Caroline Hervé (born 15 July 1973), known professionally as Kittin, is a French

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producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "

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" with

The Hacker Michel Amato, better known by his stage name The Hacker, is a French electroclash and techno producer who has worked extensively with Miss Kittin. His work has been influenced by electronic artists like Kraftwerk, new wave artists such as the ...

, she has worked with other musicians such as

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and Golden Boy. She released her debut solo album '' I Com'' in 2004, a second, '' BatBox'', in 2008, and a third, ''

Calling from the Stars ''Calling from the Stars'' is the third solo studio album by French singer and DJ Miss Kittin. It was released on 19 April 2013 by Nobody's Bizzness and . Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Calling from the S ...

'', in 2013. She achieved international popularity with the singles "

Rippin Kittin "Rippin Kittin" is the first single from the duo Miss Kittin and Golden Boy's 2001 album '' Or''. The 12" version of the single was released in 2001 on Ladomat 2000. It was re-released in 2002 by Zomba Records and Illustrious Records. Critical ...

" and "

Silver Screen Shower Scene "Silver Screen Shower Scene" is the first single from Felix da Housecat's album '' Kittenz and Thee Glitz''. Co-written with Dave Jenefsky a.k.a. The Hustler, T. Lorello a.k.a. Tommie Sunshine, and Felix himself, it features French electroni ...

Life and career

1973–1994: Early life

Miss Kittin was born Caroline Hervé in 1973 in

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, in southeastern France. Music such as

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became a prominent part of her and her parents' lives. At the age of 6, Hervé often played piano for fun at her grandparents', and reproduced melodies from the radio. Miss Kittin tried taking piano lessons but gave up after 2 years. In addition, she started practicing ballet when she was 5 years old and continued until she was 22. After earning her high school diploma in 1990, Miss Kittin studied art, first in

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(1991), then in the Beaux-Arts of Grenoble to specialize in contemporary art (1993–94). She finished her graphic design program in

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in 1995 before starting her full-time DJ job.

1995–1997: Career beginnings

As time progressed, Kittin found herself emulating her parents' musical tastes by developing an interest in musical genres ranging from classic,

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, and

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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. When she was 22, she began DJing, spinning records in France, Moscow and

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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

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, Switzerland, and joined the Mental Groove Records group. A trio of early productions on various-artists compilations were scattered throughout 1996 and 1997.

1998–2003: The Hacker, ''First Album'' and ''Or''

The first records she bought for DJing were

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's '' Fuse'' and

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'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. In 1997, she met

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, who wanted her to record for his International DJ Gigolo label. In 1998, she presented him with the EP ''

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'' that she recorded with The Hacker. ''Champagne'' included tracks such as "

" and "

", which became anthems of the

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scene and underground hits in Europe. It further included a cover of the song " Dirty Talk" by Klein + M.B.O. In 1999, the duo released the EP '' Intimités'', which included a cover of the

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' "

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". Miss Kittin & The Hacker released '' First Album'' in 2001. ''First Album'' received positive reviews from contemporary critics; according to the music review aggregation of

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, it garnered an average score of 68/100. The album was listed on several ''Best Albums of the Decade'' lists. Despite not charting, the album sold over 50,000 copies worldwide.

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placed "

" at number eighty-six on its ''100 Greatest Dance Songs'' list. Other songs on the album include "

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" and " The Beach". While touring with The Hacker in support of their debut album, Miss Kittin met

at a Swiss festival. The next day, Kittin and Felix composed "

" and " Madame Hollywood" in a friend's small studio in Geneva. She also cowrote and was featured on the songs "Voicemail" and " What Does It Feel Like?" from Felix da Housecat's album '' Kittenz and Thee Glitz''. The album received positive reviews from contemporary critics, garnering an average score of 78/100 on the music review aggregation of

. "Silver Screen Shower Scene" became one of the first electroclash songs to reach the UK Top 40, peaking at number thirty-nine. "Madame Hollywood" peaked at number nineteen on the

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. In 2001,

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featured Miss Kittin on a cover of " Je t'aime... moi non-plus", the

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song. After shooting the music video for "Je t'aime... moi non-plus", Miss Kittin decided to move to Berlin and take a job as an A&R consultant at

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Germany. In 2002, she released the

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compilations ''

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'' and '' Radio Caroline Vol.1''. Both albums received positive reviews for showcasing her talents "as a DJ rather than an electroclash diva", who "finally tears down the facade, proving that she is much more than the champagne-toasting chanteuse that her sensual accent and fashionista lyrics have always suggested." Golden Boy first met Miss Kittin after she remixed one of his songs. In 2001, the duo released the album '' Or'' on ''Ladomat 2000''. The single "

", released in the same year, references the

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' song "Mommy, Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight?" from the band's album ''

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''. After being endorsed by

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of the

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, the single became a club success in Europe and became Miss Kittin's first No. 1 single on the

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placed "Rippin Kittin" at number four-hundred thirty-five on its ''Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s'' list. In addition, Stylus Decade placed the song at number seventy-five on its ''Top 100 Singles of the 2000s'' list. She collaborated with

and sang on the songs "Shick Shaving" and " Wordy Rappinghood" from their album '' 99 Cents'' in 2003. "Wordy Rappinghood" also featured guest vocals by other female musicians such as

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, Adult.'s

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, and

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of the

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. The song became a moderate dance hit in Europe, peaking at number five on the Belgian Dance Chart, and at number sixty-six on the UK Singles Chart.

2004–2007: Solo career and ''I Com''

On 24 May 2004, Miss Kittin released her debut solo album '' I Com'' through NovaMute in the United Kingdom, and through

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in the United States. She collaborated with

, Toby Neumann and Thies Mynther for the album. Miss Kittin had met Tobi Neumann and Thies Mynther aka "Glove" after working with them on the

song "Shick Shaving" and after recording lyrics for Steve Bug. The album received positive reviews from contemporary critics, earning an average score of 73/100 on the music review aggregation of

. ''I Com'' yielded three singles: " Professional Distortion", " Requiem for a Hit" and " Happy Violentine". The song "Professional Distortion" became Miss Kittin's first solo single to chart on the

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. Several of the remixes of the three singles were later complied and released on Miss Kittin's EP '' Mixing Me''. In 2004, Miss Kittin created her own label Nobody's Bizzness. The label would eventually release her albums '' BatBox'' and ''

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'' after her departure from NovaMute. She said of the label's purpose, "I created my own label 'Nobody's Bizzness' to release my finished album and keep the maximum freedom with my music." Additionally, Kittin appeared on the song "Masterplan" from

's album '' Rêves Mécaniques'' in 2004. She released '' Live at Sónar'' in 2006, recorded at the electronic music festival ''

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'' in Barcelona. For Sónar, Miss Kittin provided impromptu new vocals to her established catalogue. During the festival, she was assisted by

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, Boom Bip, and

. The album was jointly released by Labels and NovaMute. Miss Kittin also released the double-disc CD '' A Bugged Out Mix'' in 2006 through Resist Music and System Recordings. Disc One ''Perfect Night'' combines underground classics ( Mike Ink), electro ( Cajmere) and minimal techno (

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) while the second disc ''Perfect Day'' is a mix of Miss Kittin's favourite post-club tracks from artists such as Wagon Christ,

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and

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. In 2007, Miss Kittin & The Hacker reunited to release the single "Hometown / Dimanche" through

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. The music video for "Hometown" was directed by Régis Brochier of 7th floor Productions.

2008–2012: ''BatBox'', Reunion with The Hacker and ''Two''

After two years in the making and almost four years since her debut album ''I Com'', Miss Kittin released her second album, '' BatBox'' on 4 February 2008, on her label Nobody's Bizzness. ''BatBoxs 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 "

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" cartoon in a 12-page foldout booklet for the album. Miss Kittin released the singles " Kittin Is High" and "

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" to promote the album. In 2008, Miss Kittin &

reunited as a duo, and toured throughout America and around the world, before they both started recording new songs, some of which were performed whilst touring. ''

'', their second album together, was released in March 2009. The album was released 8 years after their first and only full LP as a duo. ''Two'' received positive reviews from contemporary critics; according to the music review aggregation of

, it garnered an average score of 62/100. Their first single from the album "PPPO" was released in March 2009 followed by the single " 1000 Dreams". Their third and final single from the album " Party in My Head" was released in June 2009. The Thieves Like Us remix of "Party in My Head" was released a free download on ''

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''s website. Miss Kittin & The Hacker also included a cover of

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's "

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" on the album, for which they filmed a promotional music video directed by Régis Brochier of 7th floor Productions. "Suspicious Minds" was later featured on the downloadable for free

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''Skull of Dreams'' by

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. Miss Kittin was featured on

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's cover of " Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne" for a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl pressing. A total of 3,000 copies were pressed and released on 30 March 2009. The song is a part of a series of

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covers by other musicians such as

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and

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released on the Blast First Petite label to celebrate Suicide frontman

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's 70th birthday. Miss Kittin remixed Felix da Housecat's song " We All Wanna Be Prince" in 2009, changing the word "Prince" into "princess". 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. On 10 January 2011, Miss Kittin released the single " All You Need" on Mobilee Records. On 28 March, a free download of her song "Silver Lake" was released through

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to promote Soul Aid, a program to raise money for Civic Force, an emergency relief organization stationed in

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after the

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2013–2017: ''Calling from the Stars''

Miss Kittin released ''

'' on 19 April 2013. A double album with 23 new songs, it includes a cover version of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts". Some of the tracks were made available prior to the album release, such as "Bassline". She also released the Track "Hide" on the Vocal Collaboration Album "Features" by

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. The Video to the Single received an Vimeo Staff Pick.

2018–2021: ''Cosmos''

Miss Kittin released her first concept album ''Cosmos'' under the name Kittin on 2 November 2018.

2022: ''Third''

Influences

Caroline has mentioned her admiration for

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, Thomas Brinkmann,

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, Adult.,

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, Drexciya,

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, Rush,

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.Liner notes, ''I.Com''

Discography

* '' Or'' (with Golden Boy) (2001) * '' First Album'' (with

) (2001) * '' I Com'' (2004) * '' BatBox'' (2008) * ''

'' (with The Hacker) (2009) * ''

'' (2013) * ''Cosmos'' (2018) * ''

Third Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (di ...

'' (with The Hacker) (2022)

Filmography

References

External links

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Miss Kittin interview @ Mute/Control (Spanish)
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Life and career

1973–1994: Early life

1995–1997: Career beginnings

1998–2003: The Hacker, ''First Album'' and ''Or''

2004–2007: Solo career and ''I Com''

2008–2012: ''BatBox'', Reunion with The Hacker and ''Two''

2013–2017: ''Calling from the Stars''

2018–2021: ''Cosmos''

2022: ''Third''

Influences

Discography

Filmography

See also

References

External links