Kat Five

A photo of Kat Five by Finn Green. Kat is holding a red kite feather in front of her face. She has pink and black hair and smokey eye makeup and is looking at the camera. She is wearing a neon pink mesh top, black fishnet gloves, a necklace of mirrored charms, and blue glittery nail polish.
Kat Five – photo by Finn Green

I write, produce, perform and remix as Kat Five and in my band Feral Five, who are known for experimenting with new tech. We’ve created music with sonified algorithms, played Music Tech Fest with a 3D printer, and worked with a bespoke AI Kat Five twin on our album ‘Truth Is The New Gold‘ which explores truth and trust. I have been interviewed several times on global BBC News about AI in Music, in the industry as a whole, and to discuss how I used it.

Feral Five signed to the Reckless Yes label for the album, which came out in 2023 on Vinyl, CD, and Digital, with artwork by design icon Malcolm Garrett. The release featured on BBC 6 Music, Radio X, and other leading stations around the world. We were honoured to see the album included in the Louder Than War Albums of the Year list in great company, get longlisted for the Music Producers Guild Awards for Self-Producing Artist, and be featured in Electricity Club’s Songs of the Year.

Electronic music legend Martyn Ware (Heaven 17, Human League, Tina Turner) also remixed the album title track ‘Truth Is The New Gold‘, ramping up the funk with ear-worm synths and cash register percussion.

Martyn previously invited us to create new music for his Picasso Portraits event at the National Portrait Gallery in London. We’ve also played film director Danny Boyle’s Shuffle Festival, supported Black Grape, and played Cro Cro Land and Nasty Women festivals.

We created an interactive live show with live algorithmic visuals in collaboration with artist/technologist Jonathan Hogg, where the audience can share their thoughts on truth to be included in the visuals and the music. We performed it at Electromagnetic Field Festival in 2024, and other venues.


Cover art for the Feral Five Truth Is The New Gold album, with artwork by Malcolm Garrett. The design features a burst of yellow rays on a textured background, and black text. The letter U in Truth is replaced by an asterisk, which gives a sense of truth being censored.
Feral Five Truth Is The New Gold Album on yellow vinyl with the album cover sleeve and lyric sheet, artwork by Malcolm Garrett
Cover art for the Feral Five Truth Is The New Gold Martyn Ware Remix, with artwork by Malcolm Garrett. The design features a burst of yellow rays on a textured background and red text. The letter U in Truth is replaced by a double asterisk, which gives a sense of truth being censored.
An image of Kat Five and Drew Five, and white text that says Feral Five is long listed for self producing artist of the year in the Music Producers Guild Awards 2024. The duo is standing in moonlight by a river at night with a brightly-lit industrial scene in the distance. Kat has pink and black hair and is wearing a spiked headpiece, a gold Tatty Devine necklace with large charms of currency symbols from different countries, and has on a shiny black sleeveless dress with three thin straps. Drew is wearing a black bowler hat, black top and black leather jacket and has a beard.
Feral Five - Kat and Drew Five -performing on a platform stage up in the trees at Danny Boyle's Shuffle Festival in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in London in Summer 2017. Kat is playing guitar and Drew is playing bass in front of a tightly packed audience. The stage has a mesh enclosure and is lit in a golden glow.

As Kat Five I play live shows, release self-produced music, and collaborate with artists such as Misled Convoy (Pitch Black). I’ve jammed on the IRCAM stage in Paris at Music Tech Fest, remixed emerging classical composer Monefa Walker, played on a Horace Andy remix track, and contributed to sound art broadcasts and installations. My latest single is Switch, which has been dubbed an art pop anthem, with a dazzling video.

I am also part of the international women in music tech community, and a member of the Music Producers Guild, The Ivors Academy Future Sound Experience Council, The Brit Awards Voting Academy 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the women and non-binary music producers group 2% Rising.

Cover art for Kat Five's new single Switch. A photograph of a large black feather rests on a textured pink background. The word switch in white has the W at an angle to signify movement, and the Kat Five artist name is in neon green with symbols and stars underneath.
Kat Five playing guitar and singing at Cro Cro Land Festival 2024 in London
Cover art for the Kat Five track Party Trick. A blurred glitchy image of Kat dancing, surrounded by bubbles and light flashes. The text is salmon pink.
Cover art for Kat Five's Butterfly Wings single. The photo of a butterfly and artwork are by Kat Five.
A screenshot of Kat Five (Terry Tyldesley) being interviewed on BBC World News about AI in music. The caption is AI in the music industry. Presenter Matthew Amroliwala is pointing and Kat is smiling.
Cover art for the single Apply The Pressure by Misled Convoy and Kat Five out on Dubmission Records. The artwork features an image by kennardphillipps of grey high rise buildings and brown cracked parched ground.
Cover art for Sylva 247, Kat Five's release of music for the collaborative sound art installation Lone Women Wood, a contemplative track that includes field recordings, plus a dance remix. There is a black and white photo by Ruaridh Law, of bare looking winter trees, and text in bright neon green.
Cover art for the Horace Andy Broken Beats 2 album of remixes, out on Echo Beach, which features a Cuss Cuss remix by Misled Convoy, with Kat Five on guitar and synths. There is a stylised street art image of Horace wearing a black suit and beret, a yellow shirt, holding a cane and smiling. The text is in red against an off white brick background.
Cover art for a remix Kat Five created for emerging classical pianist Monefa Walker. The track is called Aries Kat Five Remix and the cover features multi coloured symbols.