By Anthony Cross:
Tell me about the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Dome show that’s coming up?
WhiteCatPink:
The show is going to be on the 15th of November starting at 7:30 pm. It’s going to be a two-hour show with an intermission. There are going to be 360-degree visuals going on while I’m playing, so it’s going to be pretty amazing.
AC:
So tell me about WhiteCatPink because you are an enigma. What what is white cat pink?
WhiteCatPink:
Well, it started in 2006 in Boulder I was— I was playing in an experimental Krautrock group. We did this show called woodland calling, where we converted our rehearsal space into an electronic environment and hung magnetic tape from the ceiling. We had an audience on one side of the space, and then we had dancers crawling around feeding people grapes. The idea was to come as an animal that best represented your character. So it was a no brainer when I went into the costume shop, and I found this mask I was like “Oh, that’s perfect” — I was into David Bowie at the time. Also, the stuff that Peter Gabriel was doing with early Genesis was really interesting to me. Brian Eno came in the picture later, but the main drive for me was Serge Gainsbourg, who was the biggest draw for me too.
AC:
You’ve garnered this following that is so wide-reaching and widespread. Do you consider anonymity an asset to you as a performer?
WhiteCatPink:
Yes, I consider it a big asset that most people don’t know my true identity outside of the costume; it’s more fun that way. It becomes more real for people when they see the Cat – they think, “Wow, this is actually a thing…” Wild, you know?
AC:
Tell me more about the synesthesia aspect of you performing.
WhiteCatPink:
Synesthesia manifests for me in that when I listen to music or smell fragrances – things such as that – I see colors. These colors correspond to different tones of the scale and will produce different shades depending on the key of the tones that I’m hearing. An example would be the WhiteCatPink song, Snow Bunny – the song itself is in the key of D and it has a markedly blue tinge to it with bits of pink. I deliberately used an adapted Tony Banks chord progression that came from a Genesis song called ‘Afterglow’. The idea I was striving for was to portray the ubiquitous and beautiful snow bunny girl that I’m always chasing after.
AC:
So you’re going to be playing music, and while you’re playing music in the dome surrounded by colors in 360, you also see colors — so you are fully immersed in a dome. Is it a lot?
WhiteCatPink:
It’s amazing. It’s living on a whole different wavelength, I suppose is the best way to put it. Yeah, it’s really cool.
AC:
So after the dome yet what else you have on the docket?
WhiteCatPink:
I’ve got a house show coming up in Laramie in December. And then in January, I’m going to be playing at Pinball Jones. Also In February, I have a show coming up in Surfside 7. I’ve also been in contact with some people from the Fox Theater and the Aggie theater to look at doing some opening slots there.
Electronic Glam meets Krautrock, Bowie meets awesome. This is WhiteCatPink, musician extraordinaire! Join us in the OtterBox Digital Dome Theater at FCMoD for a live concert experience with WhiteCatPink in 360°. Featuring live surround visuals performed by the museum’s Dome team, this is a performance you won’t want to miss!
Doors open at 7:30 pm, performance starts at 8:00 pm. Cash bar will be available.
$10/$8 for members. Pre-registration is recommended.
