Album Notes

He began with casio SK-1 loop experiments and a four-track. From indecipherable 8-bit noise collages and melody cultivation came the littlecat project, the spawn of Devon Rumrill and his love for deconstructed rhythms combined with familiar yet startling melodies. With the addition of an outdated digital sequencer, a VCR, and a couple piles of old samplers and synths, Little Cat has developed into a complex and versatile creature rich in melodic nuances.

Working practically every night for the last seven years, Devon continues to use his music to forge a synthesis between all of the things he loves about electronic music with the philosophy of lo-fi independent music. He doesn't write songs in any particular musical genre, but rather incorporates enough different music and melodies that he avoids classification, though it's overwhelmingly, undeniably electronic. For the Little cat project, Devon uses samplers and synthesizers that are mostly of the swap meet/duct tape/old school variety. He started recording with a VCR in 1998 because the sound was better than his fucked up tape deck. He's stayed true to his VHS technology because it's cheap and accessible, with both nice analog and digital qualities to the recording quality.

File under? Tech pop nintendork art electrauma collage beats, with a jarringly abrasive pop core edge. Melodies that make your teeth hurt and confound your seasoned sensibilities. Like stars twinkling in the night sky, his jams are soothingly melodic and frighteningly beat off.

"9 out of 10"
-vice magazine

"Little cat contains enough endearing kinks, comic book sound effects, fuzzed-out snippets of samples, and a subversive sense of melody - that what emerges is textured and distinctive, providing the listener with offbeat nooks and crannies to latch onto."
-North Bay Bohemian