Miss Kittin M
ost famed as the queen of electroclash during the ‘00s due to her work alongside the likes of Felix Da Housecat, T.Raumschmiere and close friend The Hacker,
Caroline Herve, aka Miss Kittin’s transcended the clutches of generic definition by continuing to develop her own distinctive interpretation of techno, inspired as much by new wave, punk and rock’n’ roll as it is by the Motor City forefathers or the French house of her homeland. After recently dropping ‘Girlz’ on Heidi’s Jackathon Jams label and a free EP download (‘Life Is A Teacher’) on
misskittin.com last December, her fourth album, ‘Calling From The Stars’, is due in April, so the decision to pick her worldly brain was, well, an absolute no-brainer...
First-ever rave experience? “Rave Virus in Aix les Bains. 1990. We heard about rave parties in our local club. Five people squeezed into a Renault 5, among them, Michel aka The Hacker. We were probably the only 10 people in town to know about ‘techno music’. The party happened in the casino. I’d never seen [anything]
like this before and don’t remember much of it...”
Most crucial dance record of all-time? “1989, S-Express, ‘Theme From S-Express’. It was the first dance record ever to enter the charts. I was at school, we played it all the time in the nearby bar on the jukebox. I had the chance to work with Pascal Gabriel, the producer behind it [alongside Mark Moore]. He co-wrote my second solo album, and mixed my last one. He became a very dear friend, family even.”
Three tunes that never leave your bag? “Depeche Mode ‘Behind The Wheel’. The song I would have loved to have written. I don’t know anyone in electronic music who doesn’t like this song. “New Order ‘Blue Monday’. This track is one of the best extended mixes ever. Thanks to Arthur Baker who gave his New York dance touch to it, it’s perfectly crafted for DJs, with a long intro and these unique beats. “Aphex Twin ‘Window Licker’. There is nothing like it. It’s the big alien of music history. The concept of it, the video, all codes of the industry exploded.”
What’s your lights-up, end-of-the-night tune? Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ‘Fault Line.’ I already said ‘Windowlicker’... I listen to a lot of rock’n’roll or blues at home. It’s been a while that I haven’t had a crush on a band like BRMC. This song could be the child of Johnny Cash.”
If you could meet anyone — alive or dead — who would it be? “I don’t know. I could say Prince, he must be quite a character to have created such music. But I am not really into meeting people I admire. I am very shy. But I do love lucky accidents, meeting them unexpectedly. It’s a whole different thing. You can communicate more naturally, share a real moment.”
Imagine the world is going to end tomorrow. What you gonna do tonight? “A night with my best friends. Watching the sunset all together, remembering the good times, drinking amazing wines, having fun. Probably no music!”
Clubbing in Y3K — what is it like? “Novo-retro-future! I don’t want to know where technology will bring us in 3000 and how it will change the face of clubbing. I already have problems to adapt to technology day after day, it’s so much work... it’s more interesting to learn to live in the present time. But if you tele-transport me to 3000, I promise a full report. I may bring back some tunes and keep them for myself (smirks).” •Read Miss Kittin’s full answers on
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