Cathy Battistessa

Who is Cathy Battistessa?

Cathy Battistessa is an established singer, songwriter and performer with tracks featured on numerous artist albums sold world-wide. Mostly known in the genres of Dance and Chillout music, her songs feature heavily on such Cult Artist Compilations such as Cafe Del Mar, Buddha Bar, Hed Kandi, Ministry of Sound, Hotel Costes and Defected compilations.

Cathy Battistessa is now recognised internationally as ‘The Voice of Café Del Mar’, writing and performing legendary chill-out songs such as ‘More Than Ever People’, ‘Oh Home’, 'Shine, ‘Speck of Gold’ and ‘Riva’.

Many of her classic chill-out and dance floor hits are featured on such artist and compilation albums as Defected, Ministry of Sound, The Afterlife Lounge, Café Mambo, Café Ibiza, Hed Kandi and Buddha Lounge.

In 2000 Cathy co-wrote the UK top ten hit ‘A Little Bit Of Luck’ with DJ Luck & MC Neat. Cathy has collaborated and composed with numerous innovative producers, writers and artists across the globe including Valgier Siggurson, [[Rob da Bank]] & Chris CoCo, Stephane Pompougnac, Jose Padilla, Paco Fernandez, Knee Deep and Slow Pulse from Ibiza. She has also enjoyed continued success co-writing with Steve Miller from Afterlife on tracks such as ‘Shine’, ‘Go Easy’, ‘Let It Go’ and the title track of the Afterlife Lounge Album, ‘Speck Of Gold’.