The french Electro Punk band Kap Bambino put together a compilation of their favourite tracks for Trax Magazine France. Very nice selection of mixed styles and artists.

1. Felix Kubin – Die Kulturelle Revolution
2. Magas – Cool American
3. Kap Bambino – Devotion
4. Magnetix, The – Break Up The Phone
5. Jean Louis Costes* – Seule La
6. Spits, The – Black & Blue
7. Mr. Oizo – Datsun
8. SECtEofSOUnD – Slaughter
9. Candie Hank – Shot In The Back
10. Kap Bambino – Batcaves

Snippets of my Candie Hank show at Camp A Low Hum Festival New Zealand. Besides great jungle experience for a few days I had the great opportunity to play this nice festival. Hope to be back soon!

I released a new album compilation on Bandcamp featuring a lot of music that I produced besides my other band and official projects during the years. It´s a lot of story based, experimental songs with a soundtrack approach. Since most of the songs weren´t done for films or audioplays in the first place, I thought calling the compilation Ninstructed Material hits it very well. You can find a lot of music that never fit into any other album and some songs that one day will be put into context with a whole story. Especially “Die Taufe der Elektrischen Eisfee” will be continued, such as the whole waltz spirit on the album itself.

just recently a few days before the Worldtronics Festival 2011 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt I had some visitors from the TV Channel “ZDF Kultur” . Surprisingly one of the authors of the show “Pixelmacher” was informed about all of my work and we did a long interview at the Treptower Park. As it seems to be normal in TV,, just a tiny bit of it really got aired on the 16th of december. Also some of their (tacky) comments seemed to be important for  their format, but whatever. A little look on my work for the forgotten world of TV watchers..

There´s also a whole show of Pixelmacher dedicated to the Worldtronics Festival featuring: Bubbly Fish, Jahtari, Soom-T, Candie Hank and many more: You can watch it on the ZDF Kultur Website. - Watch –

Hello,
I did some new Candie Hank video collages with some of the footage that I also use in my live shows. For that reason I made myself a Vimeo Channel which you can find  - here -

Candie Hank – Glory

Candie Hank – Glory from Patric Catani on Vimeo.

Candie Hank – Everything´s a Mambo

Candie Hank – Everything´s a Mambo from Patric Catani on Vimeo.

8-Bit & Chiptunes

With: Bubblyfish + Marieke Verbiesen, Disrupt, ChaCha, Super Guachin, Candie Hank, Soom T, Visuals: Raquel Meyers

• Thu 01.12.2011 Haus der Kulturen – | 20:00 h | Admission: 10 €/8 € Tickets online…

Compiled by Manuela Krause

The production of 8-Bit music or Chiptunes (sounds synthesized and rearranged from the sound chips of computers and game consoles), which emerged alongside the hardware used in the late 1980s, has developed into an international musical movement. While the hardware used often comes from the days when the Commodore 64 was the state of the art, the artistic approach is totally up to date. The program is being put together by the veteran 8-Bit activist Manuela Krause, also known on the scene as Manou and famed for her lo-fi pop songs.

Bubblyfish + Marieke Verbiesen
Bubblyfish is dedicated to the sound aesthetics of the Gameboy: ambient surfaces blended with cheerful Super Mario music, mixed in with 8-Bit drones. With the visual backing of Marieke Verbiesen’s manual live animations.

Disrupt + ChaCha
Disrupt, co-owner of the Leipzig network label Jahtari, which specializes in 8-Bit, has his own unique way of preserving the genre’s digital cultural heritage: 8-Bit dub. He’s backed up by the singer ChaCha from Guizhou in China, whose own pieces are heavily influenced by Downbeat and Triphop, dark and full of nostalgic moods.

Super Guachin
This Argentinian duo’s mid-tempo tracks represent a kind of glossy 8-Bit. Their music, which has also been described as tropical psychedelic, is almost transcendental, with a range of influences ranging from Dubstep thru Techno to Reggaeton and Cumbia Villera.

Candie Hank
is one of the thousands of pseudonyms used by the hyper-productive Berlin-based Patric Catani. This Gabba wunderkind with the stage name E de Cologne began working with 8-Bit sounds at the age of sixteen. His music boasts a huge bandwidth of styles.

Soom T
Heavily influenced by Indian music from the 1950s, along with Bhangra, Hip-Hop and 1980s pop, Soom T sings and plays 8-Bit digital Reggae. In addition, she has lent her voice to productions by countless artists, including The Orb, T.Raumschmiere, Bus, Asian Dub Foundation and many others.

Raquel Meyers
Raquel Meyers’ 8-Bit soundscape solo compositions make her predestined to do some VJ-ing with 8-Bit musicians. She uses low resolution graphics and visuals generated with text code to tell surreal picture stories full of dark humor.

Party Catani – Lowfistication XXL Album Package / Cock Rock Disco by Catani

Lowfistication Album on Cock Rock Disco
Including free Remixes of Toktok and Candie Hank on Soundcloud

Order your copy here:

Stora Mailorder

I also made the Blowfist EP including a lot of Bonus tracks and nice artwork by Martin Mueller (http://www.ilikeyourbadbreathdaddy.de/)

Altogether a mega package of insensitivity, an excursion to a raving Jurassic Park. Something to wave your loincloth to while Dinosaurs around you digest their catch. If it gives you a head or muscle ache, I´m sorry.. ! – One of the few concept albums I ever made..
I took myself the freedom to stir up all I could find in the so called club, rave / banging context and made this overspiced, overcooked, – yes; let´s say even overcocked stew. Like in a shamanic self-cleaning I juggled and shuffled with all those “forbidden” elements that just can lead to ridiculous fun.. And we all know 2012 is coming…!

Fantastic news! – It´s all 100% confirmed that there will be a tour in Australia and New Zealand happening in Feb.2012.

This is the plan for now, more shows will be confirmed and announced.

4th of Feb. – Sydney, Dirty Shirlows (AU)

9th of Feb. – Auckland, Whammy Bar (NZ)

11th of Feb. – Wellington, Camp a Low Hum (NZ)

17th of Feb. – Melbourne, Blip Fest (AU)

26^th of Feb. – Brisbane,  X&Y Bar (AU)

1st  of March. – Wollongong

2^nd of March – Sydney

requests for shows can be send to: Booking@Catani-Music.de

Ghandie Spank – Bootysm Mix by Catani

A spiritual journey all the way from dubby club step bangers to traditional Booty House and Ritual Hardcore Recordings. Some of the tracks are very old and we all shall have mercy on dropping impact. The teachings of Ghandie Spank.
File under: Healing Bounce Gathering and Ritual Gabba Folk – Enjoy!

Tracklisting:
01 Driver&Driver – Wohin – Comati Music Remix (unreleased)
02 Bassrael – Amsterdub
03 Synthetic Freedom Fighters – Star Dwarves
04 Datsik – Firepower – Munchi Moombahcore Rmx
05 Candie Hank – Bitter Sketch (unreleased)
06 Candie Hank – My Tetris Brain Dub (unreleased)
07 Trinaz – Geto Trak
08 DJ Deeon – Let´s go to a motel
09 Waxmaster – Make em Juke
10 Big Dope P – Blok Partee
11 Urban – Bang that shit up
12 DJ Assault – Asses Jiggelin
13 Goulbourn Poultry Fanciers Society – Unkytown
14 Dj Deeon – Get down
15 The Pitcher – Grinder
16 DJ Deeon – Where I´m from
17 DJ Funk – Bad Music
18 Dj Ty – Nano Hoe
19 DJ Zany+Dj Duro – Hasta la Pasta
20 Dj Deeon – Tear da club up
21 Jason Forrest – Raunchy Driver&Driver Remix
22 PCP – Bleep Master
23 DJ Deeon – no title
24 DX13 – Electro Comp
25 Waxmaster – Juke it out
26 Micron – Superhuman
27 PCP – Save your soul
28 Kazfara – Juke
29 PCP – Louder than a bomb
30 Kap Bambino – Daddy
31 Contra Hardcorps – Gametune
32 Big Dope P – Southside Anthem
33 DJ Deeon – Smoke my Weed and shit
34 DJ Viper – Turn around
35 Captain Ahab – This Music sucks
36 Baby Tongues – Menso
37 DJ Zany – Scar your face
38 Dj Assault – Bomb mix
39 Puyo Puyo – Tanzen But – Brezel Göring Remix

Candie Hank in De:Bug magazin (Tech Corner): http://de-bug.de/musiktechnik/archives/4831.html