C/a/t Performing Live @ Luna July 4th

[t1m3k1ll3r]

C/A/T, simply pronounced cat, is the Folsom, California based industrial band created by film/sound engineer and founder of the Crunch Pod music label and distribution, Ben Arp, back in 1998. Originally based in Davis, California, Arp was active in the Northern California electronic music scene, both as a musician and as a DJ. In these early years, Arp released a small number of early C/A/T releases on CD-Rs and various compilations, but it was not until he had moved to Seattle that he began to focus more on the band. Kat Clarke joined Arp in live performances in mid 2005 and then in the studio by late 2005.

The first two C/A/T albums, "Worldwide Totalitarian Control" and "The Prisoner" can be characterized by the albums' social and political overtones. Worldwide Totalitarian Control, a 4 track EP, focused on exploring the immediate emotions and reactions in the United States following the 9/11 attacks, by blending (and at times creatively editing) recorded political statements with a range of emotionally driven ambient electronics. The Prisoner continued the expression of socio-political themes by incorporating samples from the 1960s television show The Prisoner with more abstract and broken beats.

With the addition of Clarke, C/A/T moved away from political and conspiracy themes into a more dance club friendly format as the two worked on C/A/T's third full length release, "The Rogue Pair". Serious subjects were not completely abandoned by Arp, who incorporated ideas and sounds similar to the first two C/A/T releases into his side project Disclosure. However, the distinction between C/A/T and Disclosure still remains blurred as three of the tracks on Disclosure's album "Full Disclosure" were remixed and included on The Rogue Pair. The less serious side of C/A/T continued with their "ATF" EP released on June 6, 2006.

Due to an increased number of live performance opportunities, coupled with the demanding work schedule for Clarke, Arp added a new live member to the band to accommodate more live bookings. Malice, though not involved in the studio aspect of the project, has since been present at all C/A/T performances since her addition to the live line-up.

C/A/T is working on a new album "Point Of No Return" with a release date set for Spring of 2007.

Visit C/A/T on the web

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[t1m3k1ll3r]

Who's going to this show?!? They will have their new album "Point of No Return" available for sale at this show! One more week!

[Homicidalheathen]

(at the risk of sounding like a teen on sugar) OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! I am SO going!!

[Darus313]

Who's going to this show?!? They will have their new album "Point of No Return" available for sale at this show! One more week!

I would....///// if i stilled lived in Detroit - they played some of there new stuff in Phoenix Az when i saw them a couple months ago....

C / A / T rawks!!!!!!!!!!

D

P.S - i want one of the new T-shirts....!

[Homicidalheathen]

Ill get ya one and mail it to ya if ya pay me back.

[Darus313]

Ill get ya one and mail it to ya if ya pay me back.

Hey

Thanks....

But i am probly going to see them this fall in Phoenix or Chicago...

Or buy it online....

Love this shirt..!

D

[t1m3k1ll3r]

Just added! FREE well drinks from 9-10 sponsored by Frequency Detroit, and as always $2 drinks from 10-midnight.

[Homicidalheathen]

I missed it! Spent a bit too long at a friends house getting hammered lol...but that was fun.....and then I went to two bars first. So by the time I got there the show was over. I did get to talk to the lead singer a bit but he was kinda alloof....whatever......who cares....

Got way too drunk and probably embaressed myself and others so I appoligize but it was July 4th so what the hell. I live in America and I can do that.

I went out to my car to smoke and got sleepy so I went down the street a ways.....parked at a store and napped to drive the rest of the way home. Sorry I made you worry buddy, I really couldn't stay awake any longer.

So I passed out a few cards and was at Otooles when I met a hot goth chick (me thinks she likes me lol) and I hope to see her on here but.....

There was this other girl I gave a card to. She looks at it.....and starts doing this strange shit with salt. I think she thought my card was possessed and she was doing an excorsism! Oh well. Can't win everyone over.