THINGS UPCOMING:
1. Show THIS FRIDAY, JULY 30TH @ The Someday Lounge in Portland, OR. I’m first on, so come early. THIS IS A SHOW OF FIRSTS: My first show with LIVE VISUALS (by Jessey Zepeda) and I’ll be debuting much of the new material from the new album (due out in Fall). Oh and not to mention a SLAMMIN’ line-up brought to you by People Music Productions, consisting of Sutro, Rena Jones and L.A., Low End Theory beat-master NOBODY. I’m so looking forward to this! Hope to see some familiar faces out there!
2. Upcoming shows: 8/26 @ Branx, PDX….9/20 @ Ground Kontrol, PDX (DJ set (!))…possibly some dates in SEATTLE later this fall as well. (yay)
3. Also, this fall, look for remix I did for my former schoolmates, Classics (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Classics/204978142952?ref=ts). Lovely music, lovely people. I had so much fun doing the remix. I’ll let you know when you can get it.
4. Collaboration in the works with my former choir conductor, Daniel Paulson and his stellar women’s choir, Vox Musica (http://www.voxmusica.net/). We’re working on combining the textures of classical and electronic in a new and profound way. I am SO stoked about this. I may even get to have the choir sing some of my original songs. (!)
5. Last but certainly not least, the new album, Expressor, is coming along sooo well, I am SO proud of it and can’t wait to put it out. The love of my life, Chris Green, is mixing it beautifully! I’m shooting for an October release, so bear with me.
That’s all for now! Thanks and love as always my lovelies!!!!
-N
This show is going to be off the chains. Live visuals provided by the talented Jessey Zepeda and plus I’m going to play my whole new record. See you there!!!
Just checking in quickly. I know I said I’d blog more, but then I decided I should probably just try to get this new record out ; )
I have been living in my headphones, for real. But I’m really excited about the new stuff. Loving it, in fact.
Also, a couple of albums you should definitely buy, because I can’t stop listening to them:
Flying Lotus-Cosmogramma (truly amazing, mind blowing)
Baths-Cerulean (album out early July, just played a show with him, he’s crazy good)
http://www.myspace.com/bathsmusic
The Great Mundane-Humdrum (also just played a show with him, awesome dude, crazy sick beats)
http://www.thegreatmundane.com/home.html
Also, if you don’t already listen to Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC1, you probably should:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqb7
That’s all! Hope to see my Portland peeps out on July 30th @ The Someday Lounge when I open for Nobody, Rena Jones and Sutro!!
WW showing some love for tomorrow’s show. SEE YOU THERE!!!
How “live” is your electronic set?
I may be an electronic musician rockin’ the laptop and controllers on stage, but I come from a very traditional, musically educated and “live band” type of background. So when I began conceptualizing my live set for this very nontraditional and electronic music, I was presented with a variety of conundrums centered around one major question: when your computer can literally do everything for you, what do you choose to execute live and why?
My first goal in taking my music out live was to try to bring the experience that I have creating the music in the studio to the stage. I wanted to display the improvisational energy that comes through me (and all artists, I think) when I create on the fly. My favorite live artists all do this. These artists range from blues and jazz guys to dubstep DJs. No matter the genre, instrument or background, they all can bring that raw inspired energy that you just can’t buy on a record. To be in the presence of creation is a beautiful thing. (And who wants to hear a band or solo artist just play a replica of their record anyway? Not me.)
After about a year and a half of experimenting with my set-up, some of which happened live and most of which happened at home, I think I’ve finally come up with a cocktail that works for me:
1. a Mac running Ableton Live, which runs samplers, tracks, loops, and all effects (including my vocal effects) controlled by an Akai APC-40 and MPD 16
2. a Korg R3 synth with all my favorite presets
3. me, sanging my little heart out
The biggest and continuing challenge for me is learning how to play my controller as though it were any other instrument. I’ve been singing and playing keys for many years but learning “controllerism” and in that, elements of DJ-ing, really has been a baffling, yet exhilarating and stimulating experience. Getting into this has effected my view of arrangement and the ebb and flow of a set better than any music class I took ever did. It’s even informed my in-studio production tremendously.
My live set, like all aspects of my life, will continue to grow and change. Technology today has made the possibilities endless. I very much look forward to exploring as many as I can.
That being said, you an catch the latest incarnation of my madness on June 13th in Portland, OR @ Holocene (10th and SE Morrison) @ 8:30. $7, 21+
See you there or somewhere else soon!
xoxo
-N
Ok, so I started a tumblr site a few months back with the hopes that it would motivate me to blog a bit more about my general musings relating to (but not limited to) my music and inspirations. Turns out, I haven’t done much of that…yet.
After a great talk with a close friend I’ve decided to commit myself to writing on this thing more often in an effort to connect with y’all on a deeper level and give myself a chance to express myself in yet another way. I’m really interested in sharing more about what I continue to learn daily as an artist and a person.
That’s all for now.
xoxo
-N
Hey everyone!
Just dropping a quick line to let you know about my next show in Portland. Here are the details:
June 13th, 2010 @ 8:30pm
HOLOCENE PRESENTS:
Baths (Low End Theory, LA) w/The Great Mundane and Natasha Kmeto
@ Holocene 1001 SE Morrison, Portland, OR 97214
Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111959
I’m going on first for this show and am only playing a 30 minute set, so don’t be late!
Hope to see you all there, this is going to be an awesome show. Please share this with a friend or two!
Natasha Kmeto, She's on Drugs, Boy Meets Club and DarkCloud | Rotture | Live | Portland Mercury
via The Portland Mercury:
“NATASHA KMETO, SHE’S ON DRUGS, BOY MEETS CLUB, DARKCLOUD
(Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) It would be enough for Natasha Kmeto to get by with just her voice, a powerful instrument that goes from a careful whisper to a soulful belt. But Kmeto’s got a lot more going on, creating electro soundscapes that sound like R&B songs turned inside out. Chilly synths find heatseeking frequencies while screwed-up beats skitter around heavy bass; Kmeto’s voice brings a distinctly human element to her digital deconstructions, creating a futuristic club music that doesn’t yet have any parallel. Armed with Ableton and a mic, Kmeto’s found a trance-ready spot that tugs at the sleeves of hiphop, IDM, and maybe even a tinge of goth, with a singing voice that keeps the digital zeroes and ones imbued with flesh and blood. NL”
Hey everybody!
Just giving you a reminder about my show next Wednesday, 4/21 in Portland, OR @ Rotture.
I’m going to play lots of my new material from my forthcoming full length album (which I will be holing up in my studio to work on for the next few months).
Great music all night including live band, She’s On Drugs, live remixing superduo, Boy Meets Club and DJ extraordinaire, Darkcloud.
Come check it out! RSVP and share by clicking the link below.
xoxo
http://www.facebook.com/natashakmeto?v=app_2344061033#!/event.php?eid=112956205381968&index=1