Luis

Hello Asheville! If you haven’t heard of Black Cat Sound System, here’s a little bit about who we are. Black Cat was founded in 2020 in South Florida, a full service sound reinforcement and production company now based right here in the mountains. We provide turnkey production packages for events of all sizes from intimate DJ nights to outdoor festivals. The heart of our system is a hand built, one of a kind rig crafted by Jungle Skankin (Long Island, NY), powered by NST processing for clean, accurate, and powerful sound. Owned and operated by myself (graphyte), with over 5 years of experience working with Funktion One systems across Miami’s top venues and festivals including Okeechobee Music Festival, Dirtybird Camp Inn, Burning Man, iii Points, Hocus Pocus and more. Through Black Cat, I offer a range of audio and production services including: -Sound reinforcement & event audio -Audio engineering -Stage & production management -Event lighting & installation -Audio consultation & system design -Permanent installations for bars, venues, and restaurants -System tuning, diagnostics & repairs -Cross rental partnerships with other sound systems and production companies If you’re planning an event, need professional audio support, or just want to level up your sound DM or email to connect. [email protected]

Its Break Beat Sessions day!! Very excited to announce that @_sacramental_ is tapping into the funktion to share his talent with us. He has been around creating art and visuals for the past 10 years. Sacramental will be taking us on a visual journey all night long with a vintage twist. Come out and show some love to all the talented djs, producers, vj, vendors and sound system crews @eulogyavl Tomorrow night! Tickets in my bio! SCHEDULE: Doors - 7:30pm Graphyte 8-9 Ontology 9-10 M27 10-11 Gregory Evergreen 11-12 Video - @_sacramental_

The mayhem is about to begin. Break Beat Sessions is going down next week @eulogyavl We will be exploring a wide selection of jungle, drum and bass, breakbeat hardcore, and a special set by @m27underground fusing nu-metal and jungle together. SOUND: @hivi_soundsystem and @blackcatsoundsystem are coming together to represent sound systems culture, and will be deploying both of their systems to create the mega block🔊 TICKETS: you can secure your tickets in my bio or you can go to Eulogy’s box office from 12pm-7pm to get them with no fees. DOORS: 7:30pm Come out early for a selection of vinyl and gaming lounge until 8pm VENDORS: @starlitkittenart @moon_spore POSTER: @uffelx Art sampled from @gleam_online_ The night kicks off with @graphyte_ the head honcho of Black Cat Sound System. Not only will he be providing sound, but he will also be playing an eclectic set, taking us on a journey from old-school to nu-jungle an a little in between. Originally from Miami, Florida, Graphyte has recently rooted himself in Asheville, where he provides sound for many local events with Black Cat Sound System. Next up is @jjjjjjjjgjgjgjgjgj a junglist from Nashville, Tennessee. Ontology is a highly talented producer who has been putting US jungle on the map. She has DJ’d several times across the pond in Europe. Ontology has released music with @futureretrolondon , and worked alongside @reaptimer and @_dwarde @m27underground follows, coming all the way from Oakland, California for his US tour. M27 is bringing a fresh twist to jungle by fusing it with nu-metal, taking us on a musical journey through multiple genres with a vinyl set. Not only is M27 a very talented producer and DJ, but he is also a skilled artist. He is the art director and one of the selectors for one of the coolest US collectives, @fatcapsound Closing the night out we have a local legend, Gregory Evergreen, a junglist who has been part of the scene since the 90s. Gregory has a massive vinyl collection and will showcase his talents as a vinyl DJ, taking us through a selection of hidden gems. SONG @sully.e64 - Flock

Had the honor of supplying a big @funktiononeofficial system for the Jungle 51 stage at Okeechobee music festival this year with the best team ever @nomadsoundsystems 🔊💪❤️

We've been working on this since last Fall, and can't believe we get to finally announce Sound System Sunday! This event will be an afternoon of bass at @gashilldrinkingroom , delivered on the brand new @shaolinsoundsystem . This series will be geared toward highlighting local and regional DJs and producers. For the inaugural event we are stoked to welcome two dons of NC sound system culture to put our brand new rig to the test — @tunictunes of @hivi_soundsystem and @graphyte_ of @blackcatsoundsystem . Both of these legendary DJs have brought their systems to Winston for some of Subsentia's previous shows as well as supplied sound to multiple Undrgrnd events, so it is truly a full circle moment for us and sound system culture in the 336 that they help christen our new rig. We are also happy to have the hands that built the boxes, @place_holder_x , on the lineup for this maiden voyage. Our dream wouldn't have been a reality without him and we are lucky to have him as a friend and team member. We wanted this event to be perfect for a mid-spring Sunday, so we have also invited @discwasher_ and @medisynth_sound to curate sets to start us off and close us out for the afternoon. We have a few more announcements for this first iteration of Sound System Sunday over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled 👀 Event goes from 3pm-8pm, tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am on @theramkat website. — Be sure to follow @shaolinsoundsystem to see a behind the scenes look at the system build. Shoutout to @dylanevansdesign for the flyer design and system logo

Super excited to announce Break Beat Sessions at @eulogyavl on May 2nd. A night of exploring old-school to nu-jungle with a little flavor in between. @hivi_soundsystem and @blackcatsoundsystem will be bringing out the mega block 🔊 TIME: - doors 7:30 - show 8-12pm TICKETS: available in my bio or get tickets at Eulogy box office to avoid online fees, they are open from 12-8pm VENDORS: - @urbanwonderlnd - @starlitkittenart - @moon_spore POSTER: - @uffelx - @gleam_online_ art sample The night kicks off with a local legend, Gregory Evergreen, a junglist who has been part of the scene since the 90s. Gregory has a massive vinyl collection and will showcase his talents as a vinyl DJ, taking us through a selection of hidden gems. Next up is @jjjjjjjjgjgjgjgjgj , a junglist from Nashville, Tennessee. Ontology is a highly talented producer who has been putting US jungle on the map. She has DJ’d several times across the pond in Europe. Ontology has released music with Future Retro, and worked alongside Tim Reaper and Dwarde. They will be putting together a hardcore jungle set. @m27underground follows, coming all the way from Oakland, California for his US tour. M27 is bringing a fresh twist to jungle by fusing it with nu-metal, taking us on a musical journey through multiple genres with a vinyl set. Not only is M27 a very talented producer and DJ, but he is also a skilled artist. He is the art director and one of the selectors for one of the coolest US collectives, @fatcapsound Last but not least, we have @graphyte_ , the head honcho of @blackcatsoundsystem . Not only will he be providing sound, but he will also be playing an eclectic set, taking us on a journey from old-school to nu-jungle an a little in between. Originally from Miami, Florida, Graphyte has recently rooted himself in Asheville, where he provides sound for many local events with Black Cat Sound System.

Architects of pressure. @hivi_soundsystem x @blackcatsoundsystem ♾️❤️‍🔥 📸 @tatehunna.photography

Chicago 🏙️

Where do I even begin? 4hero aka Tom and Jerry, Cold Mission, Project AKO, Waterproof, Reinforced Records, headed by Marc (Manix, Visioneers) and Dego (Tek 9, Cousin Cockroach, 2000black) to me, are the most influential pioneers of jungle music. For my American friends who may not know: 4hero have been creating breakbeat music since the early 90s, before the term jungle even existed. These guys built the blueprint for jungle and drum & bass as we know it. Their sample choices are second to none, often pulling from their deep “rare groove” crates and soundsystem roots dating back to the late ’80s. Their music was born in a small studio in Dollis Hill (pictured today). The Tom & Jerry project, as I understand it, began as a challenge to make a track as quickly as possible. That concept has always resonated with me: no overthinking, no expectations, just pure creativity and fun. It’s in those spontaneous moments that something truly special gets captured. You can hear that freedom in all their tracks, the lightheartedness, the soul. That’s what gives music emotion. That’s what I feel is missing from a lot of music today, no matter how technical a track is if it lacks depth and soul you just have noise. Goldie (Rufige crew, Metalheadz) has credited Marc and Dego for being the ones who taught him how to make music and gave him that confidence, together they adapted techniques still being used today such as pitch shifting and time stretching. Their legacy is too rich to squeeze into this instagram caption. So if you love jungle music you should take a dive into the rabbit hole because their history runs DEEP. In fact, the whole reason I spontaneously came to the UK was because of them. And to hear Marc himself play this music at this iconic London club where 4hero used to preform back in the day. If you would like more info or references, books, or interview recommendations feel free to DM me as I can literally nerd out and talk about this for hours on end 😆 Large up all the junglist massive! 👊

Last run in the swamp was bittersweet. Grateful for all the experiences, lessons, and friends I have made at this place. Seeing Tipper preform here has had quite an influence on me throughout the years and im not sure if be who I am today without that. I’ll remember these times for the rest of my life. 🙌👾

🔊🔊 Sound system spotlight 🔊🔊 We’re so excited to have @blackcatsoundsystem all the way up from Ft. Lauderdale to provide sound reinforcement for these events! Black Cat is owned & operated by Luis Fernandez (a.k.a. @graphyte_ ), a sound engineer for Nomad Soundystems who specializes in Funktion One deployment. March 7th: Winston Salem March 8th: Asheville

Bringing in the New Year in Minneapolis last weekend for what I believe to be Tippers last indoor set at @snowtafest Had the best time binge watching movies and making music in the hotel room with @exiszt.music and @__michaelgonzalez__ and then going to the rainforest cafe in biggest mall in the western hemisphere 😂🇺🇸 Grateful for all my friends new and old and for all of these experiences. What a blessing to be alive and to witness an artist like Tipper at the peak of his career. Forever grateful for these opportunities to explore new cities and make new friends and see incredible music on state of the art sound systems. The memories are priceless and ill cherish them for the rest of my life. Grateful to be alive. Excited to see what 2025 brings! See yall at the Gorge! 🤙