Miss Kittin (a horrible rude bitch, allegedly)

Would really put me off ever going to see her, not that I've ever been bothered with her as a DJ in any case.

She actually sang on The Vogue by Antonelli Electr., which predated her fame in my area:

http://www.discogs.com/release/24580

But yeah, I agree, she was a one trick pony. That trick may've been needed briefly a few years ago, but her lack of talents stick out like a sore thumb today.

Even if she is producing/writing/whatever on her own album(s), the music isn't moving to me and it just comes off as trendhopping.

I think her entire recording output to date is mostly fantastic.

Why on earth should she do all the producing herself, the producer/solo artist thing is as surely as valid a method as any other in music.

Oh, please:

Club organizers book name-brand DJ.

Name-brand DJ acts like a spoiled child.

Name-brand DJ bails out and leaves club organizers hanging.

Club organizers call out name-brand DJ in a public forum, which appears to be their only recourse at this point.

Do you honestly believe that the posts would be different if it were, say, Armin Van Buuren that were behaving badly? No they fucking would not. An asshole is an asshole, regardless of gender.

Where'd that come from? I didn't mean that at all. They just seem like business people - not even in the equation. If they were also coke sniffing yuppies, they probably would have thought her behavior was fabulous or cute or something.

No, not when people have come to see her and paid money for the privilege. She really doesn't have any excuses here, considering she did actually turn up and didn't offer any explanation for her attitude.

OTM. Why should we even care? I guess the moral hit squad does, but I wasn't there, it's not my business.

O'so Krispie, it's because moralizing is damned annoying, and expecting everyone to 'chime in' on the basis of hearsay is damned annoying, and besides, it's just that - hearsay.

Fuck that. She sounds like a prima donna that looks down her nose at her fans (as deluded and coked up as they may be, they don't deserve it). People that work for $12/hour have bad days, too. If they act like her, they risk getting fired.

Oh boo fucking hoo, my boss pays me money to come to work and I'm not always happy to do it. Show me one person who is. Shit happens, no one's perfect, everyone has a bad attitude from time to time. Even you.

Ugh, ONE incident does not a prima donna make. How about we all base our permanent judgements on YOU based on ONE of your low moments, eh?

Maybe not, but being a smug little bitch on a message board judging people you don't personally know based on hearsay about ONE incident is pretty low.

And yet, you post on the thread.

I better never see you piling on Bono in another thread. :)

But Bono has a 25-year track record of being a pampered princess!

So you would prioritise the comfort of an individual over the satisfaction of the majority then? Very selfish.

DJing is a bloody amazing job, presumably unlike whatever it is you do, and anyone doing it professionally should fucking actlike one and wear a decent coat.

that's MISS FITCH to you.

Yeah, I saw Faithless on TV once doing a gig in that hotel made out of ice in Norway. They wrapped up.

Oh GOD, get with the program. I'm saying everyone is human and entitled to a bad day and bad attitude every now and again. Get off your high horse.

What I want to know is whether she's a good DJ live, and should I bother driving 6 hours to San Francisco to see her, Superpitcher, and Ada DJ in a few weeks......

"get with the program".

"pluck a clue off the tree"

etc

Faithless are true professionals. Sister Bliss would never behave in such a manner.

Actually never mind where she's from...

"it's fucking freezing"

This is my universal excuse from now on. For anything. Ever.

Chris have you been to Derry? Or outside America?

I am fairly sure it wasn't coke sniffing yuppies at a Miss Kittin gig.

i would like it, if my bad days, were like this

My "Miss Twat" joke was a play on her name (Kittin -> pussy -> twat). OH FEEL THE DRIPPING MISOGYNY.

Please let's put away the torches and take the white sheets off our heads at least until we get the whole story....

Paul: (silence)
Miss Kittin: (silence)

(more silence)

Miss Kittin: it's fucking freezing
Paul: http://www.vh1.com/shared/media/news/images/o/Oakenfold_Paul/pauloakenfold_vh1news.jpg

?????

I am fairly sure it wasn't coke sniffing yuppies at a Miss Kittin gig.

I went to Mexico twice... and Canada once. Does that count?!?

Okay, well, if Miss Kittin's Derry fans aren't coke-sniffing yuppies, then I stand corrected. I'm mostly basing it off of personal experience, and I live in California, so...

HYSTERICS

High: 12 C
Low: 10 C

I can't imagine it was that much different for Derry a week ago.

OW! MY HANDS ARE BURNING FROM THE CRUEL 50sF SEATTLE FROSTBITE! OH NOES!

I wonder who she'll get to remix "It's Fucking Freezing".

*Those who do get those things, of course.

THAT's ONE DIGIT!

...ON HER FUCKING HAND LEFT AFTER THE FUCKING FREEZING MADE THE REST OF HER HAND FALL OFF!

no, i mean literally.

Also... Forgive me if I'm wrong, but doesn't France get a LOT more cold than the UK or Ireland?

http://www.jaked409.net/random/dogcat.jpg

thru-out this thread all i can think of is
that bit that goes "Hiii Fee-lix it is mee...bring some good vibes and nice sunglasses,it's gonna be hot.." see she's really got a thing about weather!

ha ha ha ha ha

Yep, I'm tha serial bratty DJ defenda, and I feel dirty about it...

She's friends with just about everyone who's touched a drum machine, and I could see why.

people are allowed bad days at work but if you go by that standard then when you are paying that much for that little I think it's understandable to be a bit miffed if the person your paying shows no gratitude whatsoever.

After starting her set, we are informed by her manager that there was a problem. Basically, the problem was that Caroline was used to playing in bigger venues in front of larger crowds. At this stage the venue was only open an hour and there were nearly 300 people in the venue and there were people still coming in to the club.

So why didn't the organisers put her on later when the place was, like er, full?

We are then informed that Miss Kittin will play for 1 hour only and that we should have one of our DJ’s ready to take over. Informed by her manager that there was no way of changing her mind, one of our residents took over from Miss Kittin after she had played 75 minutes.

So she actually played for longer than she said she would play, or should that have been "7.5 minutes"?

Robbie

On meeting Miss Kittin and her manager outside the hotel and welcoming them to our city, we were greeted by Miss Kittin with ‘It’s fucking freezing’ - no hello, nothing.

That's the way she speaks, get over it. It's slangy English and she's a punky French girl from Grenoble. You don't know Grenoble. Mind you, I don't know Derry but it's probably fucking freezing there.

we advised Miss Kittin that the club was next door to the hotel [...] We told Miss Kittin that the club was just another 30 metres away round the corner.

So, she obnoxiously pointed out your self-admitted contradiction because she was cold and moody. When your girfriend does that you don't go posting about it on the web do you. Or do you ?

there was no flexibility with Miss Kittin regarding flights.

Talk to the hand agent, it's not the artist's problem.

our resident DJ’s tried to introduce themselves to Miss Kittin but were greeted with a hateful ‘I don’t understand you’.

With her relative knowledge of the English language, your hyped up DJs' accents and the PA system combined, she might not have understood. Then again she might have been catty. Miss Kittin remember.

After starting her set, we are informed by her manager that there was a problem. Basically, the problem was that Caroline was used to playing in bigger venues in front of larger crowds. At this stage the venue was only open an hour

That's very unfortunate programming on your part really. All you can really formally ask of her is to play as well as she can and not give attitude to your customers. She doesn't have to like you. The facts just show she did her job and you made a mistake.

Heh, optimist. I'm no "fan" of hers (and certainly no cokehead either) but you're talking outta your ass.

She arrived in character . She is a method actor like Dennis Hopper. She was manifesting the Kitten, in preparation for her set. Is she going to disappoint her fans? Would Rob Halford go on stage wearing a t-shirt and some jogging shorts??? Sheesh.

I imagine once the set was over and she was out of the public eye, it would've been 'another scone, Dorry? I would love a cup of tea, shall I pop the kettle on?' all night long.

(we hear a 606 drumbeat with an electronic 'squonk' at the end of each bar. This goes on for about 60 seconds before Miss Kittin picks up the mic):

It’s fucking freezing
where is the fucking club? It is not next door.
How am I meant to enjoy myself tonight?

It took me six fucking hours to get here and I’m fucking freezing.
I could have
been in New York
I don’t
understand you
tell the
people I am sick or something
As I have fans and would not want to
disappoint my fans.

(drop out kick for 4 bars, kick re-enters)

I could have been in New York

(repeat 8 times. go out on the drums)

..the 'local' comments are hilariously vicious over at the original thread. Don't forget the Irish accent while you read.

Ah yes you're right about that bit.

If I were to nick her comments for a lyric, I wonder if she'd sue?

That's a great one to say in a Dublin accent.

personally, i think there is NO excuse for acting like an asshole and ultimately she will reap what she sews. sure it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but i think it's good that things like this leak out and hopefully impact on people's careers. there is a certain devilish german dj whose behaviour has been a zillion times worse than this who will probably get lynched if he ever sets foot in the city i live in again.

there is a london band whose career has been pretty much destroyed by the idiotic behaviour of their lead member. being an asshole is not rock n' roll, it's just being an asshole.

hopefully the power of the internet will help rid us of some of the unpleasant characters out there. i actually thought about posting this after reading it but didn't get round to it. having had involvement with her twice along with simon 803 (see above), we put her incredibly rude behaviour down to pmt the first time. the second time i decided there was no excuse and that she's just plain rude. end result, she'll never get asked back.

personally, i think there is NO excuse for acting like an asshole and ultimately she will reap what she sews. sure it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but i think it's good that things like this leak out and hopefully impact on people's careers. there is a certain devilish german dj whose behaviour has been a zillion times worse than this who will probably get lynched if he ever sets foot in the city i live in again.

there is a london band whose career has been pretty much destroyed by the idiotic behaviour of their lead member. being an asshole is not rock n' roll, it's just being an asshole.

hopefully the power of the internet will help rid us of some of the unpleasant characters out there.

When will Cheryl Baker LEARN?

I think the club in question should invite Alejandra and Aeron instead. Sure, they'll DJ off an ironing board, and play the sound of an old man giving another old man a haircut for an hour, and only thirty people will come. But there will be 32 nice people in a room together.

PS- Who would ever want to "touch" Miss Kittin's "bum". Gross.

ALSO: GIRLS DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE MUSIC

"It's fucking freezing"

"I could have been in New York"

moley's post is phenomenal.

in the late evening after girl has hung out with satanic dj while he attends various meetings and radio sessions he suggests they go back to his hotel to discuss the release. satanic dj goes into the bathroom and comes out in his dressing gown and tries to get 'friendly'. girl tells him she is married but he doesn't seem to care. situation gets very frightening resulting in her screaming 'no means no' and trying to get out the door which he is blocking. satanic dj starts screaming hysterically at her that he never had any intention of releasing her music and that in fact it is amateurish, unoriginal and boring and that she should get rid of her guitar and buy an 808 and a moog instead and make some 'proper' music. he then throws her out. girl is completely distraught, bewildered and angry with herself for being so naive.

girl later gets signed to another famous label. her forthcoming release for them doesn't feature a moog or an 808.

with miss kittin, though, apart that she was rude to someone (which is quite understandable, maybe she had her worst period, after all), the main thing is that she didn't play the time she was supposed to. the bigger name DJs sign contracts with the clubs, and unless they want stories like this be spread among the 'industry ppl' they try to fulfill all the conditions, no matter how moody they are.

as far as i can see from this story, they also had a contract with tech rider and so on. and the length of the set was most probably indicated there, as was the sum of payment.

rude as she might have been, this is not the main fault on her side. the main thing is not fulfilling the contract. and this is shit. it will not make everyone stop booking her for their events, but some ppl will definitely be warned...

a place where no one cares about this person.

Cut her some slack!

ho, this thread.

the martinez bass in your face mix of kittin's 'grace' is BANGING. and her batbox album ain't bad at all either. that is all.

to fill up the battery we empty all the minibar
no need for pay tv i have a better film noir

Laurent Garnier, Dave Clarke,
X-Press 2, Mylo, 2020 Soundsystem, Jon Carter, Layo & Bushwacka, Justin
Robertson, Slam, Paul Daley, Tom Middleton, Erol Alkan, Andrew Weatherall, Lee
Burridge, Mr C, David Holmes, DJ Format & MC Abdominal, Radioactive Man,
Fingathing, Silicone Soul, Umek, Craig Richards, James Zabiela, Billy Nasty,
Jazzanova, James Lavelle, Scratch Perverts, DJ Craze, The Psychonauts, Si Begg.

^^^poll

DAFT PUNK TEACHERS POLL

Some outstanding captain save-a-ho hijinks on this thread.

miss kittin is just awful. a total one-trick pony, only people who don't understand clubland/dancemusic (but desperately want to) buy into that stale sneery cokey act. im stunned she's still going!

there is a london band whose career has been pretty much destroyed by the idiotic behaviour of their lead member. being an asshole is not rock n' roll, it's just being an asshole.

who is/was this?!

Take your pick

only people who don't understand clubland/dancemusic (but desperately want to)

Pipecock II: Electric Boogaloo

I may or may not "understand dance music" but I enjoyed this mix. The spoken bits do get a bit wearing though.

Live At Sonar is pretty good as I recall and the bit on it where she goes "I beat I beat I beat I beat I can't say this forever" makes me forgive a lot of whatever her transgresisons are

She played in Seattle last month, and not once did she say it was fucking freezing.

Wet though? Terrible wet, so it is!

i desperately want to understand clubbing!!!

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41428000/jpg/_41428313_kay_203bodyap.jpg