When they first emerged, stiff and synthetic, in early 2008, everything Kidz In Space did was shrouded in absurdist mystery. They claimed, semi-convincingly, to be from another planet. Videos featured images of the cosmos unfurling, with the implication they were home movies, and they accompanied songs which effortlessly melded the best of chart pop and Hip-Hop in a manner so effortless as to sound somewhat alien. Their television debut saw them in what at first glance looked like spacesuits.
On closer inspection, though, those spacesuits were endearingly home made, the rough edges visible, the hand of fallible humanity all too apparent. So let's state what sharp-eyed of observers have suspected for three years now: Kidz In Space are not, in fact, from space.
Kidz In Space first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Singles on 7 September 2009 with the song Downtime. There are three entries by Kidz In Space in the charts with one reaching Number One.
Title |
Type |
Debut |
Weeks |
Best |
Downtime |
Top 40 Singles |
07 Sep 2009 |
13 |
20 |
Ghost |
Top 40 Albums |
06 Jun 2011 |
1 |
26 |