BatBox
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| Studio album by Miss Kittin | ||||||||
| Released | 4 February 2008 | |||||||
| Genre | Electronica, Electroclash, Dance | |||||||
| Label | Nobody's Bizzness | |||||||
| Producer | Pascal Gabriel | |||||||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Exclaim! | positive |
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BatBox is the second studio album of new material from French electronic musician Miss Kittin, co-written and produced with Pascal Gabriel. The music combines elements of techno and electro and, as Kittin describes it, a flirtation with Goth culture. It was released on 4 February 2008 on Kittin's Nobody's Bizzness record label, although by January 2008 the album had leaked to the internet.
The CD booklet features foldout artwork by Rob Reger, creator of Emily the Strange character.
For Batbox, Miss Kittin teamed up with producer Pascal Gabriel, who had previously worked with Kylie Minogue, Boy George and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. The album was recorded in Pascal’s studio in London over several months in 2007. Of the title, Miss Kittin stated, "BatBox is a redemption. Let the bats in my head fly out. I was saying goodbye to old ghosts."
Musically, the album drew influences from electropop and Detroit techno, and fellow electroclash artists such as Chicks on Speed and Ellen Allien.
The CD booklet and cover art were designed by Rob Reger, the creator of Emily the Strange. Miss Kittin met Reger after performing a DJ gig in San Francisco.
Jason Lymangrover, writing for Allmusic, commented, "As she emerges from the broken cocoon of Detroit and German techno influences into a unique artist of her own -- one who is slightly experimental but never lacking a head-bobbing hook -- it's hard to argue when she quips, 'Frenchies do it better.'" John Burgess from The Guardian stated, "Her charismatic approach made her a major electroclash figure, and she has sustained her cult status. This is unlikely to change, despite a more pop approach for Batbox [...] The music remains niche, industrial and Teutonic, over which Hervé delivers idiosyncratic observations on her life and gothic pursuits." Quentin B. Huff of PopMatters noted that the album "could have been bigger, brasher, and bolder. But, all things considered, it still amounts to a full load of goodies and a heck of a ride."
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