The first phase of C/A/T (pronounced “cat”) ran from 1998 through early 2008 and encompassed 3 full albums, 2 EPs, multiple limited edition releases and countless compilation appearances.

The first notable release for C/A/T during Phase One was the EP “Worldwide Totalitarian Control” which kept the more free from experimental style of previous recorded material by C/A/T and was thematically a political and conspiracy theory based work. The WTC EP was followed in mid-2005 by the first full length C/A/T album called “The Prisoner”. “The Prisoner”, borrowing heavily from the television show of the same name, took the political ideas presented on the WTC EP and took them one step further. Aurally, the sound began to evolve more towards beat-heavy electronic music and gained more structure.

The next major shift in Phase One was the addition of a new live member, Kat, in Summer of 2005. Kat would remain in the band as a live member until the end of Phase One on February 10th, 2008. The addition of Kat also brought about the next C/A/T album “The Rogue Pair” in late 2005. “The Rogue Pair” featured a decidedly hard beat / rhythmic noise style and featured eight original tracks and remixes from Endif, Caustic, Terrorfakt and Manufactura. “The Rogue Pair” was very well received and the positive response opened many doors for C/A/T to perform live across North America.