thecatrave*
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I rave, I produce, I DJ.

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My DJ mixes.

Club music, experimental electronic, breaks, grime and techno connected into long-form sets without genre borders.

I Like to Smoke in Silence After Raves

I spent about four months choosing and rearranging these 30 tracks until the mix felt right.

I lost so many weekends raving and I wanna lose some more

I rebuilt this mix about ten times, swapping tracks and second-guessing transitions. In the end, it became around 40 tracks I love, moving through breaks, garage, dubstep, grime, techno and more. For your walk home, cleaning your room or the afters, of course.

Original tracks and other experiments.

Breakbeat, bass, garage, jungle and experimental electronic tracks, built from scratch in a DAW. I do not use generative AI in music.

Original electronic music by thecatrave

Breakbeat, garage, jungle, techno and melancholic electronic music.

Breakbeat and electronic music archive

Sketches and original productions from my SoundCloud.

Records and playlists I keep close.

Breaks, UK garage, jungle, ambient and leftfield club music I return to and build from.

Notes from the underground.

Long-form articles about the sounds, scenes, technology and communities behind underground club culture.

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About thecatrave.

thecatrave sitting with a small keyboard in warm orange light

My taste comes from Eastern European melancholy, German electronic music and the restless energy of UK bass, from jungle and drum and bass to garage and hardcore. I started with Eurodance as a kid, then got obsessed with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, The Future Sound of London and Meat Beat Manifesto, alongside West Coast rap. Jungle and drum and bass led me to Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Photek, Source Direct and 4hero, while Sade, Seal and Sting taught me that melody and atmosphere matter as much as drums.

My tracks and DJ sets move through breakbeat, bass, club music, experimental electronic, breaks and rave, with elements of grime and techno. I do not stay inside one genre, and I am always looking for connections between rhythms, scenes and eras.

I make music for pre-parties, clubs, raves and afters, but also for walking alone or sitting on a balcony with a cigarette and thinking about life.