Miss Kittin & the Hacker - Two [2009]

Finally, amid their flowering solo careers, the duo once again come together as they did initially, by accident. Throughout 2006, spontaneously, without any pressure and just for the fun, the French duo compose a few tunes together. Two of these come out in the spring of 2007 on the "Hometown" EP (released by Goodlife, founded in 1998 by The Hacker and his friend Oxia). Miss Kittin & The Hacker full of new perspectives and seemingly complementary extremes. "Hometown" encompasses a light, emotional disco theme (in homage to their hometown Grenoble). "Dimanche", written in Berlin on return from an afterparty, is darker minimal techno influenced by the 1990s raves.

Very quickly a tour is organised. Kicking off with a huge gig in front of thousands of people under the famous "Pont du Gard" bridge in South France, in July. Each date is the same: A massive turnout. The duo uses this experience to define a new on-stage style. Between "revisited" and new tunes ("Belgium", "PPPO" or the superb cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds"), Miss Kittin & The Hacker leave behind electroclash contrariness and unmask a perfectly accessible, more elegant, more mature and more distinct - yet, still pop - side. An initial and tempting appetiser to their new album and forthcoming tour that will, undoubtedly, be one of THE great electronic music events of 2009.