Kitty Craft

by Jason AnkenyKitty Craft was the alias of Minneapolis-based indie-popster-turned-DJ Pamela Valfer. Debuting in 1994 with a self-titled cassette on the legendary Australian label Toytown, early releases (like the subsequent Above Average EP) were low-tech affairs recorded to four track, but with 1997s I Got Rules, Valfer began expanding her sound, recording to eight track and employing keyboards and samplers. Her fascination with loops and samples culminated with the 1999 Kindercore full-length Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch. Kitty Craft followed a year later.