Miss Kittin

Caroline Hervé, better known as Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music producer and DJ. She is often credited as one of the people who helped invent the “electroclash” movement that started in the early 1990s and peaked in the early 2000s, but its influence can still be felt on electronic music to this day, especially since the emergence of modern day genres like bubblegum bass and hyperpop.

Miss Kittin released “Champagne”, her first EP and first collaboration with French producer Michael Amato (known professionally as The Hacker) in 1998. It featued the tracks “Frank Sinatra” and “1982” which were instant hits among electroclash fans. A year later, Miss Kittin & The Hacker released “Intimités” which notably featured a cover of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” originally by Eurythmics.

In 2001, Miss Kittin & The Hacker released “First Album”. The album was frequently included on many best-of lists by the end of 2001 despite not performing well commercially. Later in 2001, Miss Kittin worked with Stefan Altenburger (professionally known as Golden Boy) and released the album “Or” (French for “gold”) which spawned the club hit “Rippin Kittin”.

Miss Kittin would work mostly solo from 2004 – 2008, releasing the two albums “I Com” and “BatBox”, the latter album spawning the cult hit “Kittin is High”.

In 2007, however, she reunited with The Hacker and released the single “Hometown” and its B-side “Dimanche” (the French word for Sunday). In 2009 they released the album “Two”, notably containing a cover of Mark James' song “Suspicious Minds”. Miss Kittin would begin working solo again after “Two”, releasing several singles, some of which – such as “Maneki Neko” and “Bassline”, would be collected and released in 2013 as part of the double album “Calling from the Stars”.

In 2018 Miss Kittin released “Cosmos” under the name “Kittin”. The album stepped back from her usual dance style and instead featured a more sedated, atmospheric sound.