more studio stuff and annies gig
Thursday 12th August
… looks like things are finally wrapped up in the studio, with all the preliminary recording put down. All that’s left to do now is let the tracks mellow for a little while while we jam them into shape, before returning to the desk to dot the is and cross the ts, as it were.
Elsewise we’ve been brainstorming ideas for visuals to go with the new sounds, and have settled on a lovely Paul Fox original which combines lyrical elements from the new songs with his own perennial obsessions (woodland critters, cityscapes and bad architecture- his journals are full of ‘em). In his own words:
“it’s the first time I’ve created a piece of ’serious’ art solely on computer. I slipped in some secret stuff, hidden shapes, etc. as well as some tenuous Kite, Golden Triangle and Pentagram compositional allusions, for those with time on their hands. I love a good bit of mysticism in artwork, I do.”
We’re so pleased with the new visuals that we will be rebooting the whole shebang, myspace, site etc. the better to express where we feel we’re at at the moment. To top things off we’ll be setting up our own record label (as yet unnamed, your suggestions welcome!) to tie everything together.
We will also be making a brief return to the Belfast stage this week on Tuesday August 17th in Auntie Annies, on the invitation of Katie and the Carnival, and that’ll cost ye a more than reasonable £5 in. The lovely Niamh O’Hagan will be playing too, and you’ll get a sneak peak of the new stuff for your trouble.
In the meantime we’re trying to get a photoshoot organised for this weekend, and giving Paul’s English friend Annie a guided tour of Aul Beal Feirste. Maybe we could combine the two… (funny how these ideas come about sometimes)
chat soon;)
KATCO.
Henry is, apparently, not unlike a little dragon!
Tuesday 20th July
here’s a wee link to our performance of Henry’s Like a Little Dragon on BBC Two’s Immeal Gael last Monday (click here). Despite a slight drum mishap (they fell over mid-song) the good people at Big Mountain productions have slickly edited another fine Katco performance. Enjoy the hell out of it!
Spending these weekends holed up in Ghost Noise Studios (Paul Fox’s bedroom) in the spookyily remote Crumlin countryside has been an eye opener for myself, Scottzer and Ms O’Neill. We’ve have had the pleasure of helping the Fantastic Mr Fox, our drummer cum producer, corner a distinctly Kittys flavour to the music.
Deciding that home recording was the best way to capture our sound, we decided to break with our record label last April. So successful have the sessions been we have abandoned the initial plan to re-record some of the old stuff with the current line-up- the record will consist of all new material, with contributions from each member of the band, much of it written on the spot.
Expect a more studio orientated sound than last time, but don’t fret; we’ll be keeping it intimate and handmade as ever. We’ve got a release date too- 29th September in Charlie’s Cafe. Unlike most EP Launches, we will not be charging in and as ever with Charlies, you can bring your own booze, confection, whatever.
In other news our Empire show in August has been postponed to October/November time, which is handy because by then we’ll have a CD to flog! We’ve been scaling back on our live performances lately in favour of recording, reflecting, writing and sometimes just old fashioned hanging out- being all part of the process, we hope the new record will reflect some of the fun we’ve been having!
Talk to yas soon 
