Hampton, VA, September 2024 – TELEFUNKEN is sponsoring popular ska band Catbite and providing colorful M80 dynamic vocal microphones at this year’s Supernova Ska Festival in Hampton, Virginia. Formed in 2018, Catbite is a 4-piece ska band from Philadelphia. Influenced by the high-octane energy of the Specials, the Selector’s edgy lyrics, and Elvis Costello‘s love of melody, the group cranks out short, catchy tunes with deeper meanings. https://catbite.net
Catbite’s Brit Luna speaks about TELEFUNKEN, “The first time we used Telefunken vocal mics was at Supernova Ska Festival last year. We instantly fell in love with their unique color palette, and their perfect clarity for our vocally heavy sound! Ever since then we were hooked, and knew we needed them for our live show sound and aesthetic. We’ve been using them for the past few weeks of tour and have never sounded better —and they look SO good!.We’ve had countless house sound engineers tell us how easy they were to work with, which we’ve never had happen before with our old vocal mics.”
Mike DeMatteo, Supernova International Ska Festival Livestream Producer, added, “We put on a world class festival highlighting the wonderful ska music of Jamaica and now the world, so using a world class microphone like the Telefunken M80 for our vocals seemed like the perfect match. When you look on stage and see legends like Stranger Cole, The Pioneers, Pauline Black of the The Selector, Inspector, generational talents The Toasters, The Pietasters and ascending bands like Catbite with the colorful Telefunken M80’s in their hands it really stands out. There is nothing better than the clean, clear, crisp vocals of the M80 firing out of the front of house speakers to our fans on location and flowing out to our livestream fans all over the world. The diverse colors of the Telefunken M80’s match the festival’s push for diversity of our fans, generations of artists and styles of ska music.”
Catch the livestream for free all weekend September 13-15th (12pm – 10pm each day) Sign up here: https://vimeo.com/event/3537100/register
The Supernova International Ska Festival is the largest ska festival in the United States. The 2024 festival welcomes more than 30 bands from 6 countries for an unforgettable three-day weekend. The festival takes place next to the beach at Fort Monroe in Hampton and the line-up includes bands like The Pietasters, The Slackers, Inspector (exclusive East Coast show), Skavoovie and the Epitones (reunion of original members), the Mad Caddies, Los Skarnales, Jamaican legends The Pioneers and Johnny Osbourne, Big D & The Kids Table, The Doped Up Dollies, The Steady 45s, The Kilograms featuring Joe Gittleman (Mighty Mighty Bosstones), Sammy Kay, Michael McDermott (Bouncing Souls/ Joan Jett and The Blackhearts), and J Duckworth (Newport Secret 6), Coolidge, The Bandulus, Flying Raccoon Suit, The Prizefighters, The Fuss, Los Mal Hablados, and The Operators.
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