kitbuilders

videos:
get out (by bibi brox)
wake up (by eva vazquez)
bad girl (by dawsonix)
in the year 2525 (by dawsonix)
The music of the Kitbuilders can be described as Electro with SciFi-Punkrock-Energy and a grebo edge. A remarkable element in the tracks are the vocals of Ripley. In the Kitbuilders-cosmos you will also find the Sparks in their Moroderphase, Chris and Cosey, Neu and Devo. After a handful of 12" singles and compilation appearances on labels like Electrecord, World Electric, Breakin´Records, Vertical and Ersatz Audio , "Wake Up" is the debut full length from the Cologne-based duo. The US magazine "XLR8R" 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 Ripey fluctuate between adrenaline-rush bpm 909 beats, fluttering sci-fi arpeggiations and tense, sinister moodiness. The Jockey Slut wrote: ... en-compassing bonkers electro pop, dark and hard electro Electro with guts, pop with personality...". Last releases include an exclusive track on the "Misery Loves Company" Compilation (Ersatz Audio/Detroit,) 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" feat. Man Parrish (Throb Rec.NY) and a special rerelease of the "Wake Up" album with two extra tracks on Kinetic Arts (Miami) Video artists like Bibi Abel (Cologne), Eva Vasquez (Spain) and John Dawson (Dawsonix/UK) created great video interpretations of Kitbuilders trax. Check out the Bad Girl video by Dawsonix (www.kitbuilders.de). The "Wake Up" video by Eva Vasquez won a lot of awards at international film festivals.
Other Kitbuilders activities include the collaboration with artist Eric Robert Parnes. The Kitbuilders did a lot of kicking live shows including the SONAR Festival in Barcelona; Fun/New York, Circuit Cabaret/San Francisco, Roskilde Festival (Den), Alive Ferstival (B), WMF Club/Berlin, Haywire Sessions at Turnmills and Fabric/London, Eurosonic Festival/Groningen (NL), Dedbeat Festival/Norfolk (UK), Turbo/Helsinki, Bergen/Norway, Oslo, Loft/Barcelona, Dynamo Dvash/ Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Benicassim Festival/Valencia, Standart Festival/Madrid.