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Katzenwaffe is the electro/pop-loving alter ego of Martin Carlson, music producer and songwriter from Sweden. Former guitarist in the hardrock band Hell n' Diesel.

Decided to stake everything on electronic music and songwriting in 2009.

Katzenwaffe's wide range of musical input makes it pretty hard to put a label on his music, even though a certain rock structures like verse/chorus/verse can be spotted in many of his tracks. But is it house? Is it electro? Is it pop? Maybe it's everything, or nothing. No track is similar to another and maybe that's the beauty of it. That is at least why Katzenwaffe was created. Katzenwaffe does not follow any genre to the letter.

Check out Katzenwaffe's latest tweets and enjoy the sweet music he makes. If you have something to say – drop a message and make your statement. If you wanna send some music, why not put it in the Soundcloud dropbox?

INSTANT MESSAGING (trough Gmail)
katzenwaffe@gmail.com

LIKE KW ON FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/katzenwaffe

FOLLOW KW ON TWITTER:
http://twitter.com/katzenwaffe

PRODUCTION/REMIX/OTHER ENQUIRIES:
katzenwaffe@gmail.com

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    Winning “Iprenjakten”

    I am a winner. If you ain’t first - you’re last. Check it out!

    Jury motivation:

    Katzenwaffe, eller Martin Carlson som han egentligen heter, går sin egen väg. Han är gitarristen som 2009 valde att lämna hårdrocksgruppen Hell n’ Diesel och istället satsa allt på elektronisk musik och det egna låtskrivandet. Den här typen av kompromisslöshet hörs även i bidrag nummer 385 som - när den slog ner på vårt kontor - inte lämnade många fötter stilla. Katzenwaffe faller aldrig för frestelsen att bli insmickrande eller på annat sätt låta sig vingklippas av den kommersiella saxen. Mot en fond av rökiga klubbideal målas slöjor av sång och väldoftande trummaskiner upp. Resultatet blir ett mästerverk vi dansar och sjunger med till, utan att tänka på hur vi dansar eller vad vi sjunger. Allt blir bara så bra. Vilket det brukar bli när hjärnan kopplas bort och hjärtat släpps på.

    Radio spots:

    Posted on Monday, November 26th 2012

    Slave to the arpeggio – Reason project file!

    My latest song Slave to the arpeggio got loads of plays and downloads as soon as I posted the song on Soundcloud together with a nice article on Tracasseur.com. I know many people are curious about production techniques and stuff, and since I’m not into making tutorials, I decided to release the Reason project file for the song. So all of you who are interested can dissect the song and check out how it’s made. You’ll need Propellerhead Reason 6 (6.0.2 to be precise) to open the file. And that’s it.

    If you wanna make a remix, go ahead! If you wanna add some beautiful vocals – do it! Just make sure you mention me and the original when posting the song. And it would be awesome if you notified me when posting, so I can enjoy your sweet versions!

    Here’s the download link!

    Creative Commons-licens
    Slave to the arpeggio by Katzenwaffe / Martin Carlson is licensed under a Creative Commons Erkännande-IckeKommersiell-DelaLika 3.0 Unported License.
    Tillstånd utöver denna licens kan vara tillgängligt på http://soundcloud.com/martincarlson/slave-under-the-arpeggio.

    Posted on Thursday, February 16th 2012

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    A few weeks ago I heard this massive tune on Swedish radio. A song called “SLOW”. It had a vibe to it that captured my interest instantly and soon I found out that theese dudes are calling themselves MRTN.

    I dropped a message in MRTN’s Soundcloud messagebox that I would love to get hold of the stems for the song and make a remix. To make sure they were going to be interested I wrote I was going to make a Scatman/Scooter mashup thing with their song. BAM! Stems back in five minutes. I didn’t make any Scatman/Scooter remix. This is the result. 

    Posted on Thursday, February 16th 2012

    Source SoundCloud / Katzenwaffe

    “Katzenwaffe, aka Martin Carlson, is an electro/pop/disco producer and songwriter hailing from Katzenville, Sweden. With roots in heavy metal and hardrock, Katzenwaffe has successfully transcended into the electronic scene with a keen sense of musical discovery and experimentation. The blurring of genres and the combination of various structures make up the unique production style that Katzenwaffe has mastered today.”

    http://remix86.com/exclusive-katzenwaffe-holy-water/

    Posted on Thursday, February 16th 2012