katie gately

this track makes me want to do push-ups, read nietzche and become a rapper. if you want to experience some hardcore, gorgeous details dive into the whole LP pronto. -- Katie Gately

this kind of over-the-top, wackadoodle energy tackles me into pleasure-seizures every time. the amount of time and commitment it took to create something this unique is utterly bonkers. i take goofiness very seriously and appreciate when others do too! -- Katie Gately

one of my most revered inspirations! a weird, under-rewarded post-punk group that released sparkling pop jams alongside dark spasm-songs. i love their mid-song u-turns and the unpredictable timbres. this song is a bit more accessible than early releases, but i really recommend exploring everything they did! -- Katie Gately

Please welcome brilliant sound designer / producer / composer Katie Gately, whose stunning debut full-length Color is out this week via the esteemed Tri-Angle Records (if you're not familiar, Björk is a huge fan). She'll be running the site all day and sharing some of her current favorites, influences, and inspirations. For the first post of her takeover, she gives love to another Katie:

Katie Gately shares another stunning single from her new album Color, out next month on TriAngle. She describes the frenetic, album-opening "Lift" as "every childish sonic instinct I've ever had combined". Listen below + grab the limited (300 copies) "Color on Color" colored vinyl edition here:

Incredible new track from Katie Gately, taken from her forthcoming debut LP Color, out this fall on Tri Angle. Listen below, and if you're unfamiliar with Katie's work, check her brilliant 2014 track "Pivot" here:

As we've already mentioned, Katie Gately is creating playful and occasionally unsettling next-level vocal "pop" music that sounds like nothing else we've ever heard. Her mind-warping new 14-minute epic "Pivot" is one of the most incredible things to be released all year (also check the sound design she did on this stunning "interacting with autism" video), so we're p

You may have caught a brief snippet of this stunning new release from Katie Gately in our new Halloween mix, but that excerpt, while eerie and amazing in its own right, doesn't really begin to do justice to the brilliant full piece, which can be heard in all its sprawling, 14+ minute alien glory below...