Two
What:
Two
Who:
Miss Kittin & The Hacker
On:
Nobody's Bizzness/Inertia
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/kittinmusic
Let's face it - there are electronic performers out there who are just... so damn cool Daft Punk won't touch them. Ever since establishing herself (along with Michel Amato, aka The Hacker) at the front of the electroclash guard with 2001's First Album and Felix Da Housekat collaborations, both Miss Kittin (nee Caroline Herve)'s subsequent opuses - 2004's I Com and last year's brilliant Batbox - have been brimming with snappy electro beats, icily detached vocals and tongue-in-cheek lyrics and tunes like ‘Professional Distortion' and ‘Kittin Is High' were everything a synthpop fan could wish for. Two, however, manages to trump MK's previous achievements with its even flow and a more palpable "human" touch.
The result of the DJ/chanteuse's long-awaited reunion with old stylistic compadre The Hacker, the album effortlessly reaches the areas Ladytron's Velocifero (albeit a solid effort in its own right) seemingly steered clear of with the ghostly shimmer of ‘1,000 Dreams', ‘Electronic City' and ‘Ray Ban'. Even a potentially risky move - the cover of Elvis Presley's ‘Suspicious Minds' - is a surprising triumph, the duo's vocals creating a highly captivating, sensual blend over warm analog synth burble. Best electro release of 2009? Mr Semchenko sure thinks so.
Release: Album
To Cure: An empty dancefloor
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