Jigga may have proclaimed auto-tune dead, but Berkeley’s favorite indie-pop powerhouse, The Cataracs, have a legitimate case for being granted immunity from his executive order. Yes, the infamous vocoder has been tacked on to damn near every hit rap record in the last year, but then again, Campa and Cyrano aren’t rappers (any more). They actually use the device quite originally en route to crafting catchy and unique pop records that dodge easy genre clasification. You can hate if you want, but guess who’s shows have the most ridiculous girl-to-guy ratios in the Bay. Yup, you guessed it.

The Cata’s most recent project is the off-beat period video for their cut “Freakin Ta Ma Song” (above). The song itself is dope and stays true to their signature techno-hop sound, but the video may throw you for a loop. It looks like a spirit week “throwback day” at B-High happened to coincide with a senior ditch day pool party. Thank god there was a hit record to dance to and a camera crew to help document the proceedings. Special shout-out to Cyrano for rocking the shit out of that McLovin suede vest with the porn ‘stache. Boss shit, lol.

Don’t forget to check out their Myspace too. I’m telling you, “All I Do” is my one right now. “20 years old with a healthy dick / Ayyy! You can’t tell me shit.” ‘nuf said