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Live At Sónar
''Live at Sónar'' is the first live DJ mix album by Miss Kittin. For the Sónar festival, 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. . Retrieved 2010-07-15. Track listing Personnel * Live DJ Mix, Vocals, Effects – Miss Kittin * Digital Editing, Postproduction – Cristian Vogel, Enric Palau * Mastering – Cristian Vogel * Licensing – Gemma Martínez * Photography – Biel Capllonch * Recording Production – Pedri Gonzáles Source:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rêves Mécaniques
''Rêves Mécaniques'' is the second solo album by The Hacker. It was released in 2004 on Different. The record features guest vocalists Perspects ( Le Car), Mount Sims, and Miss Kittin. The Hacker and Miss Kittin performed the song "Masterplan" at the Sónar festival, which was included on Miss Kittin's album '' Live at Sónar''. Track listing Personnel * Michel Amato - producer * Echo Danon - vocals * Mount Sims - vocals * Pompon - mastering Source: _Credits_))).html" ;"title="((( Rêves Mécaniques > Credits )))">((( Rêves Mécaniques > Credits )))Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa .... Retrieved 2010-07-17. Charts References 2004 albums The Hacker albums {{2000s-techno-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Villalobos
Ricardo Villalobos (born 6 August 1970) is a Chilean-born German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in today's minimal techno scene. Life and work Villalobos was born in Chile on 6 August 1970. In 1973 he moved to Germany with his family to escape the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who had seized power that year. When Villalobos was around 10 or 11 he started to play conga and bongos. He began making electronic music in the late 80s. From a very young age he has been a big fan of Depeche Mode, following their tours around Europe to listen to them. Villalobos began to play his music at parties while he was studying at university, but this was only for his own enjoyment. He started a label, Placid Flavour, in 1993 but this was unsuccessful. His first record was released on the German Playhouse label in 1994 and he began DJing as a professional in 1998. In 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcachofa (album)
''Alcachofa'' is the first studio album released by Chilean-German producer Ricardo Villalobos on the German house label Playhouse on September 19, 2003. The album cemented Villalobos' place in the vanguards of microhouse and minimal techno. The vinyl edition contains an alternative track listing, as "What You Say Is More Than I Can Say" was already released in its full version on the EP ''Halma''. "La Raja", "Quizás" and "Fusion the Enemies" remain exclusive to vinyl, while CD cuts "Waiworinao" and "Fools Garden" were later released on vinyl as part of the EP ''Alcachofa Tools''. "Y.G.H." remains exclusive to the CD pressing. In 2015, Villalobos would re-issue "Easy Lee" and "Dexter" on his Sei Es Drum label as a 12" vinyl. Critical reception Andy Kellman of AllMusic commented that Villalobos "is in complete control of his machines at all times, and he makes them do strange things that no one else can." '' New York'' placed ''Alcachofa'' at #6 on the ''Top Albums of the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windowlicker
"Windowlicker" is a song by British electronic musician Aphex Twin, released on 22 March 1999 as a single by Warp Records. The artwork for the single was created by Chris Cunningham, with additional work by The Designers Republic. Cunningham also directed the song's music video, which was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Video. The song peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, and was later voted by fans as Warp Records' most popular song for its 2009 '' Warp20'' compilation. ''Pitchfork'' included the song at number 12 on their list ''Top 200 Tracks of the 90s''. Music Characteristics "Windowlicker" has been described variously as "uncompromising cyborg R&B", " hip-hop written in the language of glitches", and "eerie lounge-porn music"; the track's "sleazy, erotic ambiance connote images and emotions alien to James' previous compositions." Heavily digitally processed and rhythmically rearranged breakbeats prominently appear in the song's backing track. Gasp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 (Miss Kittin & The Hacker Song)
"1982" is a song by French recording duo Miss Kittin & The Hacker. It is the first single from the EP ''Champagne'' (1997) and became one of the first anthems of the electroclash scene. It was later included on the duo's debut studio album '' First Album'' (2001), and has been remixed by Vitalic and Anthony Rother. Composition "1982" is credited as an electroclash and tech house song. The lyrics reference Visage's " Fade to Gray", New Order’s " Blue Monday", Kraftwerk's " The Robots" and "The Man-Machine", Depeche Mode’s " Just Can't Get Enough", Soft Cell’s "Tainted Love", and Telex’s "Moskow Diskow." Critical reception Richard Moroder Juzwiak of Stylus Magazine described the song as one of the first songs of the electroclash genre, further noting, "Kittin lampoons the scene as she creates it, and shows love for those without whom, electroclash wouldn’t be possible." Cultural impact In 1998, the song was featured on the compilation album ''Just the Best 3/98'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stock Exchange (song)
"Stock Exchange" is the third single from the duo Miss Kittin & The Hacker's debut album '' First Album''. Writing and inspiration Lyrically, "Stock Exchange" deals with the life of a high end Wall Street businesslady. The lyrics support this, including how the men "touch her bum in the lift of the Empire State uilding. And also the lyrics, "Is it real this pink punk costume I wear? All the time to seduce Japanese 'hommes d'affaire' nglish:businessmen" She also has suicidal ideations as she sings that she is "dreaming of a hot bath, cutting my veins." Composition "Stock Exchange" is credited as an electroclash song with disco and rave influences. Critical reception Mark Beaumont of ''NME'' said that Miss Kittin "monotones like a German robot Cheeky Girl over some nifty "Vice City" disco, prompting a moral debate on whether its possible to sexually a lift tannoy system." Cultural impact "Stock Exchange" appeared on the mix albums ''Fuck Me I'm Famous'' by David Guetta, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Donald
Gerald Donald is a Detroit techno producer and artist. With James Stinson he formed the afrofuturist techno duo Drexciya, and he is the main member of Dopplereffekt. Biography Donald is notoriously silent on himself and even his involvement with various musical projects. In a 2013 interview, when asked about his anonymity and his work with James Stinson and Drexciya, he said, "I will not directly indicate my involvement in any project. I will leave this question open to observer interpretation. The most important thing has always been the music and concept itself. I adhere to this philosophy. People spend way too much time engaging personalities rather than the music that’s accompanying that personality." Frequently referred to as an afrofuturist, he said he "do snot wish to specify any particular ethnicity." With Drexciya, he made techno music on which an afrofuturist mythology was built, involving the Drexciyans, an underwater race, "the descendants of the African women thrown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Von Schirach
Otto von Schirach (born March 10, 1978 in Miami, Florida) is an American IDM and breakcore musician. Of Cuban and German heritage, he grew up in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami and heavily incorporates elements of Miami bass Miami bass (booty music or booty bass) is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The use of drums from the Roland TR-808, sustained kick drum, heavy bass, raised dance tempos, and frequently sexually explicit ... into his music. He started out DJing at house parties in the 1990s and began composing his own music. In 2001 he released his first album, ''8000 B.C.'', on his own Triangle Earth label. Von Schirach has a son who was born in 2016. Discography Albums * 2001: ''8000 B.C.'' (Triangle Earth/Schematic) * 2001: ''Escalo Frio'' (Schematic) * 2004: ''Global Speaker Fisting'' (Schematic) * 2006: ''Maxipad Detention'' (Ipecac Recordings) * 2006: ''Pimps of Gore'' (collaborative album with Gut) (Supreme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Distortion
"Professional Distortion" is the debut solo single from Miss Kittin's debut solo album ''I Com''. It became her first solo song to chart on the French and UK singles charts. It was later included on her 2005 EP ''Mixing Me''. Critical reception Lowri Williams of Gigwise.com said, "Heavily engrossed with unforgettable synthesisers and loops, this track really is electronic music at its best featuring the Queen of the scene." By contrast, Terry Sawyer of PopMatters commented that the song "wastes a beautiful bassline that rides into the speakers like a skipped stone by saddling it with the Ladytron monotone of the lyrics." Music videos Two official music videos were made for "Professional Distortion". The original video featured Miss Kittin singing in a factory while workmen dance to the song. The second video was directed by Sven C. Steinmeyer and shows handwritten lyrics by Miss Kittin flash across the screen. A cartoon guitar player is featured at the beginning of the video. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soulwax
Soulwax are an electronic band from Ghent, Belgium. Centred around brothers David and Stephen Dewaele, other current members include Igor Cavalera and Stefaan Van Leuven. They were first noticed after the release of their album ''Much Against Everyone's Advice'', but after that, the Dewaeles started focusing on their other projects, such as 2manydjs (first known as The Fucking Dewaele Brothers/The Flying Dewaele Brothers). Their album ''As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2'' was named the best popular music album of 2002 by ''The New York Times''. The brothers have also hosted a show on Belgian television, ''Alter8''. History Career The 2004 album ''Any Minute Now'' spawned three singles in "E Talking", "NY Excuse" and the title track. The "E Talking" music video was controversial and restricted to post- watershed broadcast on music television channels. Filmed on location in London's Fabric nightclub, everyone in the video is depicted as being on a different drug, listed from A throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem For A Hit
"Requiem for a Hit" is a song by French recording artist Miss Kittin featuring L.A. Williams. It is the second single from the Miss Kittin's first solo album ''I Com''. Co-written and co-produced by Thies Mynther, Tobias Neumann, it is composed as an electroclash and electropop song, that is a play on the line "I'll Beat that Bitch with a Bat." The song was later included on her 2005 EP ''Mixing Me''. Critical reception ''XLR8R'' said, "From succulent rhymes to seductively sexual appeal, this girl knows well how to live on charts worldwide." ''Les Inrockuptibles'' placed "Requiem for a Hit" at #38 on the ''Best Singles of 2004''. Live performances Miss Kittin performed "Requiem for a Hit (2 Many DJ's Remix)" live at the Sónar festival and included it on her album '' Live at Sónar''. |
