miss kittin dj sets

It's high time 'Frank Sinatra' was remixed, edited, and re-released, though. An absolutely storming, seminal record. And it sounds awesome in a club.

I thought Miss Kittin was interesting on Kittenz and Thee Glitz but descended into self parody after a while, I guess like most of the electroclash stuff seems to have done.

Surely she has a point, especially re: everything techno/electro?

descended into self parody after a while, I guess like most of the electroclash stuff seems to have done

But that's the whole idea, isn't it?

How do you mean Siegbran?

not FAR behind i'd say...its not really advanced music conceptually (sonically perhaps but then again so much of it is minimal, not even minimal complex/intricate) - but Germany's where the most activity in the field now is so fair enough

Kittin has a mix album coming out soonish. I'll give you a copy when I get hold of it Toby.

I'd argue against Kittin and the Hacker being self-parody. I know K's become the by word for sick of it all Euro-trash vocals, but I think that's mainly down to poor imitators.

I've only seen her play once and I thought she was very good. This was early March. It was the first time I'd heard 'Ripping Kittin' and she managed to get a load of fashion-y too cool for school people dancing to 'Satr Guitar.'

I think my problem is I always asserted it was the music I liked in electroclash through the long debates here and not the image particularly and now that I feel the music has dipped in quality or at least moved away from what I found interesting in the first place I am increasingly annoyed by the rest of the schtick.

To be honest a significant factor behind this is that I am completely useless at "getting" any non obvious electronic music, so the electroclash that has moved towards IDM a bit is totally lost on me.

I *really* hate the song that consists of "I want to be... a porno star" over and over. Isn't that on Futurism? Can't remember who it's by. Ugh. Could it be any more hoxtonmulletesque? S'all gone a bit yawn.

There is some hope though. What I've heard of the Tok Tok vs. Soffy O album sounds really fresh - "jean" even sounds like Dead or Alive!

anyway, thats GREAT! the album is really good too. in fact, that album might be my favourite out of all this bizness

a sure sign that the bandwagon is over.

Fopp's a fantastic shop.

i mean that obviously there is now a warehouse full of overstocks of gigolo records that fopp has bought cheap.

suck on that and swivel ya mumping git.

That "I left my bad panties..." line was actually in the Guardian. Elisabeth flatters me by giving me credit for it.

Ronan I've not heard Futurism 2 but I think Parallax Corporation, when they're bad, are really bad and thus the idea of their "worst" track gives me the fear. I just finished up a review of Cocadisco and it occurs to me that I/F's head is the size of a small planet at this point. (NB contrary to that sentence above I think Cocadisco is mostly solid and functional)

thanks anna! you're a star.

i think gareth is otm re: idea of theatre etc. also i totally don't understand this kittin-hating (not perhaps on this thread, but elsewhere on ilm); yesyes she's doing bored germanic vocals, but no-one seems to be able to point out who she's ripping off/why she's a "self-parody" now/what's so wrong with bored germanic vocals anyway.

(i am rather tipsy so apologies if this makes no sense.)

Fopp still IS a great record shop - if you care to look, there's a massive vinyl section there - well, there is in the Bristol shop, anyway, apparently not in the Bath one, though. And no, I have no personal stake in the company. I wish.

And books and DVDs.... cool.

The songs I like on Futurism are

Daniel Diamond-Champu (cos it's house)
Colorsound-Fly With Me (also house)
Arthur Argent-Hold Your Head Up (soulwax remix) (also housey)

And some other ones I can't remember cos I don't have the box handy.

And CD 2:
Princess Superstar: Perfect (Acapella)
DJ K: Plastic People
El Loco: Ibiza
Cajmere: Percolator (Keep Movin Mix)
Armando: 151 (Terrace Mix)
Misc: Vakuum Audio
My My: Serpentine
Female vs Regis: Avon 1 (James Ruskin Mix)
Adam Beyer: A Walking Contradiction (Part 1)
Fixmer/McCarthy: Freefall (Hacker Remix)
Chemical Brothers: Base 6
Drexiya: Lost Vessel
Perspects: 13 (in 2 Parts)
GE & GM: Seven Eleven
Modeselektor: Hasir
Mike Ink: Paroles (original)
Awesome 3: Dont Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix)
Front 242: First In, First Out
DJ Maxximus & Something J: Destiny
Squarepusher: My Red Hot Car
Acresome: Perfect Girl

Maybe it's the other way around: the sleeve of my copy says CD 1 is supposed to be the "Perfect Night" and CD 2 the "Perfect Day". On the CDs it's the other way around. Never mind: they're both awesome. And how difficult is it to define night and day exactly. I'd say CD 2 is the saturday 4am mix, CD 2 the sunday 11 am mix.

But the beginning of CD 1, when this Wagon Christ track blends over into Monolake and it gets a bit darker when it comes to Baby Ford, then way darker when this Donato Dozzy thing kicks in is so awesome: and when out of somewhere far away Sarah Cracknells voice starts so sing - easily one of the most beautiful 15 minutes I heard in a long time. Or this great trance thing "Ibiza": yes! And then Misc being blended in this tricky My My tune. Beautiful. And then Mike Ink's Paroles and the Awesome 3: Hey, Breakbeats! That's Techno too!

Great CD, especially because it has such a broad range of styles. Without ever being eclectic.

(hi tobias!)

Harshaw: Sub-par?

http://www.basic.ch/ram/expr000518.ram 1:30
http://www.basic.ch/ram/expr990722.ram 1:00
http://www.basic.ch/ram/fuel981229.ram 3:45

Yes that one's almost 4 hours long, from 1998 - encoding quality is below average as a result, it's a 20kb/s stream - recorded at the Fuel Cafe which used to be just below the station. It's very good, she's having fun.

I couldn't find a good upload of the all-time classic Muzik cover CD mix, they all had these tiny but very annoying gaps between tracks, so fixed up a version myself, enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2EjdwoZ2uE