CALLmeKAT: Danish Synth-Pop Star Goes Beyond the Digital Diva
We may live in an age of digital recording and futuristic studios, but Katrine Ottosen sees greater possibilities in dated hardware. The Danish synth-pop star – better known by her stage name, CALLmeKAT – forgoes the backing tracks, heavy sampling and other mainstays of her genre, in favour of analogue instruments.
"There is some sampling going on, but it's me recording my own voice into a keyboard from the 80's," she tells the Beijinger (ahead of her November 29 gig at Yugong Yishan) of the key component of her live shows, before adding that the vintage instrument is "so old, any samples you record on it only last until you turn the keyboard off."
Below, CALLmeKAT tells us about the hidden advantages in her aged arsenal.