Electro-punk's baddest bad girl, Peaches, is in a Berlin studio recording the follow-up to her underground-adored debut, The Teaches of Peaches. And like the last disc, she penned and programmed all the music herself.

"This album is seventy percent more 'herm,'" says Peaches, using the term (a mix of "her" and "him") she coined to explain her balls-out approach to music and life.

The album, due in the fall, features such tracks as "Shake Your Dicks" and "Stuff Me Up" and will also contain a collaboration between Peaches and one of her idols, Iggy Pop. "The song ['Kick It'] is more about rock & roll than sex," she explains, admitting that she wrote the track specifically for Pop.

"Kick It" was recorded in March in Miami, where Peaches performed at the International Dance Music Awards. True to her reputation for outlandish stage antics, she ended her set with a splash, literally, leaping into a pool -- clothes, heels and all.

DENISE SHEPPARD
(April 14, 2003)