C Cat Trance were a post-punk

Post-punk

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 band from Nottingham

Nottingham

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, England, formed by John Rees Lewis after his departure from Medium Medium

Medium Medium

Medium Medium were a post-punk band from Nottingham, England, initially active between 1978 and 1983.-History:Emerging in 1978 out of Nottingham punk/rhythm & blues band The Press, Medium Medium's debut single was "Them or Me", which was released in late 1978 and was still selling well enough in...

. They released five albums before splitting up in the mid-1990s.

History

After leaving Medium Medium, Rees Lewis formed C Cat Trance with original Medium Medium drummer Nigel Kingston Stone. While similar in some respects to Medium Medium, They incorporated World music

World music

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 elements, releasing a self-titled debut mini-LP

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 in 1983 on the Red Flame label. Subsequent releases were on the Red Flame sub-label Ink, starting with the "Dreams of Living" 12-inch single. They released one album a year between 1985 and 1987 and another in 1992 before splitting up.

John Rees Lewis later returned to a reformed Medium Medium.

Cherry Red

Cherry Red

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released a collection of the band's best material in 2005.

Albums

• C Cat Trance (1983), Red Flame
• Khamu (She Sleep Walks) (1985), Ink
• Zouave (1986), Ink
• Play Masenka Combo (1987), Ink
• Les Invisibles (1992), Ink

Compilations:

• Kandara: The Cream of C Cat Trance (2005), Cherry Red

Singles

• "Dreams of Living" (1984), Ink
• "She Steals Cars" (1985), Ink
• "Shake the Mind" (1986), Ink
• "Screaming (To Be With You)" (1986), Ink
• "Ishta Bil Habul (Cream Galore!)" (1987), Ink
• "Yinniya" (1988), Ink
• "Hobb" (1993), t:me