Cate Ferris

Brighton based Cate Ferris is a “one-woman symphony of lush textures, electronic beats and soulful harmonies”, a vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumental artist who has been captivating audiences across the UK and Europe with her solo project. Her extensive and sometimes eccentric instrumentation is tinged by hard hitting lyrics and structured around “sublime and beautifully crafted songs” (Jeff Hemmings, Brighton Noise). Tipped by David Rodigan in the Independent as one of the best new up and coming artists, her work has featured on BBC1 Xtra and her voice on prime-time television.

Ferris has worked and collaborated with great musicians from a wide range of genres – Nick Menasseh, Martha Tilston, Aamouai, Alex Banks, Nordic Giants. She was lead vocalist and co-writer for Dizraeli & The Small Gods, an eclectic 8-piece hip-hop band, whose album Moving In The Dark was shortlisted for the 2014 Songlines Music Awards and she has performed on the West Holts Stage (Glastonbury), at the Royal Festival Hall, Latitude Festival, main-staging Larmer Tree and headlining at Purbeck Folk Festival to name but a few.

Weaving the colourful threads of her music world through a network of talented musician contributors; Ferris has delivered her bold debut album and produced a refreshing and inventive body of work. Fusing melismatic vocal hooks with lush synth lines against a backdrop of beats created from broken gramophones and slammed doors, Gyroscope co-produced with Rob Flynn (Oslo Parks) sees Ferris step out from behind her loop station to flex her ample production muscles and sees her tackling some of life’s bigger questions more fearlessly than ever before.