He’s a well-established artist in his own right but the Covid-19 pandemic has certainly pushed Dave Scott, known professionally as The Kiffness, to test his creativity. During this time, he has been responsible for a number of vital memes but gained fame globally thanks to his remix of ‘Numnum Cat’ and ‘Alugalug Cat’.
Putting his signature spin on the hilarious cat sound seemed to have brought a smile to millions of people around the world. This week, he celebrates this momentous moment in his career as he premieres his new EP ‘Cat Jams’.
“After doing a couple “Internet Collabs“, someone tagged me in an Instagram Reel asking if I could collab with a cat,” Dave said in an interview with Texx and the City. “At first I was apprehensive, because I had never done cross-species collabs before, but I thought I should give it a shot. It turned out way better than I could have imagined, and that was the birth of ‘Alugalug Cat’.”
“It wasn’t before long when a bunch of people from around the world started to join in, and suddenly I had enough videos to create an entire symphonic mashup of the song, as well as a funk version,”
He adds “Suddenly I was getting tagged in cat videos all over the place. It was a bit overwhelming and didn’t know where to turn, but then I found Numnum Cat and that was the next logical cat collab. Again people from around the world joined in with their instruments, and that became the version that I eventually released.”
As the project gains momentum, Dave has announced that he is putting his money where his mouth is and will donate 50% of the proceeds from this project to his local SPCA in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Listen to ‘Cat Jams’ below and read more music news here.
