KATALYST: Deep Impressions (2011) + tracklist

KATALYST: Deep Impressions (2011) + tracklist
“Many styles of music have made deep impressions on me,” says Oz producer Katalyst with a cavalier disregard for labouring a metaphor as he discusses his latest LP Deep Impressions which sports an image of a ‘deep impression’ in the form of what seems to be a meteor crater on its cover. Presumably, also, his intention was that this LP would make a ‘deep impression’ on audiences – so it’s just as well that it’s a rather robust fourteen track selection…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

KATALYST feat. Kween G: Ready To Drop (2011) + video

KATALYST feat. Kween G: Ready To Drop (2011) + video
Oz-producer Katalyst follows up his sweet downtempo reggae Stephanie McKay-collabo Day Into Night with party-starting, breakbeat-fuelled, Kween G vehicle Ready To Drop. Channelling an old school NY hip-hop vibe without sounding overtly retro and adding a dash of the sort of territory explored recently by the Beastie Boys/ Santigold hook-up Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win, it also samples the Beasties’…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

KATALYST (feat. Stephanie Mckay): Day Into Night – 2011

KATALYST (feat. Stephanie Mckay): Day Into Night – 2011
Between them Katalyst and Stephanie McKay seem to have captured the authentic atmosphere of a French summer’s evening with this sweet little number from Katalyst’s forthcoming album. Not bad for someone from Sydney and someone from New York and even weirder since it’s a slice of tremolo-guitar infused reggae soul that should probably have conjured up somewhere Jamaican or at least New World-y, especially given the cover artwork. Never mind, I’ve long given up trying to understand the vagaries of my own brain, so French summer evening it is…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

SPACE INVADAS - 'Done It Again' - Video

SPACE INVADAS - 'Done It Again' - Video
These two might look like they’ve just parked a white Ferrari Testarossa on Biscayne Boulevard on their way to a drug bust but they’re actually rather big down under. Space Invadas have blown up way huge over there and on the strength of stuff like this (see vid. for Done It Again below)
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