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ABOUT CATARINA AIMÉE DAHMS AKA CATA.PIRATA
Musician / Visual Artist / Editor in Chief of Spunk.nl Cata.Pirata is the lead vocalist of electro-afrobeat band Skip&Die. As well as making music, visual art and performing, Catarina is also the Editor in Chief of SPUNK.nl, a Dutch-youth literary magazine. Having lived, studied and worked in South Africa, The Azores, Ibiza, Buenos Aires and The UK, Catarina’s inspiration and style choices originate from a range of cultural references. She is inspired by unusual images, sounds and influences, such as: the superhuman, geometric shapes, anthropology, the fragility of humankind and the overwhelming powers of nature. Cata.Pirata is currently also gigging with producer Rimer London, following the success of their collaboration together, including their single + video: Love Dagger. www.catapirata.withtank.com // www.skipndie.com // www.spunk.nl
Bombay Show Pig: Vulture / Provider
If you’ve been wondering who to listen and lust for next in this wonderful world of Dutch indie-band music, I’ve got the perfect girl-crush for you: hands-down, Bombay Show Pig’s Linda van Leeuwen!
Linda plays drums and sings her heart out (what better a role-model could a girl wish for?!), while her partner in crime, Mathias Janmaat struts his stuff on guitar, samples and perfectly harmonized vocals. Dream-team galore.
Their new album ‘Vulture / Provider’, produced by Simon ‘C-mon’ Akkermans (and mixed in NYC by Eli Janney), is to be released on Kytopia Records on the 3rd of May.
Bombay Show Pig’s new single ‘Sancho Panza’ is one to be stuck delightfully in our heads, forever. Catch them, live, at a venue near you.
Tour Dates:
27-04 013, Tilburg
17-05 Dauwpop, Hellendoorn
18-05 Popcentrale, Dordrecht
03-06 Pagepop, Stadskanaal
30-06 De Beschaving, Utrecht
KDA = 3,2,1,!
For the past year or so, Knuckle Duster Agency have been juggling the fashion-meets-music-meets-party nightlife in Amsterdam like a fashion-chola-circus-dj-goddess-posse! For those who aren’t entirely sure of what to make of this (let alone how to visualize it), I’ll put it to you plain and simple: KDA are taking over the town in style, rhythm, and fun, baby! After a successful series of parties (with tunes that guarantee to get those hips shaking), they are launching a brand new party night, and are determined to bring back the element of surprise, and most importantly: fun! 3,2,1,!
The first edition of 3,2,1,! will be held at:
Club Home (Amsterdam) – March 9 – Euro 8 – 23.00 hrs
and what can be revealed (without giving away too much of the surprise) is:
DJs:
Orwell
Lisa Schaduw
Valentijn
JeanPaul Paula
Host:
Gianni Bab
Photography:
Sheeza Hoo
FinnSilver + VJ Heleen Blanken, big in Japan!
This blog post is a two-for-one-combo, an aural and visual explosion, a splendorous double-deal delight! Fridolijn van Poll, known as the leading lady of the Dutch (Jazz/Pop) band FinnSilver has brought Amsterdam-based visual artist Heleen Blanken on board to do what she does best; namely, titillating the audiences’ visual senses by adding an entire new visual galaxy to the already breathtaking FinnSilver songs.
With the recent ‘Crossing the Rubicon‘ album release attracting hoards of media attention, the band will be traveling toTokyo, between the 21st and 26th of January 2012 for some real-life ‘big in Japan’ action and gigs!
Be sure to catch their live show in an area near you, before they float off on a cloud with silver lining.
For Bookings FinnSilver
For Bookings Heleen Blanken
ILLUMINATI AMSTERDAM
Illuminati AMS is a multi-talented, Amsterdam-based, formation made up of two producers, DeMikey and Jaziah, and performers Nianga Niang and Naleye Junior.
In terms of music production, Illuminati’s productions bridge the gap between diverse musical genres, creating a chameleon-like signature: “Wan gwan?!”
Since all of them additionally have a background in (high) fashion, their recent Gung Ho video-concept ooses ‘The Illuminati AMS Experience” magic throughout each video frame.
Be it expression through music, performance, style, art, photos, videos (or anything else they can get their hands on) one thing is certain: wherever they go, Illuminati AMS radiate a contagious energy that will turn their surroundings into a mystical experience. They are the enlightened ones, don’t forget!
Concept: Duy Quoc Vo, Sonia Batovrina & Venus Waterman
Director: Duy Quoc Vo
DOP: Duy Quoc Vo
Creative Director: Sonia Batovrina
Styling: Venus Waterman
Hair and Make up: Katerina Brans for M.A.C. cosmetics
Choreo: Lan Phuong Vo
Assistant Photography: Joost van der Neut & Lotte van Raalte
Styling assistant: Fleur Feringa
Music Video + Styling: Cee-Lo Green’s “Falling” – Shot in Amsterdam
Cee-Lo Green’s new track ‘Falling’ is to be released any minute now, and guess what?! The video was made on Dutch-soil with an entire homebased crew! (We’re proud!) Shot by photographer/director Wouter Vandenbrink and styled by Sonny Groo, the video is a fast-paced chase scene filmed from the viewpoint of the pursued.
Inspired by music videos from the 80s and 90s (think Janet Jackson’s ‘Control’, the movie ‘The Warriors’ and Gregg Araki) the actors were actually cast based on their own exceptional sense of style, which Sonny Groo then adapted to visually fit the feel and look of the video.
The video is to be released this week, and will unveil the identity of who (or what) are chasing the stylishly black-clad men.
CREDITS:
Directed + Edited by Wouter Vandenbrink
The actors: Patrick Cramer,Anneloes Bakker,Jordy Ariza Gallego,Jay Eversdijk,Leendert Doremifasolatilo,Boudewijn Vandaalen,Sarah Nuiver,Fabian Landewee and Valentijn de Hingh.
Hair and make-up by Carlos Saidel / colorfool
Fashion editor: Sonny Groo
Assistents: Fabian Landewee, Bart Winter, Taufiq Hosen
Thanks to: Paul Oakenfold for this great opportunity, Else van Zandwijk, Sonny Groo, Wilma van Pomeren, Daan van der Mast
Music Video in-the-making by Ndekha / The Very Best
Fluctuating between Amsterdam, South Africa and Hong Kong, Johannesburg-born director MJ Turpin recently teamed up with the internationally recognized genre-defying Afro-Western formation The Very Best, to shoot the new video to their soon to be released single “Ndekha”.
The video, shot in the city of Johannesburg in a second hand clothing store, where funnily enough most of the (designer) clothing hails from Europe and is designated to ‘the poor of Africa’. The video is shot in a fast paced ‘documentary’-style as a day in the life of a couple slowly drifting apart. The track features a handful of international artists, including Mo Laudi, Thandiswa Mazwai, Moroka and Spoek Mathambo (recently featured on the cover of The Fader). The video is scheduled to be released by mid-July. We’ll keep you updated!
Styling “Put Your Gun Away” music video
Behind-the-scenes styling photographs for our new video: “Put Your Gun Away” – Rimer London & Cata.Pirata. This is our second single on Rimer London‘s recently released album, following our previous video Love Dagger.
The video was produced by Belgian production company Monodot, and directed by Amsterdam-based directors Ewoudt Boonstra and Piet Parra. Parra, internationally know for his fantabulous designs, created an array of animations which were projected on a panel, illustrating interactions between Rimer and Cata.Pirata. Robbie Baauw (Knuckle Duster Agency), in charge of styling the shoot, did an incredible job of putting together six high-end fashion looks. Loud, chic, fancy and colourful; where the brightness of the outfits create a stunning contrast within the minimalistic raw industrial setting. The video is to be released as a Summer single, so keep your eyes peeled and your hips shaking!
Artists: Rimer London and Cata Pirata
Label: Magnetron, Kostijn Egberts
Production: Monodot, Maarten Le Roy
Directors: Ewoudt Boonstra and Parra
Animations: Parra
Styling: Robbie Baauw (Knuckle Duster Agency)
Special thanks to Hype Kappers
