PATRIC CATANI

PATRIC CATANI is a Berlin based music producer known for a wide range of live projects, album releases and soundtracks. He started making music in 1992, in his kids room, on an Amiga home computer. His early signature sound brought his name on various German / European underground labels, as well as on Grand Royal and Wordsound (US) or on Beat Ink (Japan). The late 90s found him touring extensively worldwide with his techno, gabba and breakbeats sets as E de Cologne or with his digital hardcore band, EC8OR, featuring Gina d’Orio. What started in the 90s as an Amiga powered, boisterous sound messing up with the musical landscapes, has later evolved into more psychedelic melodies, experimental bounce & bass, as well as elaborate compositions for video games, film, theater, and art projects.

Catani enjoyed Berlin’s early 2000 creative frenzy working as a producer with various legends such as Paul PM / Puppetmastaz, Angie Reed, Max Turner, Peaches and Gonzales, as well as releasing his own albums. By now, he has been involved in about 100 releases under his real name or under various monikers like Flex Busterman (fictive video game soundtrack), Ill Till (for the rap project Xberg Dhirty6 Cru) or Candie Hank (an exotic fellow that swiftly swings from psychedelic bounce & bass to chiptune, cumbia, salon music for vampires, and happy jellyfish tango). His atmospheric productions have also been commissioned for sound installations (such as “Lemniscate”, an art project by Jorinde Voigt presented at Robert Wilson Institute / Watermill Center in Long Island) or in sculptural performances and videos created by the artist duo Bankleer (Karachi Biennale -Pakistan, 2017; Maxxi National Museum – Rome, 2020).

But it’s the first big love that one never forgets, and that for him was video games. Nowadays, Patric Catani is employing his composer skills to produce sophisticated video game soundtracks, living his childhood dream. The soundtracks he made for hit games like Pit People, BattleBlock Theater or Alien Hominid Invasion, developed by the San Diego based cult company The Behemoth for Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo Switch, are cherished by millions worldwide.