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Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch (U​.​S. Release) - Kitty Craft

Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch (U​.​S. Release) - Kitty Craft

The Deluxe Edition 2xLP includes Kitty Craft's first two EPs It's Stupid and I Got Rulez, the five bonus tracks featured on the new Takotsubo Records edition CD, and the Rock Records (Japan) CD bonus tracks. Original artwork on a gatefold jacket with a fancy obi card.

 

Kitty Craft is Pamela Valfer.

Debuting in 1994 with the S/T cassette release on the Australian, Toytown label, and IT’S STUPID EP 7" in 1995, Pam’s sound was originally a low-tech affair. 1997’s I GOT RULEZ EP 7” expanded her sound with keys & sampler, leading to 1998 release of BEATS & BREAKS FROM THE FLOWER PATCH (originally released in the USA by Kindercore Records). In 2000, her 2nd full-length album, CATSKILLS followed on March Records in the USA. Both albums had Japanese tours and Japanese CD releases with Rock Records.

Around 2003/2004 after the completion of her 3rd Album... Pam dropped the mic, hung up her headphones, and put kitty craft into hibernation. The album was put down and filed away. Pam then focused on her visual and multimedia art, and career as an art professor.

In 2019, kitty craft woke from hibernation and quietly without fanfare, released "Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch" and "Catskills" on all streaming & digital platforms. Followed soon after by "Lost Tapes", a gem of an album, comprised exclusively of previously unreleased songs recorded as a full album in 2003, but was shelved never to see the light of day...until now.

In some kind of pandemic zeitgeist, along with stuff like Lofi Girl/ChilledCow, a 90's aesthetic resurgence, and the popularity of new and old vinyl records - kitty craft has been adopted by a whole new group of digital natives. Amazing and unexpected.

Valentine's Day 2022 brought us kitty craft's first full-length LP vinyl record... MEW (1994-2004), an anthology album with tracks spanning all eras... MEW, shows an artist with a clear vision from the start.

2023: Takotsubo Records brings you the expanded CD versions of the kitty craft discography. Starting with BEATS & BREAKS and LOST TAPES... Both include previously unreleased songs. Back at home with Darla Records for worldwide distribution!

  • Tracklist

    1.  Par 5
    2. Inward Jam
    3. When Fortune Smiles
    4. Alright
    5. Half Court Press
    6. Mama's Lamp (American Mix)
    7. Locked Groove
    8. Down For
    9. Shine On
    10. All To You
    11. Caught High

  • Specifications

    DRL383-1

    Released: 9 Aug 2024

    Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Pop

    Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition

    Vinyl colour: Coke bottle green w/yellow swirl

    Sleeve: Double gatefold

  • Reviews

    "DJ Pamela Valfer loops found beats and hooks, weaving vocals and synths on top à la Juana Molina. Think embroidered samplers in grandma’s house, frosted cake decorations, a kitten playing with a ball of yarn: the very definition of quaint, yet the maker’s mastery of a tricky process: a hidden game, making it look deceptively simple, humble.  None of this is evident on the finished surface – the mark of a true virtuoso." 

    RachelleDiaz.com

$92.00Price
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