I Com

I Com
Studio album by Miss Kittin
Released	31 May 2004
Genre	Electronica, Electroclash, Dance
Length	59:13
Label	NovaMute
Producer	Thies Mynther Tobi Neumann The Hacker Smash TV
Miss Kittin chronology
Radio Caroline Vol.1 (2002) I Com (2004) Mixing Me (2005) Singles from I Com "Professional Distortion" Released: 17 May 2004 "Requiem for a Hit" Released: 27 September 2004 "Happy Violentine" Released: 14 February 2005

I Com is an album by Miss Kittin released in 2004 on label NovaMute. It was Miss Kittin's first solo release, having previously released albums in collaboration with The Hacker and Golden Boy. As in her previous works, electro funk and electroclash continue to be the primary genres.

Most of the tracks on the album were produced by Miss Kittin with either Thies Mynther and Tobi Neumann (producers of Chicks On Speed). House music vocalist L.A. Williams raps on track "Requiem for a Hit", the album's second single.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Drowned In Sound	[2]
Playlouder	[3]
Pitchfork Media	[4]
PopMatters	(critical)[5]
XLR8R	(favorable)[6]

I Com received generally favorable reviews. The album holds a score of 73 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.^[7] Joseph Shoo of Drowned in Sound commented that I Com has the "sweet attitude of sheer independent energy" while containing "neural giddiness and cerebral edginess".^[8] Likewise, Johnny Loftus of Allmusic described I Com as "the best bits and pieces of the post-everything genres have been rearranged in a newfangled data stream to represent Miss Kittin's very elusive, entirely accessible muse. The alluring result is cool, reloaded."^[9] By contrast, Derek Miller of Pitchfork Media noted that "some of Kittin's lyrical deficits undercut her production."^[10]

Singles

• "Professional Distortion" was the first single released on 17 May 2004^[11] It peaked at #83 on the UK Singles Chart^[12] and at #77 on the French Singles Chart.^[13]
• "Requiem for a Hit" was released on 27 September 2004.^[14] It peaked at #92 on the UK Singles Chart^[12] and at #6 on the Belgian Dance Chart.^[15]
• "Happy Violentine" was released on 14 February 2005 as the third and final single.^[16] It peaked at #84 on the UK Singles Chart^[12] and at #9 on the Belgian Dance Chart^[17]

Promotion

Miss Kittin released the EP Mixing Me on 19 April 2005. The EP contains remixes of several I Com tracks such as its three singles.^[18]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Professional Distortion"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	3:42
2.	"Requiem for a Hit"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	5:10
3.	"Happy Violentine"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	6:18
4.	"Meet Sue Be She"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	4:03
5.	"Kiss Factory"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	4:37
6.	"Allergic"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	5:26
7.	"Soundtrack of Now"	Amato, Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	4:43
8.	"Dub About Me"	Schmidt, Zilske	7:10
9.	"Clone Me"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	4:06
10.	"3eme Sexe"	Leteurtre	5:00
11.	"I Come.com"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	5:55
12.	"Neukölln 2"	Hervé, Mynther, Neumann	3:03

Personnel

• Florian - vocals
• L.A. Williams – rapping
• The Hacker - programming, breathing
• Miss Kittin - producer, design, synthesizer, drums, vocals, photography, drawing
• Thies Mynther - synthesizer, bass, piano, producer
• Tobias Neumann - bass, guitar, producer, vocoder, audio production
• Tobi Neumann - guitar, guitar (bass), vocoder
• Bente Schipp - graphic design

Source:^[19]

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[20]	79
Belgian Alternative Albums Chart (Flanders)[20]	43
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[20]	77
Dutch Albums Chart[20]	82
French Albums Chart[20]	56
German Albums Chart[21]	100
Swiss Albums Chart[20]	82
UK Albums Chart[12]	171
UK Dance Albums Chart[22]	6
UK Indie Albums Chart[23]	18
US Top Electronic Albums[24]	13

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Drowned In Sound review
3. Playlouder review
4. Pitchfork Media review
5. PopMatters review
6. XLR8R review
7. "I Com Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
8. Shoo, Joseph (2004-04-13). "Miss Kittin - I Com / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
9. Loftus, Johnny (2004). "I Com - Miss Kittin". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
10. Miller, Derek (2004-09-27). "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Miss Kittin: I Com". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
11. "Miss Kittin - Professional Distortion (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Zinc Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
12. Chart Log UK : M - My Vitriol Zobbel. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
13. Miss Kittin - Professional Distortion French Charts Online. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
14. "Miss Kittin - Requiem For A Hit (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Zinc Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
15. Miss Kittin - Reqiem for a Hit Ultratop. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
16. "Miss Kittin - Happy Violentine (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Zinc Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
17. Miss Kittin - Happy Violentine Ultratop. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
18. Loftus, Johnny (2005). ((( Mixing Me > Overview ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
19. "Credits - I Com - Miss Kittin". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
20. "Ultratop.be - Miss Kittin - I Com". Ultratop (in Dutch). ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
21. Chartverfolgung - Miss Kittin Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
22. Top 40 Dance Albums (06/06/2004) at the Wayback Machine (archived June 10, 2004) BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
23. "Top 40 Indie Albums (06/06/2004)". BBC Radio 1. Archived from the original on October 9, 2004. Retrieved October 9, 2004.
24. ((( Miss Kittin > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))) Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-16.