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Gata Cattana
Born
Ana Isabel García Llorente

(1991-05-11)May 11, 1991
DiedMarch 2, 2017(2017-03-02) (aged 25)
Cause of deathBrain death caused by anaphylactic shock
NationalitySpanish
Other namesGata, Gata Cattana, Ana Sforza
EducationPolitical and Social Sciences, Master in International Politics and Conflict Resolution
Alma materUniversidad de Granada and Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Occupation(s)Singer, Poet
Notable workAnclas, La escala de Mohs, Banzai
Parent(s)Andrés García Rojas and Ana Maria Llorente Casado
AwardsPremio MIN-2017 "Mejor artista emergente" Premio MIN-2018 "Mejor álbum de Hip Hop y Músicas Urbanas
Websitehttps://www.gatacattana.org/

Ana Isabel García Llorente (Adamuz,Córdoba 11 May 1991 -  Madrid, 2 March 2017), better known as her stage names Gata Cattana and Ana Sforza, was an Andalusian artist, rapper, poetess, feminist and political scientist.[1][2][3]She combined various themes and styles in such a way that she created a unique rap, imbued with poetry and feminist and political messages, occasionally mixed with flamenco rhythms, which at the same time achieved a more electronic sound. Other of her [recurring LEX: no sabemos por qué está marcado como error] themes are Andalusian culture, historical motifs and the mythology of ancient history, particularly classical cultures and ancient Egypt, as well as examples of poetry, philosophy, essays, narratives and pop culture. The diversity of her themes spans from dialectical materialism, Andalusian politics and culture and anti-globalisation to introspection, existentialism and its contemporary reflection, always from a social feminist point of view. Similarly, her entire work is marked by a search or desire to transcend history through artistic creation.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Ana's work, in her own words, finds itself between the blurred lines of poetry and rap. While she did differentiate how she felt about her poetry and rap, for her, poetry was something very intimate, which she drew from within and was free, without rhythm. However, in rap, [the musicality of the letters prevailed PRA: creemos que está bien, comparado con el original] so that it would reach people. In one of her interviews, she quoted Quevedo and Góngora, referring to them as more rappers than so many others today, and affirmed that being a poet today means being a rapper. She considered herself a hybrid of the two. She presented a self-published collection of poems, La escala de Mohs (The Mohs scale)[5](Homostultus Ediciones, November 2016). Along with the collection of poems, she released an EP titled Inéditas (Unpublished).[3] Later, posthumously, her only book has been reissued independently several times by the publisher ARSCENSIS in June 2017 and November of the same year.

Gata Cattana was a versatile artist committed with society, daughter of a lost generation and transgressive in the musical genre, which she [was able to NMS: pensamos que está bien] transform and make shine by adding flamenco, electronic and Latin beats. She knew how to [combine all of this together EST: creemos que es una buena traducción] and turn it into something of her own. She was an educated, feminist, politically incorrect, whine loving woman and also combined her musical works inside the rap genre with poetry writing, poetry readings and poetry slams. She stood out in poetry readings for her skills and [sensitivity LEX: creemos que aquí la palabra expresa exactamente lo que dice el original] and she  stood out  in the poetry world since the beginning of her participations which started  in 2014, and won first prize in Granada. That same year she participated in the [national Slam FS (no se entiende): no entendemos qué es lo que no se entiende, hemos utilizado Slam porque es lo que hemos puesto arriba y lo que aparecía en el original] in Palma de Mallorca where she became finalist. In 2016 she dived into the musical and poetic scene at the same time. She also started in the music industry at a very young age. At only 14, she began singing in popular events where she stood out for her ease, her voice and her execution. Soon afterwards she found a very important referent in flamenco, so she moved on to this genre that she studied in depth in all its different branches and [EST (falta un marcador): aquí hemos optado por dejarlo así porque creemos que se entiende y no entendemos tampoco a qué se refieren con marcador aquí]   performed them. At 17 she formed the flamenco group Aquí pongo la era with four friends. Flamenco and Andalusian rhythms were captured in an album called Carpe Diem in which she also combined  some other musical rhythms. This was her first work in which she included rap in the song that would name the album.

Once she knew enough about rap, she combined her two passions, music and poetry. She admired many flamenco singers of all times, specially Estrella Morente with who she felt very identified with . One of the artists who influenced her the most was El niño de Elche. She considered he had the radical nature that usually appears in her music, where flamenco is an essential referent. [4] Another theme within her work are her allusions to Lorca, and his works, such as Yerma or The house of Bernarda Alba. [6]At the same time, she experienced a progression in which she evolves from a poetry with exclusively highbrow references to taking pop culture elements into her work including not just Andalusian culture  but also Spanish and quinqui jargon. that way, the latest would not be forgotten.

The kind of poetry for which she felt most predilection goes from sarcasm to irony through romanticism, by using humour. It shows the magical side of life, "the tough things about life", and successfully "reflected a lot, but with a little". We could think about her poetry from an idealist and prophetic perspective, in her poetry you can find constant, direct or indirect, references to her own death.[7]

As a poet, she grew [LEX: entendemos que el error estaba en la omisión de “al calor de” en “crecer al calor de”, pero decidimos poner “grow” porque no encontramos una colocación exactamente igual en inglés]  with underground recitals —we can see her reciting in a cave on Granada— and with the Poetry Slam Granada, which she [NMS won: en el original ponía “que ganaría”, no comprendemos por qué “won” no tiene el mismo sentido, por eso no lo hemos cambiado] during 2015/16 season, a format she popularised in her city, Córdoba, in march 2015. At the time she developed her rapper side, she also went to different poetry events (Versódromo 2016, Poesía o Barbarie) and returned to the Poetry Slam Granada as a guest of honour in February 2016.

Her conception of rap wanted to break the purism that characterised the genre and did not want to be stuck in the past. She stated that her style evolved recognised from the most purist one to letting everything she had inside go, pouring all her creativity on it. That meant an opening to trap, and new themes. "If you want to say that you do it for money, that you are interested in money, and that... Or either you are a woman, and you say that you like to shake your ass, that you like that, you love that, I love reggaeton. Why not? To me, that means liberation."[4] She sees this opening to new horizons in rap as an opportunity to introduce more women [LEX: no sabemos qué está mal en el léxico de esta frase] to the genre and, therefore, new points of view with new themes that, otherwise, could not have ever existed[7].

She said that her rap was made for woke people that was constantly [NMS learning: el original era “para gente despierta que constantemente estaba informada”, cambiamos “infromada” por “learning” porque pensamos que eso es lo que quería transmitir la autora del texto: que la gente que escucha su música siempre está al día de todo y aprendiendo] because she usually made historical or mythological allusions as a reference to present events, or just curious people. On the other side, she usually tried to get her message and ideas across in a subtle way, mostly during her latest years.

Gata Cattana was a great hope for feminist Andalusian rap. Weeks before passing away, she played at the concert hall "Sol", in Madrid. She left an unpublished disc behind, "Banzai", produced by David Unison, whose release was planned for the first semester of 2017[3]. In this last disc, she made an introspection to look for anything she could contribute to rap and thus, being able to make an LP with a clear and deep concept. This idea coincides with the concept behind the disc's name. The Japanese word "Banzai" refers to the scream samurais made before going to battle or committing suicide after losing. For her, it meant a before and after while creating her disc and its release. "The disc is just that. It is like going to battle and eventually being relieved, letting everything out."[4]

Due to her tragic [LEX passing nos han indicado que añadamos “away”, pero hemos decidido no ponerlo porque en el original utiliza esta estructura y necesita un sustantivo, y “passing” es un sinónimo de “death”] caused by a severe anaphylactic shock, the release of her disc "Banzai" was paused, but it was finally released the 19th October 2017. The cost of her posthumous work was defrayed by her family, her friends and her colleagues, as well as by different projects which have been launched. Its publication is a tribute to Ana. To her mother, whose name is also Ana, the publication of the disc means the accomplishment of what the artist deserves for her work and public figure, what she was about to get.[8][9]

The stage name of Gata Cattana intends to be a projection of the artist's wish of turning the child she was into the current woman, [NMS the one no sabemos muy bien de qué manera no mantiene el sentido, puesto que el original dice: “en la que escribe y actúa”, lo que hace referencia a lo anterior, “la mujer actual”] who writes and acts, However, in the author`s words, she was possessed by her persona. In the end, [GR Ana became. Nos han marcado esta palabra como error gramatical porque en el original usa el presente. Sin embargo, el texto original usa un estilo pobre, y su uso de los tiempos verbales no tiene sentido en algunos casos. Por eso, para la traducción, decidimos que usaríamos el pasado cuando el texto hablase de la artista] what she wrote about, the representation of her thoughts[4]. She defined herself as a common girl from a remote town who was sensitive, committed, devoted to poetry and more philosophical and profound than her persona, Gatta Cattana, who is the fighter and domineering one, fact that reiterates the above. Cattana was originally a group she created with one of her best friends, called Anabel, while being in Granada. The group's name is the result of putting together Cat and Ana. After the disbandment of the group caused by Anabel's withdrawal from her music career, Gata decided to adopt Cattana as her last name in honour of the group.[7]


Gata Cattana
Born
Ana Isabel García Llorente

(1991-05-11)May 11, 1991 TEXT (Inoherencia con las fechas)
DiedMarch 2, 2017(2017-03-02) (aged 25)
Cause of deathBrain death caused by anaphylactic shock
NationalitySpanish
Other namesGata Cattana, Ana Sforza
Alma materUniversidad de Granada and Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Occupation(s)Singer, Poet
Parent(s)Andrés García Rojas and Ana Maria Llorente Casado
AwardsPremio MIN-2017 "Mejor artista emergente" Premio MIN-2018 "Mejor álbum de Hip Hop y Músicas Urbanas
Websitehttps://www.gatacattana.org/
Notes
FALTAN CAMPOS EN LA TABLA

Ana Isabel García Llorente (11 February 1991 - 2 March 2017) SUP. Omisión información del original , better known as her stage names Gata Cattana and Ana Sforza, was an Andalusian artist, rapper, SUP. Omisión información del original, feminist and political scientist.[1][2][3]She combined various themes and styles in such a way that she created a unique rap, imbued with poetry and radical feminist and political messages EST, occasionally mixed with flamenco rhythms, which at the same time achieved a more electronic sound. Other of her recurring LEX themes are Andalusian culture, historic LEX motifs and the mythology of ancient history TIP, particularly, classical cultures and ancient Egypt, as well as examples of poetry, philosophy, essays, narratives and pop culture. The diversity of her themes spans from dialectical materialism, Andalusian politics and culture and anti-globalisation to introspection, existentialism and its contemporary reflection, always from a social feminist point of view. Similarly, her entire work is marked by a search or desire to transcend history through artistic creation.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Ana's work, in her own words, is a mix of poetry and rap SUP (os coméis el sentido de la frase). While she did differentiate how she felt about her poetry and rap, for her, poetry was something very intimate, which she drew from within and was free, without rhythm. However, in rap, the musicality of the letters prevailed PRA so that it would reach people. In one of her interviews, she quoted Quevedo and Góngora, referring to them as more rappers than so many others today, and affirmed that being a poet today means being a rapper. She considered herself a hybrid between the two EST/GR. She presented a self-published collection of poems, "La escala de Mohs" TIP (The Mohs scale)[5](Homostultus Ediciones, November 2016). Along with the collection of poems, she released an EP titled "Inéditas" (Unpublished).[3] Later, posthumously, her only book has been reissued independently several times by the publisher ARSCENSIS in June 2017 and November of the same year.

Gata Cattana was a versatile artist committed with society, daughter of a lost generation and transgressive in the musical genre, which she TIP (CUIDADO CON LOS ESPACIOS) was able to NMS transform and make shine by adding flamenco, electronic and Latin beats. She knew how to combine all of this together EST and turn it into something of her own. She was an educated, feminist, politically incorrect woman who loved to protest NMS/LEX (no habeis entendido la frase - quejido es un grito que se hace cuando cantas) and also balanced LEX her musical works inside the rap genre with poetry writing, poetry readings and poetry slams . She stood out in poetry readings for her skills and sensitivity LEX and she was also able to stand out EST in the poetry world since the beginning of her participation. She started competing in 2014, and won the first prize in Granada TEXT (habéis separado dos frases que deberían ir juntas). That same year she participated in the national Slam FS (no se entiende) in Palma de Mallorca where she became finalist. In 2016 she dived into the musical and poetic scene and poetic AD (falta de revisión!!) at the same time. She also started in the music industry at a very young age. At only 14, she started EST (repetición verbo start) singing in popular events where she stood out for her ease, her voice and her execution. Soon afterwards she found a very important referent in flamenco, so she moved on to this genre that she studied in depth in all its different branches and EST (falta un marcardor) performed them. At 17 she formed the flamenco group Aquí pongo la era with four friends. Flamenco and Andalusian rhythms were captured in an album called Carpe Diem in which she started to also combine GR (es raro) some other musical rhythms. This was her first work in which she included rap in the song that would name the album.

Once she knew enough about rap, she combined her two passions, TIP music and poetry. She admired many flamenco singers of all times, specially Estrella Morent with whom she felt very identified with GR (repetición). One of the artists who influenced her the most was El niño de Elche. She considered she FS (he) had the radical nature that usually appears in her music, where flamenco is an essential referent. [4] Another theme within her work are her allusions to Lorca, and his works, such as Yerma or The house of Bernarda Alba. [6]At the same time, she experienced a progression in which she evolves from a poetry with exclusively highbrow references to taking pop culture elements into her work. And not just Andalusian culture GR/SS (separación no muy acertada), she uses Spanish and quinqui jargon too, that way, the latest would not be forgotten.

The kind of poetry for what GR she felt most predilection for GR (repetición - ya habeis usado FOR??) goes from sarcasm to irony through romanticism, by using humour. It shows the magical side of life, "the tough things about life", and successfully "reflected a lot, but with a little". We could think about her poetry from an idealist and prophetic perspective, in her poetry you can find constant, direct or indirect, references to her own death.[7]

As a poet, she grew LEX with underground recitals —we can see her reciting in a cave on Granada— and with the Poetry Slam Granada, which she NMS won during AD/TIP 2015/2015/16 REPETICIÓN NÚMEROS season, a format she popularised in her city, Córdoba, in march 2015. NMS CAMBIAR EL ORDEN DE LA FRASE, QUIZÁS CON UN WHILE... SHE... At the same timeTIP , LA COMA HACE QUE SE PIERDA EL SENTIDO DE LA FRASE she developed her rapper side, she went to different poetry events (Versódromo 2016, Poesía o Barbarie) and returned to the Poetry Slam Granada as a guest of honour in February 2016.

Her conception of rap wanted to break the purism that characterised the genre and did not want to be stuck in the past. She recognised that EST she evolved her style from the most purist one to AD freeing herself and letting everything she had inside go, pouring all her creativity on it. That meant an opening to trap, and new themes. "If you want to say that you do it for money, that you are interested in money, and that... OR Either you are a woman, and you say that you like to shake your ass, that you like that, you love that. SUP FALTA UNA FRASE DEL ORIGINALWhy not? To me, that means liberation."[4] She sees this opening to new horizons in rap as an opportunity to introduce more women LEX to the genre and, therefore, new points of view with new themes that, otherwise, AD they could not have existed[7].

She said that her rap was made for woke people that was constantly NMS learning because she usually made historical or mythological allusions as a reference to present events, or just curious people. On the other side, she usually tried to get her message and ideas across in a subtle way, mostly during her latest years.

Gata Cattana was a great hope for feminist Andalusian rap. Weeks before passing away, she played at the concert hall "Sol", in Madrid. She left an unpublished disc behind, "Banzai", produced by David Unison, whose release was planned for the first semester of 2017[3]. In this last disc, she made an introspection to look for anything she could contribute to rap and thus, being able to make an LP with a clear and deep concept. This idea coincides with the concept behind the disc's name. The Japanese word "Banzai" refers to the scream samurais made before going to battle or GR to committing suicide after losing. For her, it meant a before and after while creating her disc and its release. "The disc is just that. It is like going to battle and eventually being relieved, letting everything out."[4]

Due to her tragic LEX passing AWAY caused by a severe anaphylactic shock, the release of her disc "Banzai" was paused, but it was finally released GR in the 19th October 2017. The cost of her LEX/NMS last work was defrayed by her family, her friends and her colleagues, as well as by different projects which have been launched. Its publication is a tribute to Ana. To her mother, whose name is also Ana, the publication of the disc means the accomplishment of what the artist deserves for her work and public figure, what she was about to get.[8][9]

The stage name of Gata Cattana intends to be a projection of the artist's wish of turning the child she was into the current woman, NMS the one who writes and acts, However, in the author`s words, she was possessed by her persona. In the end, GR Ana became what she wrote about, the representation of her thoughts[4]. She defined herself as a common girl from a remote town who was sensitive, committed, devoted to poetry and more philosophical and profound than her persona, Gatta Cattana, who is the fighter and domineering one, fact that reiterates the above. Cattana was originally a group she created with one of her best friends, called Anabel, while being in Granada. The group's name is a NMS mix between Gata and Ana. After the disbandment of the group caused by Anabel's withdrawal from her music career, Gata decided to adopt Cattana as her last name in honour of the group.[7]

Discography[edit]

  • Banzai (2017):
  1. Nada funcionando. 
  2. Hermano inventor. 
  3. Fuego. 
  4. Limonero. 
  5. Mi negra. 
  6. Papeles. 
  7. Hasta el final. 
  8. Banzai. 
  9. El plan. 
  10. Cartas que no repartí. 
  11. Mi burra. 
  12. Estoy bien. 
  13. Desértico.
  • Inéditos 2015 (2016):
  1. Efemérides (Prod. FunkTheSystem). 
  2. Rayos (Prod. LKA & C65). 
  3. Ferguson (PRod. Acid Lemon). 
  4. Atlanta (Prod. Vizio & Pepe). 
  5. Challenge (Prod. Nico Misery). 
  6. 3021 (Prod. Miguel Grimaldo). 
  7. Gotham (Prod. GJazz).

Cuatro Monedas (Prod. Nico Miseria)

  • Anclas (2015):
  1. La Prueba. 
  2. Los puñales. 
  3. LK Blade. 
  4. Lisístrata.
  • Los siete contra Tebas (2013):
  1. Tientos (Prod. Lisane)
  2. Al Norte. 
  3. Antígona.
  4. No es bonito (Prod. Lisane)
  5. Los siete contra Tebas.

Bibliography[edit]

  • La escala de Mohs (self-published, 2016)

References[edit]

  1. ^ «La última gran esperanza de las mujeres en el rap: Gata Cattana.» 16 January 2017. El País.
  2. ^ «Conoce a gata cattana, la poetisa que hace rap para la eternidad.» 14 February 2017. Vice.
  3. ^ a b c d «La rapera Gata Cattana muere a los 26 años.» 2 March 2017. Eldiario.es.
  4. ^ a b c d e hablamos con GATA CATTANA ¿Rapera, trapera o poeta? #WAG1MEETS, 6 February 2017, retrieved 3 March 2017
  5. ^ "Gata Cattana presenta su primer poemario "La escala de Mohs" en Madrid". tastethefloor.es. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. ^ Gata Cattana (2016-07-19), Gata Cattana X Vicente El Vizio - Yerma, retrieved 2018-10-16
  7. ^ a b c FurorTV (2016-11-23), Entrevista a Gata Cattana., retrieved 2018-10-16
  8. ^ "El disco póstumo de Gata Cattana verá la luz en otoño". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  9. ^ "El disco póstumo de Gata Cattana verá la luz en septiembre". sevilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-16.
PONER LÍNEA DE SEPARACIÓN
Gata Cattana
Born
Ana Isabel García Llorente

(1991-05-11)May 11, 1991
DiedMarch 2, 2017(2017-03-02) (aged 25)
Cause of deathBrain death caused by anaphylactic shock
NationalitySpanish
Other namesGata Cattana, Ana Sforza
Alma materUniversidad de Granada and Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Occupation(s)Singer, Poet
Parent(s)Andrés García Rojas and Ana Maria Llorente Casado
AwardsPremio MIN-2017 "Mejor artista emergente" Premio MIN-2018 "Mejor álbum de Hip Hop y Músicas Urbanas
Websitehttps://www.gatacattana.org/

Ana Isabel García Llorente (11 February 1991 - 2 March 2017), better known as her stage names Gata Cattana and Ana Sforza, was an Andalusian artist, rapper, feminist and political scientist.[1][2][3]She combined various themes and styles in such a way that she created a unique rap, imbued with poetry and radical feminist and political messages, occasionally mixed with flamenco rhythms, which at the same time achieved a more electronic sound. Other of her recurring themes are Andalusian culture, historic motifs and the mythology of ancient history, particularly, classical cultures and ancient Egypt, as well as examples of poetry, philosophy, essays, narratives and pop culture. The diversity of her themes spans from dialectical materialism, Andalusian politics and culture and anti-globalisation to introspection, existentialism and its contemporary reflection, always from a social feminist point of view. Similarly, her entire work is marked by a search or desire to transcend history through artistic creation.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Ana's work, in her own words, is a mix of poetry and rap. While she did differentiate how she felt about her poetry and rap, for her, poetry was something very intimate, which she drew from within and was free, without rhythm. However, in rap, the musicality of the letters prevailed so that it would reach people. In one of her interviews, she quoted Quevedo and Góngora, referring to them as more rappers than so many others today, and affirmed that being a poet today means being a rapper. She considered herself a hybrid between the two. She presented a self-published collection of poems, "La escala de Mohs" (The Mohs scale)[5](Homostultus Ediciones, November 2016). Along with the collection of poems, she released an EP titled "Inéditas" (Unpublished).[3] Later, posthumously, her only book has been reissued independently several times by the publisher ARSCENSIS in June 2017 and November of the same year.

Gata Cattana was a versatile artist committed with society, daughter of a lost generation and transgressive in the musical genre, which she was able to transform and make shine by adding flamenco, electronic and Latin beats. She knew how to combine all of this together and turn it into something of her own. She was an educated, feminist, politically incorrect woman who loved to protest and also balanced her musical works inside the rap genre with poetry writing, poetry readings and poetry slams . She stood out in poetry readings for her skills and sensitivity and she was also able to stand out in the poetry world since the beginning of her participation. She started competing in 2014, and won the first prize in Granada. That same year she participated in the national Slam in Palma de Mallorca where she became finalist. In 2016 she dived into the musical and poetic scene and poetic at the same time. She also started in the music industry at a very young age. At only 14, she started singing in popular events where she stood out for her ease, her voice and her execution. Soon afterwards she found a very important referent in flamenco, so she moved on to this genre that she studied in depth in all its different branches and performed them. At 17 she formed the flamenco group Aquí pongo la era with four friends. Flamenco and Andalusian rhythms were captured in an album called Carpe Diem in which she started to also combine some other musical rhythms. This was her first work in which she included rap in the song that would name the album.

Once she knew enough about rap, she combined her two passions, music and poetry. She admired many flamenco singers of all times, specially Estrella Morent with whom she felt very identified with. One of the artists who influenced her the most was El niño de Elche. She considered she had the radical nature that usually appears in her music, where flamenco is an essential referent. [4] Another theme within her work are her allusions to Lorca, and his works, such as Yerma or The house of Bernarda Alba. [6]At the same time, she experienced a progression in which she evolves from a poetry with exclusively highbrow references to taking pop culture elements into her work. And not just Andalusian culture, she uses Spanish and quinqui jargon too, that way, the latest would not be forgotten.

The kind of poetry for what she felt most predilection for goes from sarcasm to irony through romanticism, by using humour. It shows the magical side of life, "the tough things about life", and successfully "reflected a lot, but with a little". We could think about her poetry from an idealist and prophetic perspective, in her poetry you can find constant, direct or indirect, references to her own death.[7]

As a poet, she grew with underground recitals —we can see her reciting in a cave on Granada— and with the Poetry Slam Granada, which she won during 2015/2015/16 season, a format she popularised in her city, Córdoba, in march 2015. At the same time, she developed her rapper side, she went to different poetry events (Versódromo 2016, Poesía o Barbarie) and returned to the Poetry Slam Granada as a guest of honour in February 2016.

Her conception of rap wanted to break the purism that characterised the genre and did not want to be stuck in the past. She recognised that she evolved her style from the most purist one to freeing herself and letting everything she had inside go, pouring all her creativity on it. That meant an opening to trap, and new themes. "If you want to say that you do it for money, that you are interested in money, and that... Either you are a woman, and you say that you like to shake your ass, that you like that, you love that. Why not? To me, that means liberation."[4] She sees this opening to new horizons in rap as an opportunity to introduce more women to the genre and, therefore, new points of view with new themes that, otherwise, they could not have existed[7].

She said that her rap was made for woke people that was constantly learning because she usually made historical or mythological allusions as a reference to present events, or just curious people. On the other side, she usually tried to get her message and ideas across in a subtle way, mostly during her latest years.

Gata Cattana was a great hope for feminist Andalusian rap. Weeks before passing away, she played at the concert hall "Sol", in Madrid. She left an unpublished disc behind, "Banzai", produced by David Unison, whose release was planned for the first semester of 2017[3]. In this last disc, she made an introspection to look for anything she could contribute to rap and thus, being able to make an LP with a clear and deep concept. This idea coincides with the concept behind the disc's name. The Japanese word "Banzai" refers to the scream samurais made before going to battle or to committing suicide after losing. For her, it meant a before and after while creating her disc and its release. "The disc is just that. It is like going to battle and eventually being relieved, letting everything out."[4]

Due to her tragic passing caused by a severe anaphylactic shock, the release of her disc "Banzai" was paused, but it was finally released in the 19th October 2017. The cost of her last work was defrayed by her family, her friends and her colleagues, as well as by different projects which have been launched. Its publication is a tribute to Ana. To her mother, whose name is also Ana, the publication of the disc means the accomplishment of what the artist deserves for her work and public figure, what she was about to get.[8][9]

The stage name of Gata Cattana intends to be a projection of the artist's wish of turning the child she was into the current woman, the one who writes and acts, However, in the author`s words, she was possessed by her persona. In the end, Ana became what she wrote about, the representation of her thoughts[4]. She defined herself as a common girl from a remote town who was sensitive, committed, devoted to poetry and more philosophical and profound than her persona, Gatta Cattana, who is the fighter and domineering one, fact that reiterates the above. Cattana was originally a group she created with one of her best friends, called Anabel, while being in Granada. The group's name is a mix between Gata and Ana. After the disbandment of the group caused by Anabel's withdrawal from her music career, Gata decided to adopt Cattana as her last name in honour of the group.[7]

Discography[edit]

  • Banzai (2017):
  1. Nada funcionando. 
  2. Hermano inventor. 
  3. Fuego. 
  4. Limonero. 
  5. Mi negra. 
  6. Papeles. 
  7. Hasta el final. 
  8. Banzai. 
  9. El plan. 
  10. Cartas que no repartí. 
  11. Mi burra. 
  12. Estoy bien. 
  13. Desértico.
  • Inéditos 2015 (2016):
  1. Efemérides (Prod. FunkTheSystem). 
  2. Rayos (Prod. LKA & C65). 
  3. Ferguson (PRod. Acid Lemon). 
  4. Atlanta (Prod. Vizio & Pepe). 
  5. Challenge (Prod. Nico Misery). 
  6. 3021 (Prod. Miguel Grimaldo). 
  7. Gotham (Prod. GJazz).

Cuatro Monedas (Prod. Nico Miseria)

  • Anclas (2015):
  1. La Prueba. 
  2. Los puñales. 
  3. LK Blade. 
  4. Lisístrata.
  • Los siete contra Tebas (2013):
  1. Tientos (Prod. Lisane)
  2. Al Norte. 
  3. Antígona.
  4. No es bonito (Prod. Lisane)
  5. Los siete contra Tebas.

Bibliography[edit]

  • La escala de Mohs (self-published, 2016)

References[edit]