releases:
"Girls On Stage" 12", Electrecord
"Stupid Games" 12", Electrecord
"Droppin.." on the CD 2000 Compilation, K7/Electrecord
"Everything is" on the "ORAL-Olio" Compilation, Ersatz Audio
"Wake Up" 12", Vertical/Formic
„Bolz Bolz vs. Kitbuilders/Collaboration" 12", World Electric
"Give It To Me" on the "Warenkorb 2" Compilation, Ware
"She is Me" RMX for Chr. Morgenstern
on the "Death Before Disco" Remix Comp., Forte
"Rebuild" 12", Vertical, with remixes by Adult, Bolz Bolz,
M.Schaffhäuser, Chr. Morgenstern
"Enjoy" Split 12", Clarity, Kitbuilders, Bohemian 3 and DJ Porkscratch
"Wake Up“ Album, World Electric/Neuton
"Slyder 12", World Electric
"Don..t Touch Me" on the „Terrorfication“ Compilation, Invasion Planete
"Bad Girl" 12“, Breakin.. Records UK
"Dark Angels" Split 12" on Art Of Perception with Splash (Zombie Nation)
"Tell Me" Exclusive track on the compilation "Misery Loves Company", Ersatz Audio
"Wake Up RMX" 12", World Electric, with Bolz Bolz remixes and 2 Kitbuilders trax, "Slyder" + "Walls"
collaboration with artist Eric Robert Parnes from New York (music for his installations)
Kitbuilders remix of "Motorbike" by Lectronix, Throb Records, feat. Man Parrish
Kitbuilders track ("Bodies")on the Electric Pop Compilation 12", Mofa
"Wake Up" album (module version) on Shado Rec./Italy
"In The Year 2525" 12" on Television Rec. with Ural 13 Dictators RMX
Kitbuilders Remix of "Sunflower" by McDonald Eclair, Shado Rec. Italy
Kitbuilders cover of Iron Maidens "Running Free" on the "Powerslaves" compilation, Angelmaker Rec.
Kitbuilders Remix of "A Song For Warrens Lover" by Warren Suicide, Leiternfabrik/Berlin
"Wake Up" album (US version) on Kinetic Media./Miami with 2 extra tracks
Disco Obsession (RZ CZ Mix on the Drehmoment 5 Years anniversary Compilation
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.
dear kitbuilders, i hope you’re feeling fine and life is good to you...i’d like to share the material of my new cd “birth of the perfectly known stranger” with you and wanted to invite you to my site. Of course i’m very curious what you feel and think about it...so...if you like...let me know...with the best wishes from cologne.
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Just thought I'd y'all know the Lighthouse Records' Spotlight Series Mixtape Vol. 1 is available now for free download!
Compiled by J-Wess & mixed by me, artists include Beanie Siegel, Eve, TQ, Scarface, Fat Joe, Will I Am, Jagged Edge, DJ Quik, Mary J Blige, Olivia, Snoop Dogg, Foxy Brown, J-Wess & Digga plus more!
