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In August of 2013, we took a look at EDM's obsession with cats. Part of that was a string of songs and overall feline fun that pervades much of EDM. The thing is, we just scratched the surface. Since that post dropped, we've seen EDM producers as cats in videos, cats as EDM producers on Tumblr, cats on cars, cats catching the bass... you get the picture. EDM land is full of cats, and with today being National Hug Your Cat Day, we decided to go back into the kitten's den and check out more instances of the worlds of EDM and felines colliding.
Flux Pavilion and Dillon Francis as cats
How this video hasn't gone viral is beyond me. Flux and Dillon had the idea to put their faces on cat bodies and this clip turned into mayhem. Pure, hilarious mayhem.
Cats as Skrillex
How obsessed with one of EDM's biggest acts and felines does one have to be to create a Tumblr like this?
Alvin Risk vs. Nyancat
Nothing says EDM cat loving that OWSLA's Alvin Risk dropped a clip where he goes on an adventure with Nyancat.
deadmau5 woke up in a new Purrari
We know that deadmau5 is a fan of cars (and cats), and him putting the two together was obviously bound to happen. The Nyancat-inspired paint job on his Ferrari, though? In-sane. The best part? He's actually going to be driving the Purrari during this year's Gumball 3000! #TeamPurrari
Paul Woolford presents a Dance Music Cat Exercise Class
Truthfully, we're not sure who came up with this idea, but whomever was able to work a (small) narrative around the idea of women in leotards exercising with their cats is a genius.
Bare Noize went all meow meow
I can't front; I'm not sure where a tune entitled "Plant Tune" and the random "meow meow" sounds in this tune come together, but if there ever was a remix to that Dubstep Cat video, this might need to be the tune used.
Why is Monstercat called Monstercat?
While their actual output is more on the ferocious lion side, team Monstercat had on thing on their mind when coming up with a name: fun. What's more fun than a cat?! CEO Mike Arlington told The Frontliner the following: "Well, “Monstercat” was a name that floated around in our Skype calls. The name actually started out as a bit of a joke. We wanted to come up with something that was fun, and resonated well with an online audience; something that would be difficult at first glance to take too seriously. We didn’t want to be another label or media company, we just wanted to be ourselves and to us the name was fun. We were a bunch of internet nerds who were building something for the internet, and a Cat was just a perfect fit."
Or maybe it's the other way around...
Seriously, maybe the EDM heads who love cats have turned their felines into EDM heads themselves. One of these days, maybe EVERY cat will be turning up the beats, trying to catch that bass.
