hi everybody! we just finished our european tour! france and italy were amazing, we then were in germany and sweden, where it was an awsome audience - we had fun having everybody dancing with us on stage and everywhere! - then london, which we loved. club motherfucker and the queer union were fantastic places, fantastic people. austria was cool....and finally our best show ever was... in berlin! it was good to be back! thanks for coming and sharing to all the different places! rhythm king and her friends are now on holidays... we will soon start some new recording.
- for the people who don´t have it yet: our new album "the front of luxury" is out! here is the address where you can order it
http://www.kitty-yo.net/index2.php?show=popitem&id=363%2
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you´ll get all our new songs, collages and design made by linda and a tour diaries film by pauline on an extra dvd, .
our videoclip made by karin michalski is also on the cd as bonus.
- and and and our blue vynil 12 inch "no picture of the hero" is out too!!!!!!!!!!!!!
with 5 songs & a marvelous remix made by miss le bomb!
here below, you can have a look at pauline's film "a street angel with a cowboy mouth", for this site it's divided in 6 parts. here are stories on the last 4 years of the band´s life!
last but not least... we have a new band member! inka, she´s our new drummer (look at the pictures!) and she is already touring with us!
we read and are very happy to get all your messages! write to us, we always love to receive mails!
RKAHF Documentary - Part1
RKAHF Documentary - Part2
RKAHF Documentary - Part3
RKAHF Documentary - Part4
RKAHF Documentary - Part5
RKAHF Documentary - Part6
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press exerpts
One asks how on earth we could have ever survived without this band? Everything that was previously very confused in our minds is now encapsulated by all that is intelligent, articulate and charming. They were the ones who finally conquered the political dance floor for us with their queer beats and words and in doing so equally criticise the neo-liberal working conditions of the wretched creative economy, play tricks with cemented sexual stereotypes while making catchy choruses with infectious loop. (sonja eismann)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *You might be familiar with the ladies’ sexy electro-beats if you have heard the remarquable â€Pants†on the Toxic Girls compilation, if you managed to find some of these amazing Kitty-yo vinyl e.p.s or if you saw them perform live in Germany or elsewhere (you, lucky bastard). If you do not have a clue about who we are talking about here, well, just say this, if asked: â€oh yeah, Rhythm King and Her Friends, they are the coolest, brightest, the most musically sensual trio with an amazingly attractive distant attitude. They are bathing in the milky jacuzi of the trendy electro world, out of which they are taking the piss. Of course I know them!†If you want to incist on the drum and bass (wow!!!'One Two'!) or clubby rhythms samples with a more playfully arrogant tone, you can as well ... Let’s face it, it will not be the first time you pretend like this knowing something by parroting somebody else’s attitude. I did it too sometimes, wondering why, the every second I was doing it. Anyway, as long as you keep this record on the shelves next those by Electrelane and Le Tigre in your discotheque (you have to bend this alphabet a bit) and confess you are addicted to quite a few of these tracks, you are sure not to be shot in the by DIY, revengeful record reviewer. (babes in boyland)
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RELEASES
get paid (de l'argent) – 10 inch on Kitty-Yo, 2004
I am Disco – cd/double lp album on Kitty-Yo, 2004
Get paid remixed – EP 12 inch on Kitty-Yo, with remixes by BUFFALO DAUGHTER, LADYTRON, ROBOTS IN DISGUISE and RHYTHM KING AND HER FRIENDS, 2004
I am Disco remixed – EP 12 inch on Kitty-Yo, with remixes by DJ MIA, DJ ADA and RHYTHM KING AND HER FRIENDS, 2005
no picture of the hero – 12 inch on Kitty-Yo and 8&0, with a remix by MISS LE BOMB, 2007
the front of luxury – cd/dvd album on Kitty-Yo, including videoclip and tourdiary, 2007
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compilations
kopf:hören – copie-moi je veux voyager, hamburg 2001
toxic girls! – pants, on tsunami addiction, paris 2002
lttr no. 2 – shock, new york 2003
marke b 03 – shock, berlin 2003
team kitty-yo – fifteen & get paid remix, on kitty-yo, berlin 2005
i can't relax in deutschland – discontent mix, 2005
cuts & pieces – get paid smashed up mix, on kitty-yo, berlin 2006
girl monster – speedometer, on chicks on speed records, berlin 2006
c.sides – one two, jerusalem 2006
the wired ones – fifteen, wired records, berlin 2006