Unplugged | No |
Cover band | No |
Members | 1 |
Oct / 2020 | • | Catself at Katubaari Axu | Tampere, Finland | |||
Aug / 2020 | • | Catself at Andledon | Den Andel, the Netherlands | |||
Jul / 2020 | • | Catself at Beelden in Gees | Gees, The Netherladns | |||
Feb / 2020 | • | Catself at U2 Bar | Helsinki, Finland | |||
Feb / 2020 | • | Catself returns to Katubaari Axu | Tampere, Finland | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Catself at Tonfink - Kulturcafé & Bar | Lübeck, Germany | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Catself at Schutrups Exloo | Exloo, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Catself at Radio Ideaal, interview and concert | Radio Ideaal, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Catself at Secret Theatre | Assen, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Catself opens for Andy Jones at Jugendzentrum Westwerk | Osnabrück, Germany | |||
Oct / 2019 | • | Catself at Zaal 100 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
Sep / 2019 | • | Catself at Katubaari Axu | Tampere, Finland | |||
Aug / 2019 | • | Catself at Viola | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Jul / 2019 | • | Zuiderveen Festival | Winschoten, The Netherlands | |||
Jun / 2019 | • | Catself at Katubaari Axu | Tampere, Finland | |||
May / 2019 | • | Catself at Musicon | The Hague, The Netherlands | |||
Apr / 2019 | • | Catself at Zaal 100 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
Apr / 2019 | • | Dichters Festival | Utrecht, The Netherlands | |||
Apr / 2019 | • | Catself at Byron Bay Lunch Café | The Hague, The Netherlands | |||
Apr / 2019 | • | Catself at Unplug & Play Live | Coevorden, The Netherlands | |||
Feb / 2019 | • | Catself at Schutrups Exloo | Exloo, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2018 | • | Catself at Amnesty International Write For Rights Marathon: International Human Rights Day | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2018 | • | Catself at Ons Café | Groningen | |||
Nov / 2018 | • | WinterWelVaart Festival | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2018 | • | Catself at Viola | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2018 | • | Catself at Café Singelier | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Sep / 2018 | • | Catself at Pannuhuone Gust. Ranin - Olohuone & terassi | Kuopio, Finland | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Klazienaveen, The Netherlands | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | Catself at Le petit théâtre | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | Permanent Beta Festival | Schoonloo, The Netherlands | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Boxmeer | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | Catself at Ons Café | Emmen, The Netherlands | |||
Aug / 2018 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Emmen | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Catself at Ewalds | Karis, Finland | |||
Jun / 2018 | • | Private concert | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
May / 2018 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Bergum, The Netherlands | |||
May / 2018 | • | Midsummer Night Concert: Catself at Le Petit Théâtre | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
May / 2018 | • | Rumbling Earth Festival | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Feb / 2018 | • | Catself at Proeflokaal 't Kantoor | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Jan / 2018 | • | Catself at Zaal 100 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | Catself at Café de Doelen | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | Catself at the closing event of Groningen Songwriter Circle | Groningen | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | Catself at Café Swaf | Hoorn, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Barneveld, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | Catself at ADM Amsterdam | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Geldrop, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | Catself at Amnesty International Write For Rights Marathon, International Human Rights Day | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Tilburg, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Oldenzaal, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Catself at RTV Actueel | Radio RTV1, Stadskanaal, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Catself at Miller & Monroe | Hoensbroek, The Netherlands | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Catself at DOT Groningen | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | De Regentenkamer (opening for Chabliz at their new album release) | The Hague, The Netherlands | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Private performance | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Wijkdeal Feest | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Performance at Amnesty International "Write for Rights" marathon | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | New Orleans Jazz Café | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Pekelpop concert | Oude Pekela, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | concert, other artists: Marjoram, Writersday | Onderdendam, The Netherlands | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | 60th Anniversary of Liesjärvi National Park | Liesjärvi, Finland | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | private show | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Beeldentuin Gees | Gees, The Netherlands | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Cultureel Buitenfestival OORD | Emmeloord, The Netherlands | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Playtime Festival | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | |||
May / 2016 | • | T.Chances - Blank Generation Festival | London, UK | |||
May / 2016 | • | T.Chances (supporting Spreading The Disease) | London, UK | |||
May / 2016 | • | Global Café | Reading, UK | |||
May / 2016 | • | Acoustic Night at Snug | Bristol, England, UK | |||
May / 2016 | • | Catself at Majówka Kulturalna | Zaklików, Poland | |||
Feb / 2016 | • | Soundgeist Helsinki / Elmun Baari, Soundtools Stage | Helsinki | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Kerstmarkt Damsterplein Groningen | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | Let's Gro festival | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Vrijplaats Leiden | Vrijplaats Leiden, Leiden, NL | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Beeldentuin Gees | Gees, The Netherlands | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Helden van de Zomer Festival | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Het Paleis / Clay Sessions | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Café de Pels | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Music at Noon at Hanzehogeschool | Groningen, The Netherlands | |||
May / 2015 | • | The Water Rats | London, England, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | Folk at the Victory | Hereford, England, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | Tchai Ovna / FORZA zine launch | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | The Macbeth | London, England, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | The Great Escape Festival | Brighton, England, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | The Great Escape Festival (Nordic Coffee Collective) | Brighton, England, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | Cross Keys | High Wycombe, England, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | Bluescafé | Apeldoorn, The Netherlands | |||
May / 2015 | • | Private performance | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | The Great Escape Festival (The Northern Lights) | Brighton, England, UK |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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"Crows Must Eat" | Single | 2020 | |
"A New Green" | Single | 2019 |
No love songs or (love) sadness and other clichés, but songs about nature, dreams, mermaids, hitchhiking in Spain, fishing and fishermen, drunken Finns, runaway cats, hit deer, bunnies struck by the lightning and the Apocalypse. All this accompanied by herself on guitar, which was for the second set exchanged for a piano. Although it wasn't the easiest music, she kept the audience breathless and captivated till the end."
Yvo Broekhoven, music programmer and promoter at Pekelpop, The Netherlands
Review:
"In a world of sound-alike music, Catself is producing unique songs that don't always go where you might expect, and that's a very good thing. The fact she can do so with the result being memorable and capable of repeated listening is the sign of a rare talent."
Michael Hunter, music journalist and radio host, Adelaide, Australia
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Catself is remembered by her audiences for her unusual but catchy melodies, poetic and clever lyrics and the fairytale atmosphere she creates. Her songs move between genres, moods and themes. Next to fairytales and other literature, Catself's biggest inspiration is the natural world with all its perfect creatures, plants and falling asteroids.
Catself started gaining an international following in autumn 2008, when she posted her first home studio recordings online. In a matter of months they started being played in various radio programmes, including BBC Introducing with Tom Robinson, a number of new music programmes in The Netherlands and a folk music programme in Australia. In early 2009, Catself received an invitation to perform at a youth festival in Morocco after the organisers, who were looking for a Finnish artist to represent Finland at their festival to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, found her music online. Catself performed at The Sun Festival for an audience of about 4000. During the same year, Catself was interviewed for the Swedish-speaking youth-oriented channel of Finnish National Radio, Radio X3M, and a 45-min documentary about her start in music was made for the Finnish Swedish-speaking TV channel YLE FST5.
Catself ran a successful album fundraising campaign online - in 2011 she raised 40 000 € for her debut, becoming the first Finnish artist to succeed at crowdfunding. Catself invited an iconic Polish folk band, Saint Nicholas Orchestra, to accompany her on the album. The work on the album, recorded in Poland in Preisner Studio, was completed in early 2013 but problems with the crowdfunding company and its bankruptcy, while they still owed Catself a large part of her funds, has been delaying the album's release. Catself is looking for an independent label to work with and hopes to release her debut in 2017.
Catself tours regularly, mostly in The Netherlands, where she so far has the most fans thanks to the album fundraising. She has performed at several independent and art- and nature-themed festivals in The Netherlands as well as a few dozen music clubs and acoustic venues. In Finland, she was one of the headlining acts at Faces Etnofestival and has played at a number of clubs and pubs in Helsinki and other cities. In Poland, she has perfomed at Mikołajki Folkowe festival in Lublin, Poland's oldest and largest folk festival, accompanied by Saint Nicholas Orchestra, and at several venues. She has opened for Polish/German award-winning artist Julia Marcell in Poznan, Poland, and toured with her in Finland. She regularly shares the stage with the Dutch pop-noir band Chabliz. In 2014, Catself did her first tour of the UK and performed in Norwich, York, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Swansea, everywhere receiving an enthusiastic response. She also played an unexpected guest slot at Fishguard Folk Festival, to which the audience responded with a massive applause. Encouraged by such a warm response to her songs, in spring 2015 Catself did her second UK tour, performing (three sets) at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton as well as in London, Hereford, High Wycombe and Glasgow. In spring/summer season of 2016 Catself performed a variety of shows in England and The Netherlands, from metal nights and punk festivals to art gallery recitals. She also performed at Playtime Festival, which is the biggest music festival in Mongolia.
In November 2015 Catself released the first music video with a song from the upcoming album. Her latest song "Little" (which will not be on the album) has been receiving airplay in acoustic, alternative and folk radio shows.
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Past performances: http://www.catself.com/pastshows.php
Website: http://www.catself.com
Profile photo by Aki Roukala.