Kittenz and Thee Glitz is the second concept album from
Felix da Housecat, the intrepid Chicago house producer behind 1999's excellent
I Know Electrikboy (which he released as
Thee Maddkatt Courtship). For this one,
Felix moved from dance culture to sex culture, recruiting a bevy of detached, vaguely European-sounding female vocals (including starlet
Miss Kittin) and producing a dozen songs on self-explanatory themes, like the 90210-dropping "Madame Hollywood." Though it doesn't have the astonishing musical range of
I Know Electrikboy,
Kittenz and Thee Glitz is just as fun, from the mindless singalongs, one-finger synthesizer melodies, and '80s electro disco sheen of "Happy Hour," "Glitz Rock," and "Silver Screen (Shower Scene)" (though the last sounds more reminiscent of
the Cars than
Cerrone). For "Control Freaq," a promising production soundclash with
Junior Sanchez proves frustratingly short, and the handful of short vignettes also impede the flow.
Da Housecat can't be stopped, though;
Kittenz and Thee Glitz is an amusing ride through a similarly addled mind as glimpsed by hip-hop auteurs like
Automato and
Prince Paul. [This version of the album includes bonus material.] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide