Kat Five

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Electronica with bite, Emergency Start out now! Music. Tech. Change. aka Terry Tyldesley / Feral Five https://linktr.ee/katfive https://feralfive.bandcamp.com/track/truth-is-the-new-gold

A preview clip of the upcoming music video out on 23 July for Kat Five’s single Emergency Start. A mix of live action and anime inspired graphics, it’s a fast cut film centered around the visual theme of struggle. Kat is bound up by tape and trying to break through. The song is a call for change, inspired by art activism and the Hard Art collective.
A promo image for a gig in London tonight 29 May with Kat Five, Radarbase, Legpuppy and Garage Child, at Electroniq at The Dublin Castle in Camden, London. The Electroniq night is a cutting-edge, bimonthly electronic music and audiovisual club night. The image has yellow text and stripes on a black background.
An image saying Trans Righs Are Human Rights, made using The Death Generator tool. There's a blue and white giant machine-like creature who appears to be speaking to someone in a red hooded robe whose face we cannot see.
A promo image for Hackney Art Week 4-14 June. The green text lists artists and group shows in the programme, including Kat Five.
An image announcing that the ethical music platform Subvert is now live. The image includes a photo of co-operative member Kat Five and text saying that she is a co-owner. Plus her profile link subvert.fm/kat-five. Kat is holding a feather and looking into camera while wearing a neon pink top. She has pink and black hair.
A promo image for Kat Five's new single Emergency Start, that's released today. Kat is bursting through bindings of yellow and black striped emergency tape. She has her arms in the air and is shouting. Kat has pink and black hair, and the photo by Jenn Webb was taken at the Dalston club called Cu. Creative Direction by Claudi Panaite.
A video clip announcing Kat Five’s new single Emergency Start and its 8 May release date. The video features stylised footage of Kat wrapped in fluttering yellow and black caution tape, and finishes with the release artwork by Tank Thunderbird of neon stripes and words.
A promo poster for The Brighton Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus mini fest 13-16 May at The Font in Union Street central Brighton. It’s presented by Kick Out The Jams during Great Escape week, and this first line up announcement features Kat Five. The poster has the artist names in yellow, and traditional circus styling.
A photo of Kat Five on the move, enveloped in swirling yellow and black caution tape. In a club environment with subdued coloured lighting.
A poster for the Electroniq live music event 29 May featuring Kat Five, Radarbase, Leg Puppy 94 and Garage Child, at The Dublin Castle in Camden, London. Presented by Lucida Records and Joyzine. The image has yellow and white text on black and diagonal yellow and black stripes.
A promo image for the House Against Hate music party in Trafalgar Square London 28 March after the Together Alliance march against the far right. The image lists artists and DJs appearing.
A screenshot of the live stream from Voices Radios of the Super Sevens DJ Collective, who play 7” vinyl. Kat Five is on the decks with other collective members behind her in the studio. The DJ equipment is in the foreground, there is art and a mural on the back wall and the Voices logo is on the wall to the left. At the bottom of the shot is the stream monitoring.
A promo image for a listening party on Bandcamp tonight at 7pm UK for the Loud Women compilation album of Resonance FM Sessions. It’s a fundraiser for the radio station and features artists such as Stealing Sheep, Deb Googe and Cara Tivey, Hot Wax, I Doris, and Kat Five and Anita Maj. The image includes the album cover of photos of some of the artists performing in the Resonance radio studio, along with a list of the artists. The album is available on pre-order and is released on 6 February which is a Bandcamp Friday where artists get more revenue.
A screenshot of a Meta message blocking use of an Instagram account. Titled ‘Make a choice about your ads’ the info leads to options to pay money or agree to complex new terms and conditions.
A screenshot from Untidy Radio playing Kat Five’s single Switch live on air. The pink and black release cover art features, based on Kat’s photo of a black feather.
A graphicised image of Kat Five to announce an upcoming Xmas release. Kat has pink and black hair in the photo and is gripping an Xmas bauble string in her mouth, with a mirrored acrylic snowflake dangling down. She’s wearing a spiky headpiece. There are scattered white abstract images on a black background behind her.
A video of Kat Five’s face filmed and rendered for VR, and multiplied with multi-coloured moving segments. It’s work in progress for her collaboration with 3D artist Tank Thunderbird for Kat’s next release. The clip is soundtracked by Kat.
Artwork for the second edition CD of the Xqui album 'one enchanted evening' featuring Kat Five and other collaborators. The art depicts classical-style figures and striped shafts of light.
A fast moving graphic of Kat Five and Tank Thunderbird’s names, to announce their collaboration on a new music, animation and VR project. The multi-coloured text uses leftfield typography and is accompanied by morse code sounds.
Cover art, track list and vinyl for the upcoming Reckless Yes label compilation Among The Wildflowers out on 7/10
A promo graphic for the upcoming panel 17 October at MaMA Convention in Paris titled 'A quoi ressemblerait une IA respectueuse de la planète et du droit d’auteur?', which translates to English as 'What would an AI that respects the planet and copyright look like?' The graphic features photos of Terry Tyldesley (AKA Kat Five) from the UK, and French panellists Perrine Guyomard from SACEM, James Martin from BetterTech and moderator Marine Rivollet. The image has a pink background and white text.
Kat Five moderating a panel on Assistive AI as a Creative Partner in Music Production, at Music Frontiers conference in Berlin. The guests from left to right are are Kon Hess from Native Instruments, Elpiniki Pappa from Avid Pro Tools, Max Shafer from Just 4 Noise and David Ronan from RoEx. They are seated in front of a screen with a yellow slide with their names and the panel title, and we can see the audience in the foreground in shadow.
A pre release 12” vinyl record of the Baby Ford classic Oochy Koochy FU Baby Yeah Yeah. The hand written label says it is ‘out in two weeks (ish)’, and has a holographic Magneto sticker on. The track was released on Rhythm King with Trans Global Records and Flame Records and their logos are on the black and white sleeve. It’s in the Kat Five record collection 😺
A 7” vinyl record, Wrongtom meets Desta Zion’s great take on the classic tune Somethin’ Else. The label artwork is designed like a volume dial with min on the left and max on the right. The record is resting on a geometrically patterned black and white slip mat.
A colourful promo graphic for the Music Frontiers conference in Berlin and the Kat Five moderated panel on Assistive AI as Creative Partner in Music Production. The conference is on 4 & 5 September at Aqua-Hoefe and the panel is on 4 September. There is a photo of Kat Five smiling slightly and a 'meet our speaker' text that reads Terry Tyldesley Artist, Producer, and Music Tech Consultant at Terry Tyldesley & Kat Five'
A promo graphic for a London EMOM (electronic music open mic) night on Wednesday 6 August at The Dublin Castle in London. Presented by Lucida Records, it’s being hosted by Kat Five. The stylised image shows two musicians playing a keyboard together and the colours are pink white and black.
Rainbow coloured promo graphic for Dexter Bentley’s Hello Goodbye Show One Minute Wonders 2025 on Resonance FM radio today at 12 pm UK. Featuring music, poetry, sound art and more. Broadcast on 104.4 FM, on DAB and online.
A square graphic in rainbow colours with text saying One Minute Wonders 2025. It's promoting the annual event of the same name on Resonance FM radio in the UK, from Dexter Bentley and his Hello Goodbye Show. 90 artists across different genres contribute a one minute track, and it's always filled with surprises!
Matt Cartmell from Musc Technology UK speaking at the Sound Investments report launch and running through recommended action points on innovation, investment, ecosystem support, expansion and regulatory clarity. The action points are projected behind him and he is holding a microphone and standing in front of an audience.
A screenshot of the new Dubnote app being used by Kat, testing it out for Kitmonsters. We can see three saved recordings, two vocal sessions and drums, plus the Kitmonsters logo at the top, a black monster head outline on a pink background.
An image of Kat Five and Echo Juliet with the Together Festival logo, to announce their discussion session on Empowering Women in the Music Industry, which takes place during the festival from 1-3 August in the Chiltern Hills near London. Kat has pink and black hair, is holding a red kite feather she found at last year's festival, and is wearing a pink mesh top and gold jewellery. Echo Juliet has red hair, is photographed against a red/orange background, and is smiling
Poster for tonight’s show - Kat Five, Helen McCookerybook, Ch’lu and Juju for Loud Women at the Hope & Anchor Islington London. 1930-2300 Tickets £8 Advance, on the door £10.
A Loud Women promo image for Kat Five’s upcoming radio session on their show on Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB, on Tuesday 6pm UK. Kat is looking at camera, has pink and black hair and a neon pink top with a smiley image. There is a glittering metallic curtain in the background. The text is multicoloured.
Kat Five live on stage at Cro Cro Land Festival in London in April. She is singing, has a guitar in one hand, and the other hand in the air. Kat has pink and black hair, and black and silver sparkling clothing. In the background is the festival logo and an Orange amp.
A photo of Brian Eno with painting materials in the background for the We Need To Talk About Elon project that’s live on YouTube this week (text is in the image). Artist Ian Bruce talks to leading figures while he paints a portrait of Elon Musk. The livestream is at ianpaintselon.com and Brian Eno is participating on Wednesday 21 May at 5pm BST.
An image of some large soft looking feathers in a lilac-y pink with some glittering spots of light. Black text on white says ‘Switch music video incoming can’t wait to share it!’
Kat Five performing on stage at Cro Cro Land Festival in South London. She is singing and holding her electric guitar, with one hand raised in the air. Kat has pink and black hair and is wearing glittering black and silver clothes. She is pictured with the multi-coloured festival logo behind her and some drums and orange amps.
A graphic for the Kat Five tune 'Switch' played on UK station Radio X, by DJ and Presenter John Kennedy on his X-Posure show. The text is in white and the Radio X logo is in green. Kat has pink and black hair and smokey dark eye makeup. She is holding a red kite feather in front of her and is wearing a neon pink mesh top, black mesh fingerless gloves, has blue sparkling nails and and glittering jewellery.
A portrait photo of Kat Five looking directly at camera. She has smokey eye make up, pink and black hair, and a pink top with a smiley symbol. In the background is a sparkling silver glitter curtain bathed in shadows.
A video trailer for Kat Five's new single 'Switch' which is being released on 2nd April. We see Kat outside at night with dramatic dark and silver eye makeup, wearing a neon pink top and playing a tree trunk with drumsticks made of branches. We also see her dancing indoors in a semi transparent black and silver sparkle top with poet style cuffed sleeves. There is also a visual theme of feathers in green and white. The white and later green text gives the single info. The words we hear along with the music are the question 'How will I'.
A poster for a Loud Women presents show with the lineup of Helen McCookerybook, Ch'lu, Kat Five and Juju. Saturday 14 June 2025 at The Hope & Anchor Islington, London. From 1930 to 2300 tickets £8 in advance and £10 on the door. The text is in black and in white on a turquoise background with the Loud Women lips logo, the image is decorated with cut out zine style images of lips, some with teeth.
Cherry blossom in East London, pink blossom on a tree set against a bright blue sky.
A graphic for Cro Cro Land music festival in South London, with Kat Five. There's a photo of Kat who is looking fierce, with pink and black hair and dark eye makeup. She is wearing a silver top with long ruched sleeves and sitting in front of some dark wooden panelling with a plant on the left hand side. The text reads: Kat Five, Cro Cro Land Festival Weekender 05/06 April 2025.
A screenshot of Spotify and the cover art for the album 'Is This What We Want?', a silent AI protest album. The cover art is the title in black text on white. Additional text says the release is by more than 1000 UK Artists. The songs listed in this screenshot are titled: The, British, Government, Must, Not, Legalise, Music, Theft, To
A photo taken through a rain-spattered car window of a painting in progress by artist David Speed who has a signature style with bold fluorescent colours. The pink image of a face and hair appears to be in a historical style. The artist seems to blend in with the work and is wearing clothing that matches - a purple and pink jacket and black trousers. There is a ladder propped up against the wall on the right. The work is in Hackney, East London.
Kat Five performing at an EMOM (electronic music open mic night) at legendary grassroots music venue The Dublin Castle in London. There are abstract visuals on screen behind her, and a mic, mic stand, laptop, and table in shot. She has pink and black hair and is wearing a black top with turquoise stars, and a long silver skirt.
porij band performing at Two Palms in Hackney at a fundraiser for the charity War Child UK. They are playing drums, bass, keys and guitar and the singer is in a red shirt and is leaning back with their hand in the air. A colourful abstract mural is in the background.
The historic ship HMS Belfast on the River Thames in London with Tower Bridge in the background. The ship is painted in shades of grey, the sky is grey, the water looks grey. It’s raining. London’s not always grey. I’m not grey.
The two members of Legpuppy band performing at the Electroniq night at The Dublin Castle in Camden London.they are both wearing masks and hoodies. One is at the mic on vocals and the other is holding a glowing white round orb. The background is neon pink.
Radio Waves Goodbye band performing at Electroniq night at The Dublin Castle in Camden London, with synths and a microphone. There are two band members, and pink and orange visuals in the background along with the Dublin Castle logo painted on the wall.
A composite image of the bands Wormboys, Schande and Tomboygrandpa playing on stage at The Cavendish Arms in South London. There are red velvet curtains in the background and a large mirror ball in the foreground of one photo, which appears green in the light.
A screenshot of a computer showing a radio playlist for WTSQ with tracks listed in white text on red. Tracks cued are: the show opening track Feral Five Truth Is The New Gold, The Special AKA Racist Friend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. All Here and Now, Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train, Jimi Hendrix The Star-Spangled Banner (Live at Woodstock).
A black 7” vinyl record with a pink label spinning on a turntable with a black and white slip mat. The record is Killing it by Disgusting Sisters. The Speedy Wunderground record label logo is also visible.
A night time street scene in South London, a red brick building with graffiti text saying Free Luigi Mangione. There is a Costa Coffee shop on the ground floor, and a silver car passing by in the rain. The wet road has colourful reflections.
A mini synth resting on a silver vinyl background, with three potentiometers next to it. The synth is black with a multicoloured label with the text Neon Indian. It has two switches and three photocells. It is a limited edition mini analog synth based on Bleep Labs' Pico Paso synth kit, with extra modifications and swappable controls. It was a Neon Indian (Alan Palomo) collaboration with Bleep Labs in 2011 for the release of his Era Extraña album.
Round light brown mounds with a dark brown centre, arranged in rows of five on a beige paper background. It could be art, it could be biscuits!
Music track cover art with a black and white photo of Kat Five dancing, surrounded by bubbles and stars. Pink text with the song title Party Trick, and Kat Five.
Kat Five carrying a bunch of flowers at Columbia Road Flower Market in London, with Christmas trees to her left and market stalls in the background. She is smiling, has pink and black hair, and is wearing a black hood with ears, and a yellow and black fake fur jacket. The flowers are red lilies and thistles and are wrapped in brown paper.
A smiling ginger cat with purple headphones on and text saying The Afternoon Show WTSQ, with a pink background.
A photo of the Ohr Labs Ohr-1 decibel meter which is black and has a 65 decibel reading in green on the screen. It is set on a light grid background with the date 15 December 2024.