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Natty’s musical style of reggae, indie rock, Afro-beat and soul, mixed with a healthy dose of London street style, was influenced by his mixed race ancestry. He was born in San Francisco, with an English/Italian father and a South African mother.
Natty’s teenage years were spent in his bedroom, mixing hip hop for his rapping schoolmates. This gave him the courage to bag himself a job when he left school with the Sphere recording studio in Battersea. Natty admits to ‘bigging it up’ at the job interview, but although his first job was as a tea boy, he was able to sit in on sessions and learn about the business. He also got to see at close quarters some living legends such as Queen.
Soon Natty was a production engineer for the studio, whilst at the same time working on his musical compositions. His passion to produce his own music led him to ‘give up the day job’ after four years and start performing at open mic sessions. By now he had the nucleus of a band and soon Natty live sets were taking place.
He has never been one to let the grass grow under his feet, so the next project was to start his own recording label, Vibes and Pressure. Success came quickly – he performed his first live Natty gig in August 2006, and was signed by Atlantic the following May.
Natty soon became in demand for festivals, bringing his unique brand of reggae to thousands of new fans. One of his early TV appearances was performing on Later with Jools Holland, and his debut single, July, was featured as BBC Radio 1’s Record of the Week, having a very positive impact on Natty ticket sales.
Natty has collaborated with artists such as Roots Manuva, Tony Allen, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Nitin Sawhney who featured Days of Fire – one of the results of their musical partnership – on her album Undersound, while his appearance at the BBC Electric Proms caused Natty tickets to sell out.
His debut album Man Like I is a diverse combination of acoustic guitar-driven grooves and Natty’s poetic lyrics, which captures the essence of the live of modern-day Britain. Natty’s concerns with racism have led to positive involvement with the high-profile anti-racist organisation Love Music Hate Racism.
Natty’s single Cold Town was written in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings in London. He felt that the media were involved in an anti-immigration witch-hunt, so there were a lot of race related tensions around which he felt were alienating his generation, and which he wanted to address.
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