“Rat Fight” is mega cat’s first musical transmission and emblematic of the group’s punk musical approach filtered through hip hop instrumentals, 70’s Afro Beat and avant jazz, and the abrasive individualism only found in Pacific Northwest music.
I have a lot of theories about stuff and one is that if mega cat wrote and performed the soundtrack for 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One' it would of actually made money. Tom Cruise would of appeared to be a lot cooler, people in the audience would of been bopping their heads and a great time would of been had by all. Just listen to the rhythmic vibes of "Rat Fight", that has a cross generational type of cool like a smashing amalgam of Henry Mancini's "Touch of Evil", Zatopek's "James", Joy Division's "Incubations" and Duane Eddy's Rebel Rouser, this "Rat Fight" bites and draws blood.
The Official Video featuring Molly Sides as directed / produced by Cheryl Ediss, based on a concept by mega cat, Molly Sides & Cheryl Ediss has an interpretive dance as by Molly Sides doing her own choreography. Behind dark shades, looking fetchingly mysterious dressed in classic FBI (MIB) attire, her artful contortions dance moves might be described as iterations, an amalgam of 60's Bob Fosse meets modern day jazz, body popping, free style.
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[One night while walking home, keyboardist Kim West and bassist Ryan Devlin came upon two huge brown rats engaged in ferocious combat on their neighbor’s lawn. Both rats stood upright on their hind legs, claws wrapped around each other's necks, two rows of sharp teeth snapping at each other. Suddenly, one rat picked the other up and threw him down with such force that the couple heard an audible thud. And in that moment, the drama and wild energy of the song they’d been working on that very afternoon with drummer Aaron Benson had a name: “Rat Fight.”]
[“Rat Fight” is mega cat’s first musical transmission and emblematic of the group’s punk musical approach filtered through hip hop instrumentals, 70’s Afro Beat and avant jazz, and the abrasive individualism only found in Pacific Northwest music. It’s a wild, ritualistic dance in five/four time. The driving bass, blown out synthesizers, weighty drums, decisive horns and flute, and Saharan guitars all dance around each other until they collide in claps, like claws and fangs slashing in battle. Envelop yourself in the drama, the wild energy, and the audible thuds of this epic battle song.]
[“Rat Fight” is mega cat’s first musical transmission and emblematic of the group’s punk musical approach filtered through hip hop instrumentals, 70’s Afro Beat and avant jazz, and the abrasive individualism only found in Pacific Northwest music. It’s a wild, ritualistic dance in five/four time. The driving bass, blown out synthesizers, weighty drums, decisive horns and flute, and Saharan guitars all dance around each other until they collide in claps, like claws and fangs slashing in battle. Envelop yourself in the drama, the wild energy, and the audible thuds of this epic battle song.]
[mega cat is a new instrumental collaboration by Aaron Benson (drums, percussion, guitar,) Kim West (piano and synthesizer,) and Ryan Devlin (bass and guitar). For live performances, the band is joined by Dave Dederer (Presidents of the United States of America) on guitar. Ryan and Kim both play in the Seattle band Smokey Brights.]
Very cool.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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mega cat is a new instrumental collaboration by Aaron Benson (drums, percussion, guitar,) Kim West (piano and synthesizer,) and Ryan Devlin (bass and guitar). For live performances, the band is joined by Dave Dederer (Presidents of the United States of America) on guitar. Ryan and Kim both play in the Seattle band Smokey Brights.
mega cat is a disembodied multidimensional being most discernibly experienced as sound waves. It was first discovered in a basement home studio in the Central District of Seattle, Washington by audio chemists Aaron Benson (drums, percussion, guitar) Kim West (synthesizer, piano) and Ryan Devlin (bass, guitar.) Upon first encountering mega cat, all three researchers experienced a loss of time, body dissociation, euphoria, and ego death. Reports of holographic thought, enhanced perception, and minor instances of levitation have been widely documented from just one encounter with mega cat. Though the being doesn’t seem to use traditional language to communicate, mega cat transmits instrumental narratives that feel familiar to fans of 20th century science fiction, afro-beat, hip hop, and psychedelic music.
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