Kato (DJ)
Thomas Kato Vittrup, better known as Kato, is a Danish DJ and record producer mostly in the house genre.
Musical career
Kato started DJing at nightclubs in 2005 remixing for other artists and independently since 2008, a time he also started writing and producing his own music. His breakthrough came with the commercial success of the single "Turn the Lights Off", released on 1 January 2010, receiving platinum status for selling 30,000 copies in early August 2010. The track, is a cover version of an earlier hit by DJ Jose from 2007. The track contains the vocals of Jon, a Danish Popstars contestant.Kato released his first album, Discolized, on 1 March 2010 on the Danish label Disco:Wax that includes collaborations with Jon, Outlandish, Dr. Alban, Terri B, U$O and Johnson. The album reached number six on the official Danish Albums Chart.
The second single from the album, "Hey Shorty ", featuring rappers U$O and Johnson was released on 26 April. It was a big hit for Kato reaching number two on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart. It sold over 30,000 copies. The album's third single, "Desert Walk", a collaboration with rap group Outlandish sold 15,000 copies making it to number four in Denmark.
On 15 July 2010 it was announced that Kato had signed a contract with Universal Music in Germany including possible release of singles and albums in Germany and promotional appearances on German TV.
On 27 December Kato released the single "Sjus" featuring Ida Corr, Camille Jones and Johnson. It is a precursor to Kato's second album Discolized 2.0 due to be released in Spring 2011.
Kato won in 2007 and 2009 award for "Best Danish mainstream DJ" at the Danish DeeJay Awards.
In 2017, he released the song "Show You Love" with Sigala and Hailee Steinfeld.
In 2025, "Turn the Lights Off" found viral success after being featured in a meme with actor Jon Hamm in a club dancing scene from the American TV show Your Friends and Neighbours, with the song reaching number one on Spotify's Viral 50 - Global.