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Cologne-based producers Ripley and Benway, aka Kitbuilders, have been producing electro for many years and released their music on labels like Breakin' Records, Electrecord, World Electric, Television, Vertical, Ersatz Audio, and many more. Their new album Reality, on Vertical, twists electro and dark synthpop into exciting new shapes and deals with themes of death, loss, destruction, and introspection. The album combines the influence of many sources like Chris & Cosey, Devo, Aux 88, Lydia Lunch, William Butler Yeats ("A Drunken Man's?"), Suicide, Associates, dystopian 60s-songs, Mantronix, and many more. The resulting music is an emotional and fresh sound tapestry that spins a vibrating web of analog synths, 808-drums, harsh, overdriven noise, song structures, and the unique vocals and lyrics from singer Ripley creating an atmosphere of tense, sinister moodiness. The album contains two remastered Kitbuilders-classics, "Reality" and "In the Year 2525".
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Alongside American outfits like Adult. and Fischerspooner, Kitbuilders formed the forefront of the worldwide electro revolution. Equal parts Moroder and Liquid Sky, the duo of Benway and Ripley fluctuate between adrenaline-rush BPM 909 beats, fluttering sci-fi arpeggiations, and tense, sinister moodiness. The Jockey Slut wrote: "Like Adult. on crack, Kitbuilders attack with encompassing bonkers electro pop, dark and hard electro... Electro with guts, pop with personality, the Kitbuilders demand your attention." Wake Up was the debut full-length from the duo. XLR8R called it "an excellent hybrid of the past and present." The Kitbuilders did many kicking live shows at festivals like Sónar, Benicassim, Roskilde, Alive, Eurosonic, Arvika etc., and clubs in London (Fabric), New York, San Francisco, Madrid, Paris, Oslo, Helsinki, Brussels, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Berlin, etc. Their last album You Trashed My Mind (Vertical Records/Kompakt) features 15 trax of energy, love, weirdness and flow with varied influences and the typical Kitbuilders signature sound. You Trashed My Tracks is an adventurous compilation of remixed Kitbuilders songs from the You Trashed My Mind album by Ascii Disko, Terrence Dixon, Bob Humid, Bolz Bolz, Radioaktive Man, Salz, Ear Monk aka RA-X, Falko Brocksieper, and others.
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The music of the Cologne-based duo Kitbuilders can be described as electro with sci-fi punk rock energy and a grebo edge. A remarkable element in the tracks is the vocals of female singer Ripley. Within the Kitbuilders' sonic cosmos you will also find The Sparks in their Moroder phase, Chris And Cosey, NEU! and Devo. But their music is not '80s retro stuff -- it also includes a lot of futuristic and fresh elements in their songs. After a handful of 12" singles and compilation appearances on labels like Electrecord, World Electric, Vertical and Ersatz Audio, Wake Up (2001) was the debut full-length from the duo, garnering praise from XLR8R who called it "...an excellent hybrid of the past and present." Alongside American outfits like Adult. and Fischerspooner, Kitbuilders are at the forefront of the worldwide electro revolution. Equal parts Moroder and Liquid Sky, the duo of Benway and Ripley fluctuate between adrenaline-rush bpm 909 beats, fluttering sci-fi arpeggiations and tense, sinister moodiness. Among their releases were exclusive tracks on two 12"s on the Ersatz Audio label, the In The Year 2525 12" on Television Records, a split 12" on Art Of Perception with John Starlight aka Zombie Nation, a remix of the Lectronix track "Motorbike" featuring Man Parrish and remixes for Sold Out, Warren Suicide and Twila Too. You Trashed My Mind features 15 tracks of energy, love, weirdness and flow with varied influences and the typical Kitbuilders signature sound. The range goes from songs with classic electro beats to tracks with a certain 2step/dubstep-influence to deconstructed piano-house, psycho-ballads and new wave-infected synth-pop. The music instantly grabs your attention, and holds it with melodic and harmonic deepness.
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