synth pop melodies and electrobreak beats. Headline track 1000 Dreams has a great synth pop hook to it and Miss Kittens vocals balance the track out with the soaring futuristic strings. It’s slightly corny, but it’s catchy so I’ll give her that.

Then you have Pppo, a mechanical chugging electroclash track. It has some great muted beats with spacey sonar bleeps and mechanical valve noises. Add to that some nicely placed vocals from Miss Kitten and you’ve got yourself a good stripped back bleepy number.

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Tags: 1000 Dreams, Blondie, Miss Kitten, Moroder, Synth Pop, The Hacker