Cat Hope

Cat Hope, born 11 March 1966, is an Australian musician and academic, based in Melbourne, she is best known as a noise, installation and performance artist. She was a founder of the legendary Perth noise duo Lux Mammoth; was a singer, songwriter and bassist in dark indie band Gata Negra, and she also performs solo noise music using bass guitar. Her current projects include a series of works that focus on low frequency called 'the low grooms' and a bass improv quartet Abe Sada.

Hope lectured in classical music and music technology at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. In 2000 she was awarded the Pandora's Box Film Festival Award for best film score. In that year her music was included in the Extreme Music From Women compilation, issued by the Susan Lawly label. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the UWA School of Music (now the UWA Conservatorium of Music).

Solo discography

• Fetish CD (Sound Gallery Label, 2000)
• Regret CD (Gods of the Tundra, 2001)
• Yume cassette (One Touch Monopolka, 2001)
• Jackie Hush CD (Bloodstar, 2002)
• Justine 8" (Bloodstar, 2001)

Collaborations

• Lux Mammoth 2000 - 2003
• Gata Negra 1999 - 2006
• Micevice 1995 -1997
• cAVity 2001-2004
• Abe Sada 2006 -

External links

• Cat Hope homepage
• Cat Hope profile on Australia Adlib
• Cat Hope biography
• Cat Hope AMC represented composer