Il Gato is an indie/baroque/folk band from

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. The core ensemble of musicians consists of guitarist/vocalist Daimian Holiday Scott,

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Andrew Thomas and

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/vocalist Johnny Major. Their debut studio album, ''All these Slippery Things'' (July, 2010), and follow-up EP from the same sessions, ''All those Slippery Things'' (July, 2011) were recorded and mixed at San Francisco studio, Tiny Telephone, engineered by Ian Pelicci (Deerhoof, Rogue Wave, Hauschka, etc.) and mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering (

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, Bon Iver,

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, etc.). Overdubs were recorded in the apartment of bassist, Andrew Thomas. Il Gato’s first release, conversationmusic (2007), was a solo singer/songwriter bedroom recording by lead singer, Daimian Holiday Scott. Il Gato has been on the bill with American Music Club, Sam Amidon, Castanets, and Tom Brosseau. Venues played include The

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(SF), Rickshaw Stop (SF), and Bootleg Theater (LA). A number of Il Gato songs appear in the critically acclaimed documentary film, '' Crime after Crime'', which premiered at the 2011

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References

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External links

* http://www.sfbg.com/2011/08/23/bravo-il-gato * http://www.cmj.com/column/sonicbids-spotlight-il-gato/ * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/offtherecord/detail?entry_id=52402 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110924140543/http://myspoonful.com/il-gato * http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2010/05/local_frequency_bay_area_band_13.php www.ilgato.com Musical groups from San Francisco