**I know I've been skimping on the third song the last few weeks. I'm just trying to work out some personal complexities, and also it's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Big Fish ain't gonna chomp on themselves. Anyhoos, this is the last song for this weekend.** Katsen, " Where Nobody Can Find Us " (MP3 courtesy of their label . The other song of theirs is very nice, too.) Website Facebook In the words of the immortal Tina [...]

Katsen recently released a limited CDEP called "Basic Pleasure Unit" in the UK which sold out almost immemdiately. The EP features "It Hertz!" album track "Where Nobody Can Find Us," a fantastic remix of "Florian," and three brand new tracks. For those who missed it, we're offering it digitally available now on Shelflife.com and iTunes in the US. Here's the tracklisting: 1. Where Nobody Can Find Us 2. Accidents In The Home 3. A Soulless Party [...]
The UK indie-electro-pop duo Katsen will release a new 5 track EP called "Basic Pleasure Unit" on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation on January 22. The ep will feature 3 new tracks, one new extended mix of the beautiful "Florian" and one of my favourite songs from their album "It Hertz!" , " Where nobody can find us" . The new songs are really good, and I especially like the one where Chris Blackburn does the lead vocals, "A Soulless party". His vocals are a bit warmer in [...]

Another year, another year end list. Crazy that this is the third I've compiled. Has it been three years already? Crazy! Anyway here is my list of the top 30 albums of the year. Granted, I am just one man and I may have not had a chance to listen to every album ever made this year. I am speaking from my bubble of experience so if your fave isn't on here, it doesn't mean it sucks, it just means maybe I haven't heard it. Or that I didn't like it. Ha! Well get to those mp3's and enjoy! Never [...]

It Hertz! is a decent, if inconsequential batch of synth-pop frivolity. It Hertz! is about as pure synth pop as an album created in 2009 can get, and anyone looking for new songs using the sounds of the '80s could certainly do worse than to give Katsen a try. Songs like opener "Let's Build a City" and "I'm a Doctor" are silly and bouncy in the way that reminds you why you ever started liking Casios and drums-that-don't-sound-like drums in the first place. Two covers --...

Today we're pleased to announce the official North American release of "It Hertz!," the debut album from Brighton's synthpop heroes Katsen . From the moment I heard "Chequered Flag" and "Where Nobody Can Find Us," I was instantly in love. Katsen's sound reminds me at times of a casio-driven version of Section 25's "From The Hip" or the upbeat moments of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Architecture & Morality" re-recorded by Altered Images. And unlike many modern synthpop groups today, they don't hide behind their electronics. They [...]
PHOTO: Days Shelflife Records have news for us, and all news from this label is usually good news. On their release plans, we can find new releases from Sweden's brilliant pop-orchestra Days and also new music from Burning Hearts . Both of these excite me hugely! Some of the songs on Days' "Downhill" 7"/cd-ep (also on Shelflife) are among my most loved songs ever (esp. "Downhill" and "Simple Thing"), and Burning Hearts' debutalbum "Aboa Sleeping" [...]
*****************Incoming cat news******************** ****************************** ************************ Our very good friends Katsen released their debut album "It Hertz!" this week on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation - 12 tracks of sleek and bouncy electro-pop and nascent 8-bit hits. Regular visitors to our L'Amour Electronique night will almost certainly have heard us play Katsen over the past few months, and followers of Miss Pain will know them for their purr-fectly formed, C64-driven re-make of Kiss Cuddle Torture . Here's their charming video for my favourite: Let's [...]

Es wird mal wieder Zeit für etwas flockig-synthetische Töne in meinem Blog. 8 Bit-Synthiesound aus England ist da genau das richtige für das gitarrengepeinigte Ohr. Katsen nennt sich das Duo, das sich dem 80er-lastigen Plöngelsound analog pluckernder Elektronik verschrieben hat und auf ihrem neuen Album «It hertz!» (das auf Shelflife erschienen ist, was natürlich immer ein Garant für hohe musikalische Qualität ist) teils ganz reizende Kleinodien aus dem Hut zu zaubern weiß – wie das frei verfügbare «Where nobody can find us» , das ein wenig „Saint Etienne im C64 Land"-Flair verbreitet. [...]
Despite massive complaints blogger still hasn't reinstated Music of the Moment . Instead Chris has reloaded the blog himself now using Wordpress . A trio of news from the glorious indie label Shelflife Records . The CDEP+7" The Imperial School by Horse Shoes has now hit the stores. It's a limited edition release, so hurry up ordering your copy! + [...]

"It Hertz!" is the name of an upcoming album from UK-electro pop duo Katsen , a band I ALWAYS manage to spell with a z, but I hope I do it right this time. Their playful synth-pop has been on several compilations, like the brilliant "Bot Pop" album from Happy Robots recordings and "Electronically Yours Vol.1" (Undo/ EMI), but this is the first time we can play an entire album by this band. So, what does it sound like? Old analogue synths and drum machines, 80s computer game sounds, static beat patterns, boy/girl-vocals, [...]

die herrschaften von der schottischen thee spc sind mir ja ans herz gewachsen. ihre launigen veröffentlichungen verdienen immer einen kommentar. diesmal treten sie mit einer neuen truppe an, die sich mehr durch zufall zur musik wandte. hinter katsen stecken chris blackburn und donna grimaldi, die in brighton in einem klamottenladen arbeiteten. irgendwann trafen sie sich bei ihr, um die extravagant sortierte plattensammlung durchzuhören und entdeckten parallelen. diese veranlassten beide, die bei ihm herumstehenden keyboards und synthesizer dahingehend zu verwenden, einen eigenen sound zu kreieren und gemeinsam musik zu machen. das electropopduo [...]
Finally managed to get the setlist from last month typed up. As usual we've each picked an mp3 of a song we played so you can re-live a few brief moments vicariously [look below...] . Don't forget to come this Saturday if you're in Brighton, Free entry all night ! SATURDAY 23 MAY 9pm - 3am at The West Hill (formerly The Belle Vue) 67 Buckingham Place, Brighton [...]
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