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Katalyst

Sydney, Australia 3 820 SoundCloud followers. Active

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Since emerging onto the Drum and Bass scene Kate Walker (Katalyst) has lived up to the energetic connotations of her DJ name. Her sets channel a deep, dark underground techy vibe with her signature seasoning of ragga and jungle influenced sounds. Her unique sound simultaneously spans the full 360 degrees of the DnB spectrum. Crowds are mesmerised by her technical, energetic and high speed mixing as she effortlessly pounds the dancefloor with impactful double and triple drops.

Biography

Katalyst has been getting busy, enlisting some top Australian and UK producers to remix tracks from his critically acclaimed, award winning album, "Manipulating Agent". The result is the remix album "Agent Manipulated". Due for released in the first week of March, it contains tunes from 13 different producers, and two previously unreleased Katalyst tracks. . All the tracks are far removed from the originals from which they drew influence. The producers were in no way restricted to using material from the existing tracks, and came up with 15 new and exciting tunes. Rather than a remix album, it is more like a new album inspired by Katalyst's first release "Manipulating Agent". The only thing that didn't change was the quality of material. "Uprock This" is the first single off the album, and is essentially a new tune by Katalyst. This funky yet soulful tune bears little or no resemblance to the original, yet still has that distinctive Katalyst sound. It is accompanied by a great film clip, that utilizes footage from a legendary Australian Kung Fu flick, "The Man From Hong Kong". This radio single has gone onto high rotation on JJJ as of the 4th March. There is a host of talent working on the project, with 13 different groups in all. There is much established and up coming talent from Australia and the UK featured on the album. Easton Rocks are one of the hottest production teams to come out of the UK. Described as the most perverse self-destructive, exciting new producers/remixers to watch out for in 2003 by supercool London based LARGE! magazine, Eastern Rocks are two wealthy helicopter pilots who moved into remixing out of boredom. Between them they have remixed more artists and had more UK hits than the ELO (using pseudonyms). 7Stu7 is an up and coming talent also out of Bristol. He had a big year last year working on some of the hottest projects to come out of the UK. Producer/Remixer/DJ 7stu7 is no stranger to the world of dance floor funk and breaks, having remixed a variety of UK/US Hip Hop artists. He is currently working on several projects including remixes for a major US R&B act. He remixes "Fusion". Purple Penguin is the moniker for Ben Dubuisson. Again from Bristol, Purple Penguin has a long-standing reputation as a world class producer. He has released numerous different projects over the years and was involved with “cup of tea” releases. He draws on the uniquely Bristol sound thought most of his work. He remixes "Race Against Time"

As published on Resident Advisor

Lives in
Australia
First known date
2002, Katalyst's Launch Feat. Dynamo Productions @ 10-4, Chinese Laundry

Dates66

Dates per year

64 past dates on Resident Advisor, by year and by country

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AU 39UK 23ES 1NZ 1

Booked by8

Collaborated with2

2 artists with a shared track or release

Releases35

Read from Beatport and Deezer, most recent first.

Labels10

Rosters read from Deezer albums; only artists on the map count.

Remixes3

3 artists remixed by or remixing them

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+0 followers over 7 d+0.0 %

Sep 3: 3 818Oct 22: 3 820

Hype62 / 100

Out of 100, as percentiles among the artists on the map: what moves, not what is big.

  • 7-day growth14
  • Upcoming dates94
  • Plays83
  • Wider audience88
  • Followers71

In Resident Advisor7

Elsewhere

Plays mostly in
Sydney, London, Melbourne, South + East, Bristol

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