Natisse

More Live Videos!

// July 26th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

Following from last week’s teaser, here’s another live vid from Nat’s PA vault, this time with her previous single, Follow Me.
Enjoy!

New Live Videos!

// July 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

Natisse kicked off her summer PA’s with a superb performance of her summer smash, Kiss Me On The Lips, for the CCUK event at Air&Breathe in Dartford, with the young Futunity Dancers putting in a great routine on what turned out to be a tight stage! Nat signed almost 100 autographs and pictures and picked up a fair few new young fans in the process! Watch this space for more videos!

New Single Out Now!

// July 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // News

Summer is finally here and after the brief distraction of the England football effort, what better way to remind us of what summer is really about than the hotly anticipated Kiss Me On The Lips single from Natisse! This is going to be one of the tunes of the summer, with a great new video shot on Brighton Beach, twelve remixes covering every club genre you can shake a lightstick at and the competition winning remix from Zaheer which you’re guaranteed to hear at over 100 UK clubs throughout July. We’ve really pulled out all the stops for this one so would love you longtime for all your support! Please buy the track from the itunes link below and check out the video!
Thanks everyone and hope you enjoy the tunes!!

KISS ME ON THE LIPS (ITUNES)

Natisse Flies the Flag for England

// June 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

The World Cup is days away now and with the fever building and everyone and their cat making a World Cup song, Natisse wanted to make her own bijoux video-postcard to wish our boys well in South Africa. Shot to a re-worded version of her last single, Follow Me, it’s called Follow me for England and sees Nat strutting her stuff around London wrapped in an England flag, and it ended up being one of the most gorgeous pieces of pop patriotism we think you’ll see!

Good luck boys! Bring it home!

Natisse Wins Video Fight Club!

// June 5th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

Great News! Thanks to all your support Natisse’s video for Follow Me won yesterday’s Video Fight Club on Muzu.tv!
Follow Me strolled it’s way to a commanding lead early on and had David Guetta’s new video following her from a distance of over 80% of the votes all the way! It is now Video of the Day for today, Check it out on Muzu.tv. Click the pic and got to Video Fight Club -

Thank you for your support and check back for another fight club soon with Natisse’s new video for Kiss Me On The Lips!

Natisse Vs David Guetta

// June 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

Quick! Support Natisse in the ultimate battle of established and future pop chart champions. The excellent MUZU.TV have chosen the cheeky ‘Follow Me’ video to go up against the brand new vid from David Guetta, Fergie and Chris Willis in their Friday Video Fight Club feature.

Each week, 2 videos are pitted against each other and put to the biggest test of all – a public vote, complete with comments. Today, it’s a choice between the current Natisse single or David Guetta’s ‘Gettin Over You’ (feat. Fergie and LMFAO). Oponents don’t come with much better pop/dance credentials than the French DJ/producer and his Black Eyed Peas cohorts.

Yet as of midday, you’ll see that Natisse is leading with a healthy 76% of votes! And they are not all simply being won over by the creative shaking of Nat’s rear end in the now infamous video either. There are plenty of positive comments about the tune too. Looks like Guetta, Fergie and co better watch their own rears!

VOTE FOR NATISSE on MUZU right now (you’ve only got today).

Natisse Remixer DJ Kippling Interview

// May 20th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // News

In the second of our series of interviews with the chosen winners from the Kiss Me On The Lips remix competition, we speak to Richard Kemp, aka DJ Kippling.

He’s been busy producing music at home for a while now, but hasn’t had a platform to give it proper public exposure, so he’s really excited at the prospect of what the contest success will do for his career...

How did you find out about the Natisse remix competition and what motivated you to enter?
I found out via an email from the King of the Decks competition I entered last year. This was the first real chance for me as a hobiest music producer to get my name out there. I really want people to hear my music and support me as an artist so I can propel my musical career further. I knew I had to take part in the comp immediately as its about as big an opportunity for someone in my position as you can get.

Where did the inspiration for your mix come from, and what kind of sound were you looking to achieve?
My main inspiration came from the fresh stream of electro which is taking the clubs by storm at the moment. Acts such as LMFAO, Sydney Samson, Wolfgang Gartner etc are all producing wonderfully fresh and inventive electro and I’m really loving it. I tried to achieve the kind of melodies and bass groves that you can’t help but move to, that happy-go-lucky, let’s-get-crazy attitude.

What are you biggest musical inspirations and influences?
My musical inspirations are incredibly widespread as is evident in the hugely varied styles in my original compositions. The main artists I look up to, past and present, include Chemical Brothers, Kraftwerk, Pendulum, Prodigy, Imogen Heap, Sneaker Pimps, Noisia, BT and a whole host of others. I’m also a huge fan of rock and metal (I play guitar as well) which I occasionally let influence my compositions. No two songs I make seem to carry the same style. Check them out at www.djkippling.com and see for yourself!

Other than making it onto the Natisse remix package, what have been the key high points to your production career so far?
Doing mixes and work for internet radio stations and playing a set at the biggest club in Ipswich were some of the best moment thus far. This remix competition could potentially open the doors for me if people take the time to check out my music, so expect lots more from me in the near future…

What else have you got going on music-wise in the coming months?
I’ve got a few new songs in the works at the moment so I’d like to get those finished. Starting to look into getting some vocalists to collaborate on some stuff too so that could be exciting. I’m also planning an Electro event which, if all goes well, will happen sometime this summer, and depending how it goes it could become a regular slot.

Where do you ideally see your production career taking you in 5 year’s time?
I’d like to have had at least one single commercially released and hopefully an album. I’d also like to be known a lot more in my local area, perhaps get the chance to work with some of the local talent, remix their singles, collaborate with them etc. I’d love to have some kind of air time on a radio station too, all those things would really be awesome.

What do you think of Natisse/Shed Records making a success putting out music usually dominated by major labels?
I think it’s fantastic. The people working there have clearly put their heart and soul into the label. It’s awesome to see more and more independent labels finding their own amongst the big players. I think the focus is slowly shifting away from the big labels and more towards the independents so it’s an ideal time to be doing this kind of set-up. It also gives more people a chance to get their music heard and released. Everyone has to start somewhere and its labels like Shed that make that possible. Maybe one day I’ll be seeing a release of my own on the label… here’s hoping!

Check out DJ Kippling’s KMOTL mix again:

KMOTL (DJ Kippling) by Shed Records

Natisse Remixer Earl E Dawes Interview

// May 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

In anticipation of the full release of Natisse’s Kiss Me On The Lips, containing remixes from no less than 5 up-and-coming producers discovered on this website, we are speaking to the guys you voted the best.

First up, Matthew Hamer, otherwise known as Earl E Dawes, tells us how he came to enter the contest and where he sees his career leading after this…

How did you find out about the Natisse remix competition and what motivated you to enter?
Through a friend who is a Liquid DJ at Swindon. No motivation needed to enter but I’ve been working on remixing tracks from just the acapellas to sharpen up my production skills and this seemed like a good track to work on for the next project!

Where did the inspiration for your mix come from, and what kind of vibe were you looking to achieve?
Commercial club tracks that typically I find DJs like to whack on “early doors/earl e dawes (geddit?)” in mainstream bars just as heaters, but yet can also work well in a Saturday night set. It’s about making a good track into a great track.

What are you biggest musical inspirations and influences?
Probably Full Intention, Freemasons, Buzz Junkies, Cahill. Also I guess you could say I’ve a lot of disco influence with a sprinkling of R&B and hip-hop.

Other than making it onto the Natisse remix package, what have been the key high points to your production career so far?
Just the fact that tracks I am putting out there and passing around to DJs seem to be getting genuine and consistent reaction, from the mashups I made years ago to the remixes I have put out over the last four years.

What else have you going going on music-wise in the coming months?
2 DJ residencies and working on some original productions.

Where do you ideally see your production career taking you in 5 year’s time?
I’d really hope to be paid to do some great remixes for chart tracks, and for the DJ bookings to take a leap because of that and take me to gigs all over the globe. If the studio work was paying the bills I’d be delighted, and on my current form I don’t think I’m a million miles away.

What do you think of Natisse/Shed Records making a success putting out music usually dominated by major labels?
I think it’s great that in this day and age it’s more feasible for smaller labels to be able to get great music out there. The costs of putting a great track out there and shooting a video can be kept on a shoestring, whereas years ago this wasn’t possible. Middle men have been cut. Technology has advanced and it has increased opportunities for artists, musicians and producers, including myself. If someone had told me ten or fifteen years ago that I’d have equipment in my own home that can put out a track of industry standard quality I’d have had a right old chuckle. It’s more accessible now…and whilst this increases the amount of wannabes and people who are all talk, it’s meant the standard has been raised across the board.

Listen to Matt’s remix again:

KMOTL (Earl Dawes) by Shed Records

Dancers Found! Welcome Futunity

// May 14th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // News

After a long audition process we’ve finally found our dance troupe for the new Natisse live show. We’re really pleased to have teamed up with Futunity, the Uxbridge-based academy for sports and dance who will provide the 2 guys and 2 girls for each of our live shows.

We’ll also be rehearsing with some of Futunity’s talented teenage dancers, ages 14-15 who we hope to work with at some of our under 18 shows. We’re hard at it in the rehearsal studios this weekend, so look out for some behind the scenes footage coming your way shortly.

For more info on the award winning Futunity, check out their website, and expect to see some of their protégés on stage with Natisse very soon…

Kiss Me On The Lips: Making the Video

// May 11th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // News

The Shed Records crew headed for sunny Brighton recently to shoot the next Natisse video… And happened to pick the hottest weekend of the year so far to do it!

‘Kiss Me On The Lips’ has a lot to live up to if it’s going to top Nat’s famous video for ‘Follow Me’, but with a sexy seaside postcard theme, we think the finished product is going to be the best one yet…

Check out these early stills from the shoot and we’ll let you know on Twitter when the finished video is available to see (so make sure you’re following…)

The full remix package for Kiss Me On The Lips, including the winning track and runners up from our competition, will be released this summer. See you on the beach!