形見 — a keepsake · tap to play
Music you
can hold.
Streaming gave you everything and the ritual of nothing. Katami turns an album back into an object you hold — encode it onto a card, tap it to your phone, and it plays across the room on the speaker you already love.
The song plays in the room. Not on your phone.
Free to start · no Spotify needed to begin · made in Malaysia
The ritual
You used to choose an album.
Now you just press shuffle.
Somewhere between the record shelf and the recommendation engine, the gesture disappeared. The act of picking a record, sliding it out, and committing to it — gone. We have ten thousand albums and we choose none of them.
Katami gives the gesture back. You pick the record. You perform a small act — a tap. The room answers. The object is the choice; the phone just carries it.
No shuffle. No autoplay. Just the music you meant to hear.
How it works
Build your collection
Sign up free and add the albums you actually love — search, or paste a link from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud. No Spotify account needed to start.
Make it a card
Encode an album onto an NFC sticker, or print a sheet of keepsake labels straight from the app. Crafted wooden cards, cassettes and floppies are in the workshop.
Tap, and the room answers
Hold the card to your phone the way you tap to pay. The album starts on your Spotify Connect speaker — Sonos, KEF, WiiM, Echo. You never opened the app. You just chose, and listened.
The phone is the bridge. The object is the ritual.
A keepsake for every record.
One technology — NFC + your Spotify — at rising levels of craft and nostalgia.
NFC sticker
Encode any album yourself.
RM5
Make it yourselfWooden card
Laser-engraved, pre-encoded.
RM35
Pre-orderFloppy disk
Real 3.5″ shell, printed label.
RM65
Pre-orderCassette
Real shell, printed J-card.
RM75
Pre-orderPrefer to print? Generate keepsake sticker-label sheets — one-sided or two-sided — for any card right inside the app, free. The crafted objects are in the workshop; join the list below to be first.
Account-free by design
Share it like a record.
A Katami card isn't tied to your account. Hand it to a friend and they tap it — the same album plays on their speaker and lands in their library. Every album has one card; the card belongs to whoever holds it.
Lend it. Gift it. Pass it down.
Not another phone gimmick
The others
NFC cards and Spotify-code trinkets play tinny audio out of your phone speaker. Kids' players lock you into proprietary hardware.
Katami
Plays on the real speaker you already own, through Spotify Connect. No new hardware. Made as an object worth keeping — and worth giving.
Questions
Is it free to start?
Yes. Sign up with an email — no Spotify needed — and start building your collection right away. You only pay if you want a larger collection, the bring-your-own-Spotify unlock, or a crafted keepsake.
Do I need Spotify Premium?
To play to a speaker, yes — that runs through Spotify Connect, which needs Premium. You can still build a collection and tap a card to open the album without it. If you own a connected speaker, you almost certainly already have Premium.
Why not just open the Spotify app?
Because opening the app — the scroll, the shuffle, the decision fatigue — is exactly the habit you're trying to break. The card is the value: one gesture, the music you meant to hear.
Which speakers work?
Anything with Spotify Connect: Sonos, Bose, KEF, WiiM, Amazon Echo, and most modern smart speakers and AV receivers.
Is NFC complicated?
If you've tapped to pay, you can tap to play. Hold the card to your phone — no extra app beyond Spotify.
How do I put music on a card?
Pre-encoded cards arrive ready to tap. To make your own: in Katami, search an album and add it — each item shows a katami.cc/play/… link. Write that link to a blank NFC tag with the free NFC Tools app (iPhone & Android), and the card is done.
How does it work on iPhone?
iPhone XS and newer read NFC automatically when unlocked — hold the card to the top of your phone, a banner slides down, tap it and the album plays on your speaker. To encode your own cards on iOS, use the NFC Tools app (iOS can't write tags from the browser).
How does it work on Android?
Most Android phones read NFC tags automatically — tap the card to the back of the phone and the link opens, playing on your speaker. You can encode cards with NFC Tools or directly in Chrome (Web NFC). Make sure NFC is switched on in settings.
形見
Music you can hold.
The app is live and free to start. Build a collection and make your first card today — no Spotify account needed to begin.
Want the crafted keepsakes?
Wooden cards, cassettes and floppies are in the workshop. Join the list and you'll be first to hold one.