Kitties wanna Dance
June 8, 2018
Culture & Music
Words:
Haylee Lunt
Haylee Lunt
Today we’re joined by COYU, an electronic music artist based in Barcelona, well known for his official remixes for Moby and Fatboy Slim. His motto is “kitties wanna dance”, and his love for cats can be seen through his Suara imprint. Besides his record label he has a non profit organisation Suara Foundation & cat house for helping the abandoned and street cats of Barcelona. This is located at the same place of his Suara store, which sells feline themed clothing and vinyls, and can be found at the headquarters of the foundation in el El Born (Ciutat Vella).

We were touched when in your video about Suara, you describe giving back the love and affection cats have given you, can you tell us a particular occasion you really felt that from a cat?
Everytime. There’s no occasion where you cannot feel the heat of a cat. They are amazing creatures. Their company is the best medicine you can take. Come to our cat house and I’m sure you will know what I’m talking about.
Why did the problem of stray cats get particularly bad in Barcelona? What other cities in Europe are most affected? What can governments do to prevent this?
We’re based in Barcelona and we fight against this terrible affliction here. But this situation is not just bad here in Barcelona but around the World. Seeing them homeless makes me sick, they need to be neutered and spend their lives in the comfort of a proper home. We are the voice of the animals, so we have to take care of their rights and fight against animal cruelty. Fortunately society is changing and we can already see animalist parties on politics defending them. Love to see animal parties with members at the Parliament of Portugal or Netherlands. Here in Spain we still have a lot of work to do but there’s an animalist party called PACMA that year after year are getting more support (I’m one of their supporters for many years) and I’m sure they will get their first seat on Catalan & Spanish Parliament very soon.
We would love to hear more about your own personal cats! Do you get attached to the ones you look after in the home and feel sad when their adopted? How do you not fall in love with them all?
We have 8 cats at the cat house now and 5 of them are ready to be adopted. Some of them have been at the cat house for almost a year and I’ve a very personal connection with them. I’m gonna be extremely devastated when Nina, Tiga or Cassy find finally a home, but at the same time I’ll be very happy for them because I know they will be happy with their new family. We don’t give our cats to the first to ask us, we’re very strict with the selection of the people who adopt our cats. It needs to be the right family and the cat needs to be the right one for them as well. The candidate needs to answer us a questionnary first and then meet us at the cat house and spend some time with us and the cat. That’s completely basic for us. We need to be sure the cat will have a pleasant life.
Is there a particular link between cats, techno and house or do you just really like them?
I don’t know why but when I’m working at the studio making some noise (I mean music :P) there’s always a cat by my side.
Have you ever seen a cat dance before? We have
Really? Tell me more 🙂

