A. C. Marias; ABBA; Add N To (X); Adult.; Advisory Circle; A- Ha; Aphex Twin; Associates; Au Revoir Simone; Autechre; Bat For Lashes; Louis and Bebe Barron; Belbury Poly; Bjork; Black Box Recorder; Blancmange; Blondie; Blubber; Boards Of Canada; Broadcast; Bruno Maderna; Buzzcocks; B-52s; Cabaret Voltaire; Can; Cardiacs; Carpenters; Celebricide; Chet Baker; Chicks On Speed; Cocteau Twins; Coil; Cornelius; Cranes; David Cronenberg; The Cure; Curve; D.A.F; Danielle Dax; David Sylvian; Delia Derbyshire; Depeche Mode; Devo; Echo & the Bunnymen; Elastica; ELO; Elvis Costello; The Exciters; Fad Gadget; France Gall; Gang Of Four; Gary Numan; Gescom; The Glitter Band; Brian Eno; Human League; Ian Dury; I'm Being Good; Japan; Julian Cope; John Foxx; Joy Division; Julian Cope; Karl Bartos; Kate Bush; Kim Wilde; Kleenex/LiLiPUT; The Knife; Komputer; Kraftwerk; Ladytron; Le Tigre; Luke Haines; Lullatone; 808 State; Magnetic Fields; Miss Kittin And The Hacker; Mu Ziq; Moog Cookbook; Mouse On Mars; Mum; Neu!; New Order; Orbital; The Passions; Peaches; Peter Gabriel; Pixies; PJ Harvey; Polysics; The Postal Service; Prince; Propaganda; Psapp; Pulp; Raymond Scott; Recoil; Residents; Richard H Kirk; Sarah Nixey; Servotron; Screamers; Sheep On Drugs; (Early) Simple Minds; Siouxsie And The Banshees; The Smiths; Soft Cell; Sonic Youth; The Sonics; Sparks; Stereo Total; Stereolab; Steve Reich; Suede; Sugarcubes; Sundays; Talk Talk; Termiti; The Durutti Column; The High Llamas; Thomas Dolby; Tommi Stumpf; Tubeway Army; The Units; Vive La Fete; Wendy Carlos; Wire; Wolfgang Flur; XTC; Yazoo; Yellow Magic Orchestra etc...
Sounds Like
"This lovely compilation speaks much of the innocence and melancholy that props up perfect pop. " (Bot Pop Vol.1)
The Guardian
"You two are so good... that you're TOO GOOD for mere music!
You must bring me along in some capacity on your upcoming world tour... or at least let me sit with you at the Academy Awards... something!" The Units
"Brilliant!" The Passions
"Singing odes to the stars." 20 Jazz Funk Greats
"All the joy of Mint Royale's 'Don't Falter' with even more analogue invention."
"Early '80's computer game bleeps kick start an insanely catchy analogue intro with perfect English Rose Donna Grimaldi delivering lines much like Sarah Nixey of Black Box Recorder." Electronically Yours
"If Lily Cole and Bagpuss cross-bred in the machine from 'The Fly' and the resulting human / cat mash-up was let loose on a Korg and a laptop, this is the music it would make!" Happy Robots
"First class future- retro sounds."
Thomas Thyssen, Gothic Magazine
"A pure, delectable stomper of a pop tune- not a note wasted- and far too good to remain hidden for much longer. An uplifting tune that works instantly and it's all rather brilliant and fun....Katsen's lead singer Donna Grimaldi looks like a pop star in waiting with a sharp Swing Out Sister haircut and some very posh English vocals." Electronically Yours
"Pure and perfect 8- bit electro pop." Miss Pain
" I think it's brilliant... amazing, even! Christopher and Donna exude a fun (and even adorable if I do say so) energy that helps make Katsen one of my favorite electro newcomers..." Computer Love
"The austere clinical throb of early career Client-esque / Ladytron death disco, the wiring punk pop of Winterbrief and the synth pop panache of the Buggles and New Musik all converge and intersect. Dizzily effervescent, a tad panic stricken and as catchy as swine flu, its hooks and dinky demeanour are alone more than enough to send various kitchen appliances into untold rapture while simultaneously arresting your senses with its precocious pop shocked zeal." Losing Today Blog
"Casio/Gameboy/8 Bitpop furious." Bleek Spook Blog
"This is what we've been missing for such a long time, beautiful pop music. This is as good as it gets. More beautiful than love, Katsen is love... Katsen is the solution to everything... long live Katsen!!!!!!" Mr. Blue
Katsen tracks feature on the following album releases:
The album is being released in North America by Shelflife Records in October. You can pre-order the US version of the album from their website now!
Alternative Album of the Week"
Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 1
"Song Of The Week: Katsen 'Florian'"
Electronically Yours
"Dizzily effervescent and as catchy as swine flu"
Losing today
"They are a duo who take the best of the darker side of 80’s electronica, deconstruct it and produce perfect futuristic D.I.Y, pop noir."
Vip Pip Musical Express
"At its heart this is pop music and their effects are used to amplify rather than swamp the tunes, sometimes to heartburstingly lovely effect."
Sounds XP
"It’s full of variation, from the frenetic kraut-inspired opener, Let’s build a City, to the incrediby beautiful hypnotic end track Florian."
Eardrums Music
"Incredibly, with such an ambitious list of ingredients the final result is a sumptuous feast of electronic pudding."
The Music Fix
"Stuffed with both fun & reflective moods & whilst possessing a very high benchmark of quality!"
Norman Records
"A tasty slice of Casio driven electronic pop mixed with more than a healthy dollop of Krautrock."
Indie-MP3
"Conclusive proof that years spent battering away with the sound-chips on a ZX Spectrum can finally yield sparkling results."
Culture Deluxe
Hey, I (Alice !) just listened to your music and I love it (and I think Bettie would do it, too ;) That is what I wanted to say. Maybe I'll try to get your CD here in Germany...
hay thanks for the add so welcome on board :) it..s a pleasure be u..r friend i hope see u soon so i send a greetings from mexico and good vibes ciao!! please listen & download my tracks
Bedsitland is unlikely I'm afraid - it would mean driving to and from London twice in one day. Still, I may suddenly get the uncontrolable urge to spend 5 hours traversing the A13, so you never know! (plus I do really want to go!)
I am a proud owner of a hard copy of your album, and a splendid thing it is too!
;) Not only is the music great, I but am also very keen to get together and discuss printing techniques, 'cause you guys did a fantastic job!
