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{{Short description|French electronic duo}}
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| Name = KaS Product
| name = KaS Product
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| Img_capt = Mona Soyoc and Spatsz
| caption = Mona Soyoc and Spatsz
| Background = group_or_band
| background = group_or_band
| Alias =
| alias =
| Origin = [[France]]
| origin =[[Nancy, France|Nancy]], France
| Genre = [[Coldwave (France)|Coldwave]]
| genre = [[Cold wave (music)|Cold wave]], [[minimal wave]]
| years_active = 1980–1990, 2005–2019
| Years_active = 1980-1990<br></br> 2005-present
| Label = DSA
| label = DSA
| associated_acts=
| Associated_acts =
| URL = [http://www.kasproduct.com/ Kas Product.com]
| website = {{url| KasProduct.com| KasProduct.com}}
| current_members=
| Current_members = Spatsz<br>Mona Soyoc
| past_members =
| Past_members =
* Spatsz (Daniel Favre)
| Touring_members =
* Mona Soyoc
}}
}}


'''KaS Product''' is a French electronic duo. Their music has been considered part of the French [[Coldwave (France)|coldwave]] and [[electro punk]] movements. Formed in 1980, the duo consists of Spatsz on electronics and rhythm machines with Mona Soyoc on guitar, vocals and piano. Spatsz worked at a psychiatric hospital previously while Mona worked with a jazz band before meeting Spatsz.<ref>[http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/kas.product.html Forced exposure.com]</ref>
'''KaS Product''' were a French electronic duo. Their music has been considered part of the French [[cold wave (music)|cold wave]] and [[electropunk]] movements. Formed in 1980, the duo consists of Spatsz (Daniel Favre) on electronics and rhythm machines with Mona Soyoc on guitar, vocals and piano. Spatsz worked at a psychiatric hospital previously while Soyoc worked with a jazz band before meeting Spatsz.<ref>[http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/kas.product.html Forced exposure.com]</ref>


Their music is done in a similar minimal electronics and vocal style akin to ''[[Kaleidoscope (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Kaleidoscope]]''-era [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]],<ref name="New Noise 13">{{cite journal|title=Perdu de vue : Kas Product|journal=New Noise|issue=13|date=November 2012}}</ref> [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]] and [[Soft Cell]]. The press compared Soyoc's voice to that of [[Siouxsie Sioux]].<ref>For the review of Kas Product's ''Try Out'': Philippe Barbot wrote in ''[[Télérama]]'' << entre Siouxsie et Alan Vega >>, reproduced in the band's biography - {{cite book|author=Pierre Gillieth |title=KaS Product, So young but so cold |publisher=Camion Blanc|year=2009|isbn=978-2357790209}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/try-out-mw0000344792|author=Ned Raggett|title=Kas Product ''Try Out'' [album review]|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2 February 2011}}<br />{{cite web|author=Julien Gester|url=https://next.liberation.fr/musique/2019/02/04/spatsz-clavier-du-groupe-kas-product-rend-la-meche_1707424 |title=Spatsz, Clavier du Groupe KaS Product, Rend La Mèche|publisher=[[Libération]]|date= 4 February 2019|accessdate= 4 February 2019}}</ref>
Their music is done in a similar minimal electronics and vocal style akin to [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]] and [[Soft Cell]].


Their first and second albums were re-released with bonus tracks. ''Try Out'' was re-released with five bonus tracks: "Mind", "Seven", "Doctor Insane", "In Need", and "Malena". ''By Pass'' was re-released with four bonus tracks: "Scape", "Sweet & Sour", "Crash" and "Party". All of the tracks on both CDs have been remastered.<ref>[http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=5479_0_2_0_C Info about bonus tracks and rerelease]</ref>
Their first and second albums were re-released with bonus tracks. ''[[Try Out (Kas Product album)|Try Out]]'' was re-released with five bonus tracks: "Mind", "Seven", "Doctor Insane", "In Need", and "Malena". ''By Pass'' was re-released with four bonus tracks: "Scape", "Sweet & Sour", "Crash" and "Party". All of the tracks on both CDs have been remastered.<ref>[http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=5479_0_2_0_C Info about bonus tracks and rerelease]</ref>


{{cquote|Gorgeously provocative duo of Mona Soyoc and Spatz who released a couple of singles on their own punk label, then signed to RCA which seemed a remarkably odd union, which produced two blindingly brilliant albums, 'Try Out' and 'Bypass' that found the haunting, mad vocals hemmed in by and stretched out over the alternately boiling/icy keyboards, the shattering chatter of arching/dive bombing guitar and stabbing electronic rhythms. - Mick Mercer<ref>Mick Mercer, ''Gothic Rock'', Los Angeles: Cleopatra Records, p. 112.</ref>}}
{{cquote|Gorgeously provocative duo of Mona Soyoc and Spatz who released a couple of singles on their own punk label, then signed to RCA which seemed a remarkably odd union, which produced two blindingly brilliant albums, 'Try Out' and 'Bypass' that found the haunting, mad vocals hemmed in by and stretched out over the alternately boiling/icy keyboards, the shattering chatter of arching/dive bombing guitar and stabbing electronic rhythms. - Mick Mercer<ref>Mick Mercer, ''Gothic Rock'', Los Angeles: Cleopatra Records, p. 112.</ref>}}

On 1 February 2019, it was announced that Spatsz had died. He was 61 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.post-punk.com/spatsz-from-french-coldwave-duo-kas-product-has-passed-away/|title = Spatsz from French Coldwave Duo Kas Product has Passed Away|website = post-punk.com| date=2 February 2019 |access-date = 2019-02-05}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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! Year
! Year
|-
|-
| ''Play Loud''
| Try Out
| 1980
|-
| ''[[Try_Out_(Kas_Product_album)|Try Out]]''
| 1982
| 1982
|-
|-
| By Pass
| ''By Pass''
| 1983
| 1983
|-
|-
| Ego Eye
| ''Ego Eye''
| 1987
| 1987
|-
|-
| Black & Noir
| ''Black & Noir''
| 1990
| 1990
|}
|}

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==External links==
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*[http://www.kasproduct.com/ Official webpage]
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*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kas+Product Discogs profile.]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110208010543/http://kasproduct.com/ Official webpage]
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*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kas+Product Discogs profile.]

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[[Category:French electronic music groups]]
[[Category:Cold wave groups]]
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[[Category:Male–female musical duos]]


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Revision as of 10:59, 19 November 2023

KaS Product
OriginNancy, France
GenresCold wave, minimal wave
Years active1980–1990, 2005–2019
LabelsDSA
Past members
  • Spatsz (Daniel Favre)
  • Mona Soyoc
WebsiteKasProduct.com

KaS Product were a French electronic duo. Their music has been considered part of the French cold wave and electropunk movements. Formed in 1980, the duo consists of Spatsz (Daniel Favre) on electronics and rhythm machines with Mona Soyoc on guitar, vocals and piano. Spatsz worked at a psychiatric hospital previously while Soyoc worked with a jazz band before meeting Spatsz.[1]

Their music is done in a similar minimal electronics and vocal style akin to Kaleidoscope-era Siouxsie and the Banshees,[2] Suicide and Soft Cell. The press compared Soyoc's voice to that of Siouxsie Sioux.[3]

Their first and second albums were re-released with bonus tracks. Try Out was re-released with five bonus tracks: "Mind", "Seven", "Doctor Insane", "In Need", and "Malena". By Pass was re-released with four bonus tracks: "Scape", "Sweet & Sour", "Crash" and "Party". All of the tracks on both CDs have been remastered.[4]

Gorgeously provocative duo of Mona Soyoc and Spatz who released a couple of singles on their own punk label, then signed to RCA which seemed a remarkably odd union, which produced two blindingly brilliant albums, 'Try Out' and 'Bypass' that found the haunting, mad vocals hemmed in by and stretched out over the alternately boiling/icy keyboards, the shattering chatter of arching/dive bombing guitar and stabbing electronic rhythms. - Mick Mercer[5]

On 1 February 2019, it was announced that Spatsz had died. He was 61 years old.[6]

Discography

Title Year
Play Loud 1980
Try Out 1982
By Pass 1983
Ego Eye 1987
Black & Noir 1990

References

  1. ^ Forced exposure.com
  2. ^ "Perdu de vue : Kas Product". New Noise (13). November 2012.
  3. ^ For the review of Kas Product's Try Out: Philippe Barbot wrote in Télérama << entre Siouxsie et Alan Vega >>, reproduced in the band's biography - Pierre Gillieth (2009). KaS Product, So young but so cold. Camion Blanc. ISBN 978-2357790209.
    Ned Raggett. "Kas Product Try Out [album review]". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
    Julien Gester (4 February 2019). "Spatsz, Clavier du Groupe KaS Product, Rend La Mèche". Libération. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ Info about bonus tracks and rerelease
  5. ^ Mick Mercer, Gothic Rock, Los Angeles: Cleopatra Records, p. 112.
  6. ^ "Spatsz from French Coldwave Duo Kas Product has Passed Away". post-punk.com. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
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