
Artist
The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire is a ska artist from Victoria, Australia formed in 1999. 54 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Ska · Victoria, Australia · Best ska albums
- 54
- Releases
- 2003–2026
- Active years
- 1999
- Formed

Artist
The Cat Empire is a ska artist from Victoria, Australia formed in 1999. 54 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Ska · Victoria, Australia · Best ska albums

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The Cat Empire
2003

Steal the Light
2013

Cinema
2010

So Many Nights
2007

Rising With the Sun
2016

Live at Sydney Opera House
2026

Bird in Paradise (Deluxe Edition)
2025

Where The Angels Fall
2023

Live from Melbourne (Live From Melbourne, December 2021 original Line-up Final Tour)
2022

The Adelphia Sessions
2021

Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Live)
2017

Live at the Paradiso (Live)
2017

Live on Earth
2009
Cities: The Cat Empire Project
2006

Cities
2006

Two Shoes
Single · 2005

Devil
Single · 2026

La Gracia
Single · 2026

Doing Fine (Live at Sydney Opera House)
Single · 2026

Blood on the Stage
Single · 2026

Doing Fine
Single · 2026

Blood on the Stage (Live at Sydney Opera House)
Single · 2026

Two Shoes (Live at Sydney Opera House)
Single · 2026

Devil (Live at Sydney Opera House)
Single · 2026

Thunder Rumbles
Single · 2023

How to Explain (Anniversary Edition)
Single · 2023

Owl
Single · 2023

Money Coming My Way
Single · 2023

Rock 'n' Roll
Single · 2023

Going to Live
Single · 2021

Into the Night
Single · 2021

The Scream
Single · 2021

Sparrow
Single · 2021

Coming to Meet You
Single · 2021

Great Beauty
Single · 2021

Echoes
Single · 2019

Oscar Wilde (live At Odeon Theatre)
Single · 2019

Stolen Diamonds
Single · 2018

Oscar Wilde
Single · 2018

Barricades
Single · 2018

La Sirene
Single · 2018

Kila
Single · 2018

Sola
Single · 2018

Ready Now
Single · 2018

Bulls
Single · 2016

The Car Song
Single · 2016

Qué Será Ahora
Single · 2015

Wolves
Single · 2015

Brighter Than Gold
Single · 2013

No Longer There
EP · 2007

Sly
Single · 2005

Days Like These
Single · 2004

The Chariot
EP · 2003

Hello
Single · 2003
The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Felix Riebl (percussion and vocals), Harry James Angus (trumpet and vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums), Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala (decks, percussion), Ollie McGill (keyboard and backing vocals), and Ryan Monro (bass and backing vocals). They are often supplemented by The Empire Horns, a brass duo composed of Ross Irwin (trumpet) and Kieran Conrau (trombone), and have recurring guest musicians. Their sound is a fusion of jazz, ska, funk and rock with heavy Latin influences. The Cat Empire's origins are traced back to Jazz Cat, a Melbourne-based band, led by Steve Sedergreen in 1999. Jazz Cat was a nine-piece group from different schools and backgrounds which debuted at the Manly Jazz Festival in Sydney. They gigged around Melbourne's jazz club scene including at Dizzy's (Sedergreen was a part-owner). Late that year, Jazz Cat spawned The Cat Empire, originally as a three-piece, with Ollie McGill on keyboards, Felix Riebl on percussion and vocals and Ryan Monro on double bass. The band's name was taken from the title of a drawing by Riebl's younger brother, Max, and its distinctive cat's eye icon, know…