{{Short description|Australian pop duo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = GATC | image = Gypsy & The Cat.jpg | caption = GATC in Sweden. | image_size = | alias = | origin = [[Melbourne, Victoria]], [[Australia]] | genre = [[Indie pop]], [[dream pop]] | years_active = 2008–2016, 2023-present | label = Sony, Alsatian Music | associated_acts = | website = www.gypsyandthecat.com | current_members = Xavier Bacash<br />Lionel Towers | past_members = }} '''GATC''', which changed their name from '''Gypsy & The Cat''' in 2023,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/premiere-gatc-new-single-dust/ |access-date=2025-12-30 |title=PREMIERE: Gypsy & the Cat Return as GATC, Go Back to Their Dreamwave Roots on New Single ‘Dust’ |website=[[Musicfeeds]]}}</ref> are an [[Indie pop|indie]]/[[dream pop]] duo formed by former [[Melbourne]] DJs Xavier Bacash and Lionel Towers.<ref>{{Citation | last = Lau | first = Kristie | date = 26 September 2010 | title = Cat's scratching | periodical = Sun Herald }}</ref>
==History== ===2010-2011: ''Gilgamesh''=== Gypsy & The Cat's first live performance was in 2010 in [[London]], where they were based for much of that year.<ref>{{Citation | last = McCabe | first = Kathy | date = 19 November 2010 | title = Hip cats get UK cream | periodical = The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> They released their debut album in November 2010, "Gilgamesh", played in UK and Australia, and have received significant airplay including on [[Triple J]], [[Nova (radio network)|Nova]]<ref>{{Citation | last = Browne | first = Sally| date = 14 November 2010 | title = Making a feline for fame | periodical = The Sunday Mail }}</ref> and Fox during 2011. Gypsy & The Cat were an Unearthed [[J Award]] nominee in 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/10/unearthed/gypsyandthecat.htm |title=Gypsy & The Cat. Unearthed nomination |year=2010 |publisher= ABC |access-date=1 December 2010}}</ref> and finished the year with three hit songs on the station's Top 100 for the Year, their highest being "Jona Vark" at 64. The duo were booked to play Coachella, but pulled out the last minute due to issues with their label, Sony Music.
During 2010–2012, they extensively toured Australia, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Hong Kong and performed further concerts in the UK. Their first album, ''Gilgamesh'', was awarded a gold record in Australia.<ref>{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=album|certyear=2011|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>
In October 2012 Gypsy & The Cat started their own record label Alsatian Music. They independently released their second album, ''The Late Blue''. Produced by the band themselves and mixed by Dave Fridman (MGMT, Flaming Lips, Tame Impala), they also collaborated with director Krozm for the first single "Sorry", with artist Mark Alsweiler providing the album artwork. The second single from ''The Late Blue'', "Bloom", was used for Europe Canon's Power to Your Next Step campaign and in Australia as the feature in the Big M Kakao. In 2013 the band took the album across Australia and the US on headline tours as well as playing Future Music Festival, joining the line-up with bands such as the Stone Roses and Bloc Party.
The band completed recording of their third album ''Virtual Islands'' in mid-2016, which was scheduled for a global digital release on 5 August 2016. The first single from the album, "Inside Your Mind", was released in February 2016 on iTunes and Spotify and was largely met with positive reception. Also met with positive reception was the second single "I Just Wanna Be Somebody Else", which was released in April 2016 and achieved number 1 on the [[Hype Machine|Hypem]] Charts, accompanied by a two-part video shot in Tokyo encompassing both singles.
===2012-2015: ''The Late Blue''=== ''The Late Blue'' was released in Australia on 19 October 2012. Towers and Bacash worked on this record at a farm studio. On 20 September, Gypsy & The Cat released the dates for their Australian tour, which commenced after the release of the album.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/128755200472464/526461214035192 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=526461214035192&set=a.134326889915295.24631.128755200472464&type=1&theater |title = Gypsy & The Cat on Facebook |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> In an interview with music journalist Nick Milligan for the ''Maitland Mercury'', Towers said: "It's [the new record] probably a bit more 'summery'. There's a little bit of world [music] influence in it. It's definitely different to the first album in many ways - there's lots more major chords. With ''Gilgamesh'' there were more minor chords. We're just doing what we want to do, like we always have. On the next album we might do something even different, but I think [on this album] we needed to do something a little more 'left' than the first album".{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} The album was released independently, rather than with a major label.
===2016:''Virtual Islands'' and break up=== Gypsy & The Cat's third album was released on 5 August 2016. According to an article written in The Music online publication, the band have been influenced by their travels to Japan for the album. "According to Bacash, the cultural and environmental upheaval (in Japan) was just what the doctor ordered for the band's head-space in making this record." The album features mixing assistance by Dave Fridmann and Tony Espie (Avalanches, Cut Copy) and mastering by Mike Marsh (Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx) and John Davis (Led Zeppelin Re-masters, Foals).
After the release of Virtual Islands the duo decided to split ending the band on a high note. They made an announcement on [[Facebook]] on 14 July 2016 that they were going split after the final tour. 'We feel like it is even clearer to us that we should move on, on a high and both focus on other projects we have been working on. Lionel is going to be moving into the world of film scoring and I have a solo project under an alias with music coming soon'.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2016/07/15/gypsy-and-the-cat-to-split-after-album-tour/ | title=Gypsy & the Cat to Split After Album Tour }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/128755200472464/1346548798693092 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = https://www.facebook.com/gypsyandthecat/posts/1346548798693092 |title = Gypsy & The Cat on Facebook |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
===Return and new name===
On July 31 2023 they announced an official return on their Facebook "Same band, same sound, slightly new name. Gypsy & The Cat is back in a new incarnation, 'GATC'. After 7 years, we have been in the studio recording new music together."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.facebook.com/gypsyandthecat/posts/pfbid0KLcgzUXsg3HzzgXZEATDSVEdyud4UTMR13qscMy2FnWktpFXzN1BQvcCVNSfozFSl |title=Same band, same sound, slightly new name. Gypsy & The Cat is back in a new incarnation, 'GATC' |website=Facebook}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions !rowspan="2" style="width:225px;"| Certification |- !style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gypsy+%26+The+Cat&titel=Gilgamesh&cat=a|title=australian-charts.com - Gypsy & The Cat - Gilgamesh|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> !style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[GfK Entertainment|GER]] !style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref>[http://acharts.us/album/65251 statistic at acharts.us]</ref><br /> |- ! scope="row"| ''Gilgamesh'' | * Released: 12 November 2010<ref>{{Citation | last = Johnston | first = Chris | date = 26 November 2010 | title = ''Gilgamesh'' review | periodical = The Age}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | date = 20 November 2010 | title = ''Gilgamesh'' review | periodical = Hobart Mercury}}</ref> * Label: [[Sony Music Australia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 14 | style="text-align:center;"| 43 | style="text-align:center;"| 54 | * ARIA: Gold<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=PDF|page=123}}</ref><ref name=ARIACert11>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Gypsy & The Cat|type=album|certyear=2011|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''The Late Blue'' | * Released: 19 October 2012 * Label: Alsatian Music | style="text-align:center;"| 23 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |- ! scope="row"| ''Virtual Islands'' | * Released: 5 August 2016 * Label: Alsatian Music | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |}
==Awards and nominations== ===ARIA Music Awards=== The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. They commenced in 1987. {{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2011|2011]] | rowspan="2"| ''Gilgamesh'' | [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Album|Breakthrough Artist - Album]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2"| <ref name="ARIA2011Noms">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/8/the-countdown-beginsnominations-announced |title=The Countdown Begins....Nominations Announced |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |date=11 October 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016020511/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/8/the-countdown-beginsnominations-announced |archive-date=16 October 2011 }}</ref> |- | [[ARIA Award for Best Pop Release|Best Pop Release]] | {{nom}} |- {{end}}
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==External links== * [http://www.last.fm/music/Gypsy+&+The+Cat Gypsy & The Cat] * [http://www.mp4.com.pl/index.php?str=artf&no=23938 Gypsy & The Cat] Artist Discography {{in lang|pl}}
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