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About Me

Category is a Musician/Rapper/Producer from the fabled lands of England. Making Nerdcore influenced music, but in a gritty and hard hitting UK style... UK-GEEK-CORE will rise up, if only in my bedroom "studio".
I like Nerdcore, and I am heavily inspired by it, but I'm just not hip-hop enough for that branding. So I'm UK-GEEK-CORE.
History
Matt Quinton first started making music back in the mid-90's after hearing punk rock for the first time. Forming a band called The Crazy Goat Biters , he constantly tried writing bad punk music. The line up changed, as did the name (which was eventually shortened to KGB, after the crazy got a K, to be, you know, krazy). When he left school, and started college, KGB were getting stronger and stronger, and recorded a couple of EP's entitled "HELL (or nearest M25 exit)" and "Blood On Your Shoes". At college, studying Music Technology, Quinton learned even more about recording, synthesizing, effects, and music theory, and started branching out into electronic music. The first attempt, Project X-On 1 was a strange mix of guitar, tribal instruments, GM soundsets and off the wall vocals, recorded all to tape for that dirty sound. Thats where the seed was first laid... He continued toying with and learning all facets of Music Production - hardware, software, theory - and he even tried studying Music Production at University. The degree failed, but he learned practical skills. Then, whilst reading Penny Arcade one day, he saw a link to MC Frontalot, and everything under the name Category started. And here is hoping it continues to flow and evolve!
Category - bringing the Punk ethic to Geeky Electro-Rap

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/15/2007
Band Website: categorymusic.co.uk
Band Members: Matt Quinton is Category
Solo artist... wish that would change though. If anyone wants to collaborate, or join forces in a more permanent way, let me know!
Influences: I don't want to single out any one musician, but basically all the guys on the Rhyme Torrents Board ... The genre I take most of my sound from some abstract different genres - Punk, Nerdcore, Chiptune, Ska, Happy Hardcore, Techno and just a slight little spattering of noise.

I like to think it comes out as Nerdcore, but what do I know.
Sounds Like: We sound like the resulting offspring of an unholy union between DJ Sy & MC Frontalot, with Refused as a contraceptive. That baby was allowed to grow for 5 years, listening to a solid audio diet of nothing but the theme tune to King Of The Hill and HamSTAR, which was consequently devoured by Phil Collins (Genesis Era), vomited onto a Bitshifter and Sabrepulse mixtape, that snapped in the cheap 80's standard tape player in your car that you could never afford to upgrade.

If I was you, I'ld just listen. Almost every song I make is a totally different genre.

But then also, If I WAS you, I would get off of my fat ass, turn of MySpace and go to your local play park and rediscover the joy of swings and slides. And monkey bars.

Monkey bars. You know you want to.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Stop the press! One-line wonder!

Wowsers! I was having a really crappy day until I saw this! I've been quoted in an article alongside some REALLY BIG NAMES! Only one line from me though, but it still feels special!So, what did you gu...
Posted by Category on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:47:00 PST

Sleepers 2007 (lyrics)

Climb inside my mind sometimeI'll take your demons for a rideLocked down safe and sound with meWhat? You're still waiting?Little things not wrong with meBut you can't seem to let them beDig yourself a...
Posted by Category on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:33:00 PST

What now? Projects and the UKGC

Well, I finished "Turn It Around"... What do you think? I'm quite satisfied with it. If you were friends with me back in Brockenhurst college, you probably know who this song was written about. It's b...
Posted by Category on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:29:00 PST

Turn It Around (lyrics)

(Spoken)It's time, for a rather rare, emotionally-charged songMore than just computer games and nerdy refernces for a changeI wrote it, wasn't originally gonna release it, but seeings as I'm recording...
Posted by Category on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:59:00 PST

Festivals and new material

With all this talk going around about Nerdapalooza and INFO, I'm getting really psyched. I know it's across the Atlantic, which is quite a way to go for a music festival, but it sounds awesome. If I c...
Posted by Category on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:42:00 PST

Drink, Emotions, Inspiration, The Future

I feel a little odd today. Not just hungover (which I am), but a whole new type of odd. As you can probably tell from my previous sentance, I went out drinking last night. Unit 22 in Southampton, if y...
Posted by Category on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:26:00 PST

Requiem For An Arcade (lyrics)

Spend your money at an arcade Coz the birth place of gaming needs to be savedEvery day another arcade diesTime for us to stand up and fight!Thats the problem with the kids these daysThey are far too h...
Posted by Category on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:40:00 PST

GADZOOKS MARTY, PHYSICAL EXERCISE!

Well, that has been one tiring week. From juggling the problems of illness, a trip to Farnborough, and helping my siter move out, i'm suprised I got anything done musically this week at all... ...But...
Posted by Category on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:54:00 PST

Geek 4 Life (a companion piece)

Well, here it is. The new track that I've been all excited about. I think it's awesome. What do you guys reckon? The only thing that let's the song down in my personaly opinion is the subject matter. ...
Posted by Category on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:35:00 PST

Geek 4 Life

Lyrics Every single morning when I get out of my bedI grab a cup of coffee, and then a cigaretteI gulp it down, inhale it inPlay a game of bomberman and usually winI boot up my PC and check the newsOn...
Posted by Category on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:58:00 PST