As time progressed, however, Kittin
found herself emulating her parents' musical tastes by developing
an interest in musical genres ranging from classic, jazz,
funk, and disco to English pop. Finding her niche in electronic
music in 1991, Kittin raved all around the country before
doing her first mix in April 1993. Her first set came one
year later in 1994, at which time she started her career with
Tekmics Booking Agency, playing in the famous Dragon Ball
wild parties of Southern France.
When she was 22, she began DJing, spinning records in France,
Moscow and Chicago with Mike Dearborn. A major break came
for the producer/DJ when she received bookings for the Dragon
Ball events in Southern France. In 1996, she moved to Geneva,
Switzerland, and joined the Mental Groove Records posse. A
trio of early productions on various-artists compilations
were scattered throughout 1996 and 1997.
The Hacker, First Album and Or 1998-2003
The first records she bought for DJing were Richie Hawtin's
Fuse and Robert Hood's The Protein Valve. It took her three
months to earn enough money at her job as a supermarket cashier
to buy a secondhand pair of Technics decks, both of which
she still uses. As the gigs started to pile up all over Europe,
she recorded "Frank Sinatra" in 2000 with friend
The Hacker. By 1998, she met DJ Hell in Marseille who wanted
her to record for his International DJ Gigolo label. She presented
him with the EP Champagne that she recorded with The Hacker.
In 1999, the duo released the EP Intimités, which included
a cover of the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of
This)". Miss Kittin and the Hacker released First Album
in 2001. Several tracks, such as "1982" and "Frank
Sinatra", became anthems of the electroclash scene. Slant
Magazine placed "Frank Sinatra" at #86 on its "100
Greatest Dance Songs" list.
Miss Kittin has become one of the most important figures
in electroclash, working with not only The Hacker, but also
Felix da Housecat. She cowrote and was featured on the songs
"Silver Screen Shower Scene," "Voicemail"
and "Madame Hollywood" from Felix da Housecat's
album Kittenz and Thee Glitz. The song "Madame Hollywood"
peaked at #19 on the Canadian Singles Chart. In 2001, Sven
Väth featured Miss Kittin on his single "Je T'aime
... Moi Non Plus," a cover of the Serge Gainsbourg song
of the same name.
Golden Boy first met Miss Kittin after she remixed one of
his songs. In 2002, the duo released the album Or. The album
was released through Emperor Norton Records in North America,
which had previously released Miss Kittin and The Hacker's
First Album. The first single "Rippin Kittin," released
in 2002, references the Misfits' song "Mommy, Can I Go
Out & Kill Tonight?" from the band's album Walk Among
Us. The single became a club success in Europe and became
Miss Kittin's first #1 single on the UK Dance Chart. Pitchfork
Media placed "Rippin Kittin" at #435 on its "Top
500 Tracks of the 2000s" list.
Solo Ccareer and I Com 2004-2007
On May 24, 2004, Miss Kittin released her debut solo album
I Com through NovaMute.[11] She collaborated with The Hacker[12]
for I Com, but the album has more diverse styles and is more
experimental than her previous records. I Com yielded three
singles: "Professional Distortion," "Requiem
for a Hit" and "Happy Violentine." The single
"Professional Distortion" became Miss Kittin's first
single to chart on the French Singles Chart.
Miss Kittin at the Sónar Festival.In 2004, Miss Kittin
created her own label Nobody's Bizzness. The label would eventually
release her albums BatBox and Two after her departure from
NovaMute.
She released Live at Sónar in 2006, recorded at the
famous electronic music festival Sónar in Barcelona.
For Sónar, Miss Kittin provided impromptu new vocals
to her classic catalogue. During the festival, she was assisted
by Aphex Twin, Modeselektor, Boom Bip, and The Hacker. The
album was jointy released by Labels and NovaMute.
Miss Kittin also released the double-disc CD A Bugged Out
Mix in 2006 through Resist Music. Disc One 'Perfect Night'
combines underground classics (Mike Ink), electro (Cajmere)
and minimal techno (Adam Beyer) while the second disc 'Perfect
Day' is a mix of Miss Kittin's favourite post-club tracks
from artists such as Wagon Christ, Monolake and Biosphere.
BatBox, Reunion with The Hacker and Two 2008-present
After two years in the making and almost four years since
her debut album I Com, Miss Kittin released her second album,
BatBox on February 4, 2008, through her label Nobody's Bizzness.
BatBox's thirteen original songs were composed whilst touring
throughout the world. Miss Kittin described the tracks as
a flirtation with Goth culture, as reflected in vocal lines
such as "bat in a box / show me what you goth".
Artist Rob Reger designed the cover and included his "Emily
the Strange" cartoon in a 12-page foldout booklet for
the album.
In 2008, Miss Kittin & The Hacker reunited as a duo,
and released the "Hometown EP" in June of that year.
Further touring followed throughout America and around the
world in 2008, before they both started recording new songs,
some of which were performed whilst touring. Two, their sophomore
album together, was released in March 2009. The album was
released 8 years after their first and only full LP as a duo.
The first single "1000 Dreams" was released in March
2009, alongside a new club single "PPPO - People Pleasure
Objects Power." Their third and final single from the
album was "Party in My Head".
Miss Kittin remixed Felix da Housecat's song "We All
Wanna Be Prince" in 2009, changing the word "prince"
into "princess."[20] She also appeared on the single
"Le Flaneur" from the album Elemental Assets by
Estroe in 2009. In 2010, Miss Kittin was featured on the song
"DNA" from the album Ever Since by Xenia Beliayeva.
