Natasha Kmeto, w/ Slugworth Chocolate March 13, 2010

Electronic/Dance/DJ
www.natashakmeto.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Slugworth-Chocolate/
Yes, she makes the beats too! It's all Natasha Kmeto: the hot beats, big vocals and live remixing. Think Erykah Badu meets Flying Lotus. CD Baby says, "Somewhere between left-field hip-hop, modern R&B and experimental electronic music... Relentlessly original."
Now residing and working out of her studio in Portland, OR, Natasha Kmeto grew up in Sacramento, CA. Both of her parents are musicians, and there was always music on in the house. Motown, funk, jazz, Latin jazz, pop, classic rock... she sang along and absorbed everything. Her dad started her on piano and guitar when she was very young, and at 15 she joined her parent's cover band and started gigging around Sacramento. She devoured her older brother's prodigious hip-hop collection, and together they discovered electronic music.
After high school Natasha started working on original music and ended up fronting Downboy, an ambitious rock/funk/everything else band. For three years they played gig after gig around California and Nevada, and released an eponymous CD. Already Natasha's need to push the envelope was evident: she constructed tense, jazz-inflected melodies and used live vocal effects.
Now a soloist, and residing in Portland, Oregon, she has released her first EP, "9". A bold and unabashedly artistic piece of work, "9" finds Natasha all but abandoning her traditional influences and conservatory training to create brilliant new music. Somewhere between left-field hip-hop, modern R & B and experimental electronic music, "9" shows Natasha's dedication to art that is relevant and relentlessly original.. Slugworth Chocolate Ben Andres has been doing his thing with one of our favorite Deejays Crook 1. Look for progressive music, jazz, fusion, afro beat and good times.