Natasja Tribute *1974 - † 2007
† RIP Natasja, Danish Reggae Queen †
Born in Copenhagen 1974, Natasja grew up listening to her mother's collection of Dennis Brown and Bob Marley Records. This would mark the early steps in a life filled with music. - A life that has become as busy as ever during the past year.
Natasja's debut on stage was at the mere age of 13 when she started singing /"dee-jaying" in Copenhagen with local Jamaican soundsystem Sky Juice and was noticed at a concert opening for Macka B and Arriwa Posse, where Mad Professor himself was blown away by her talent.
She was ahead of her time alongside with Miss Mukupa and McEmzee introducing raggamuffin to the Danish hip hop community in the early nineties with the group called No Name Requested. During that period the girls did a lot of shows and travelled with artists such as: Queen Latifa, Das EFX, Tribe Called Quest and Massive Attack opened shows for people like Ninja Man, Charlie Chaplin and Lexxus, including a jam session in the studio with UB40. Natasja's talent has impressed many people from the reggae scene, which has led to studio recordings, live performances and press coverage in Jamaica.
Unfortunately Natasja suffered serious injuries due to a crash with a racehorse in 1998, during her education to become a professional jockey. The accident slowed her musical career down for a while, but luckily you can't keep a good woman down and soon after she would be pursuing her recording career again...
During Summer 2004 she released the 12" 'Cover Me', and later the 7" 'Summercute' followed one year later by her long anticipated debut album 'Release'. Furthermore she has featured on the hit-single 'Cigar' from Denmark's chartbusting dancehall trio Bikstok Røgsystem, and has also recorded with German reggae institution Germaicans on the Rodeo riddim. Additionally she featured on the new album of Africa Unite. Natasja recently stepped up to the super league of reggae and recorded with legends Sly & Robbie in their studio in Jamaica. Furthermore she had legendary studio engineer Bulby do the mixing duties on the forthcoming revised international version of 'Release'.
June 24th 2007 she was suddenly taken from us in a horrible car crash in Jamaica.
† Rest in Peace, Natasja †
Love be with her family and friends, and of course to all her fans, and thanks to those of them who morned early morning June 25th on Islands Brygge, CPH in Denmark.
In 2008, a new album was released under Natasja's name; Shooting Star. Upon her death, producer and musician Pharfar (aka. Søren Schou) along side Mukupa (aka. Miss Mukupa) and others decided to continue with Natasja's album in progress of the same title, as it was their belief what Natasja would have wanted.
The album features 12 tracks, where of six are solo performances. The remaining six contain additional vocals by artists like Chappa Jan, Beenie Man, Mukupa, Lexxus and Little Hero and borrows beats from Natasja's earlier hits; "I Danmark er jeg født" shares its bassline with "One Spliff A Day" off the new album and "Uuh Wee" featuring Mukupa has got its bassline from "A Woman's Love" by mr. Chin, a danish/asian reggae-dancehall artist with whom Natasja had a close professional relationship and did quite a few gigs with in her legal homeland Denmark.
The album also contains the previously released-as-single track "45 Questions" and a new remix of Enur's and Natasja's co-production "Calabria 2007", "Calabria 2008" by Reilly Kölsch, Natasja herself and long-time friend and co-worker, producer and musician Søren Schou - aka. Pharfar, also known from the danish soundsystem Bikstok Røgsystem - with whom Natasja launched her career in Denmark with the hit single "Cigar".
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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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