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CREEM critic Jeffrey Morgan named spacekitti's galaxy EP one of the best albums of 2007 :: Spacekitti - Galaxy (Dart) :: Spacekitti is Jilli Dart, and Jilli Dart is the future of electronic sonic exotica. On Galaxy, the mistress of psychedelic trance skillfully merges the trippiest elements of classic popmuzik with rampant ambient drone, all super-stacked into one supersonic package. http://creemmagazine.com/index1.php?pg=slushpile005 http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=12139 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jeffrey Morgan's Media Blackout review of galaxy EP and NXNE show - WHY SPACEKITTI IS LAPPING UP THE MILKY WAY - SIZZLING PLATTER OF THE WEEK :: Spacekitti - Galaxy (Dart) :: So there I was, doing the seedy sidewalk shuffle late one night, when all of a sudden I hear this compelling cacophony of chaos detonating out the door of a corner bar. Instantly in love, I walk in and am I stunned to see this bodacious blond bombshell with a binary brain sitting all by her lonesome onstage with a guitar slung across her lap, hammering out cosmic coruscating sheets of rampant ambient drone, all mega-amped up to the nillionth hyperwatt degree like she’s the new hard-wired industrial age Nico. Letting the amateurs stay safely ensconced at the back, I stood at the front of the stage and watched as this woman single-handedly sculpted an aural psychetecture that evoked everything from Edgar Froese and Klaus Schulze to Steve Reich and Terry Riley. After I recovered, I scooped up a copy of her record Galaxy and took it home, fully expecting to wallow in a marathon drone session. Instead, I found a concise set of five pop songs primed to a percolating electropulse. How do I love it? Let me count the ways: "Fearless" is a whispering wash that evokes the best of early Ralf and Florian when they were still a duo; "High Strung" is a rapid-fire foggy mental breakdown; "Nobody Cares" is a deliriously disjointed herky-jerk that out-deadpans Annette Peacock; "Strung Out" is a minimal off-world space sitar recital; and "Ibizakitti" is a languid flow house drone. But as great as Galaxy is, it’s just a foretaste of what this woman is capable of doing. In her hands, the guitar is a time-spanning teleportation device through which all matter is made malleable as she spans the cosmos, traversing the space between the notes. She is Spacekitti. Spacekitti is Jilli Dart. And Jilli Dart is the future of electronic sonic exotica. http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=11763 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: With her percussive tapping style, avant garde sound artist Jilli Dart improvises with various guitars and stringed instruments while manipulating the output through different effects. In the 2 years since Jilli started recording and performing, her musical style has evoked diverse and humbling comparisons, many she's heard of and a few she's been inspired to learn about... Jilli's guitar style/sound has been compared to: Pink Floyd, Laurie Anderson, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth, The Cure, Interpol, My Bloody Valentine, KMFDM, Tangerine Dream, Sun Ra Arkestra, The Residents, Adrian Belew, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Hans Reichel, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Edgar Froese and Klaus Schulze. Her piano style has been described as sounding like "two people playing at the same time". Her vocal style/sound has been compared to: Annie Lennox, Marianne Faithfull, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Nico, Joan Osborne, Carole King, Annette Peacock, Luscious Jackson, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Slits. spacekitti has had the opportunity to record and perform with some really talented musicians: Sam Collin: (Tricky, Acetylene Hayes) drum & bass, Will Harrington: (Frank Zappa, UEM) loops, sax, Frank Horvat: keys, effects, Paulo Diaz: (Beck, Beastie Boys) upright bass, Stuart Casson: (Bad Brains) guitar, Rich Ploucher: (Sting) violin and has opened for and shared the stage with some great bands: Great Northern, Sea Wolf, Urge Overkill, John Doe, Buffalo Tom, Peaches, Nina Nastacia and Jim White, Sagittarians (Trail of Dead), Miss Derringer, Le Rev, Skyline Electric (DEVO) and Ninja Academy. Recently spacekitti released the "galaxy" EP produced by Sam Collin (Tricky, Acetylene Hayes) avail on iTunes and CD Baby - Editor's Pick, performed at the Jeff Buckley Tribute at the Key Club, NXNE and live on KCSN 88.5 FM. spacekitti is endorsed by First Act Guitars. After spacekitti shows people have said: "you played an entire show without playing one chord amazing", "that was the trippiest hour of my life" and "I haven't heard anything like that in 30 years, better than Pink Floyd."