JINGLE CATS IN SPACE, sorta.

[@trickstertom333]

Watched it live on Jingle Cats stream! Easily my favourite video! My sister & I were literally laughing out loud at the reveal of Captain Simon. The kitty crew & their meows was fantastic (probably my favourite part). The dramatic signal between cat ship & Christmas hat had me at the edge of my seat. I also did not expect the bumhole to be the cockpit. (What a sentence that is). The music was simultaneously, beautifully spacey & perfectly yogmassy. This was the only video I had to seek out afterwards to keep in my archives, gonna be watching this one for a few more Christmas's to come! Well done mate! Thank you for starting off the Jingle Jam so purfectly! 😻🐾

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

Thank you for the lovely comment! You've made my day, if not week!

[@joncovert1588]

I couldn't stop thinking about this today because of the jingle cats stream, still the jingle cat to make me laugh the hardest by far

[@AcquiredTastePro]

I can't stop coming back to this tune. Great job!

[@RC511]

This is a CatJAM moment. There are very few things that can be as perfect as this.

[@Hecksun]

ＭΞＯＷ

[@acannonball781]

Amazing man! Love the Louis Cole fill

[@DarthRevan42]

The winner of Jingle cats. So damn good 🤘

[@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy]

... ...Hey Martijn? ...Why am I actually _enjoying_ listening to a JingleCat bop? _...Why_ am i slightly mesmerized by the space-vistas in a JingleCat video?? ...And _WHY_ am I emotionally invested in whether Captain Simon Lane and the C.A.T Enterprise will be able to deliver christmass-hats to the galaxy!?!?

[@vegancam]

You mean the P.U.S.S. Enterprise

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

... I don't have all the answers, but this video took a long time to make, so I'm glad you're enjoying it so much! As for CPT. Simon and the C.A.T.s: the universe is a big place, bit they'll give it their best! They're still out there, somewhere...

[@zsdmrtzmrde]

jingle bells in a minor key is very nice

[@zunnie2781]

Going to be listening to this a lot, nice animation, but I think I fell in love with the song

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

Thanks! I picked up an obsession with synthesizers during the epidemic. I got to use all of them in this song.

[@XLrLNoOdLE]

Just saw this live, felt the need to congratulate you on an amazing video, with a bangin soundtrack, that was made by you? Incredible

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

Yes! I made the song back in August and had been working on it on and off since then. Finished it literally 1 hour before midnight.

[@XLrLNoOdLE]

@@MartijnCalkhoven Congrats, I'm so glad i caught that live, i've watched it for a couple years now and that was one of my favorites, definitely top 3 :) And to add on I've always loved this kind of synthwave style music, whether modern or retro, so you hit a sweet spot

[@cardboardcamellia]

I've been listening to this daily since it aired on jingle jam and probably for the rest of December. This is great!

[@vegancam]

Definitely the best video of Jingle Cats this year! Watched it live on stream and had to track it down on youtube for (repeated) listening. Great tracks and excellent animation as well, love the popcat bridge crew.

[@Jammyo]

Great fill at 0:40, so satisfying!

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

That's Louis Cole, a brilliant musician. Saw him live a few weeks ago!

[@YoutubeInSpace]

Best entry 100%!

[@Lynkah]

Absolutely my favourite Jingle Cats of the year. You rock!

[@not-kate2639]

Best jingle-cats so far this year!

[@kelpysea]

omfg this is incredible

[@WhichDoctor1]

This is a work of genius! It's both utterly bonkers and legitimately cool. Definite #1 jingle cat of 2021 in my book ^-^

[@Fearinity]

Stellar work, absolutely magnificent 10/10 Best jinglecat 2021

[@benjaminhughes2319]

This slaps.

[@Teeepan]

I've rewatched this several times already and I'm probably gonna keep going for a while, the whole thing is absolutely fantastic.

[@OhHeckItsRJ]

Just watched this live on Jingle Cats! AMAZING

[@GorechildsRage]

This is perfection

[@bloodwarf8628]

I was impressed by this one, you did an amazing job!

[@asteroidblues402]

What a legend

[@IceFireofVoid]

This is the best one

[@uood5]

this is incredible martijn

[@Dantyx1]

Incredible

[@kattglufsare]

This kicks ass

[@brycevo]

Awesome job. This is so well done

[@Taraquin]

1:25 The Cat Hole is calling...

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

That was the most difficult shot to get right!

[@soppdogg1267]

A bop, hopefully see this tonight.

[@dantheman4628]

I want the full album

[@travishimebaugh8381]

This is what Simon sees after he takes his meds every morning

[@Vertyng]

actual banger tho

[@TheBuckteeth100]

Do you produce more music? I love the specific EDM style!

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

I've been dabbling in music production here and there over the past decade. Picked up a synthesizer obsession during the pandemic. Still figuring things out at the moment, but I release a track here and there. They'll either be here, or on my SoundCloud (see video description). As to this type of EDM: I was going for a synthwave/darksynth/cyberpunk kind of vibe.

[@YoutubeInSpace]

you should upload the reaction from jinglejam of this video :D

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

I did, but it's unlisted. There's already plenty of VODs out there.

[@haakondilling649]

Goddamn this is incredible

[@YoutubeInSpace]

What were the programs you used for animations and making the music? :D

[@MartijnCalkhoven]

I used a bunch of hardware synthesizers and FL Studio for the music. Animation was done in Blender.

[@lenaamartin36]

I love it!

[@Saltxwater]

omg amazing

[@DaveYognaut01]

Fucking brilliant.

[@ДжавидФаталиев-д8г]

Careful savior 30

[@Gremlins422]

This is nice and all, but what about a man?

[@ВСЁБУДЕТХОРОШО-ж8ю]

Kind man 96