Musick that Needed Work: N - Natural Self

 

As I've stated before when I reopened this can of worms --- 2015 --- at the time I opened a folder (always a dangerous act) I had labeled: "Musick that Needs Work". It was a Pandora's box of files that needed some special attention, meaning anything from missing tracks to cleaning up the sound to fixing the tags to getting the art work, whatever. 

 

Natural Self is the ongoing project of producer, vocalist, & DJ Nathaniel Pearn. Originally inspired by the rhythmic force of The Bomb Squad, hip hop was the primary influence on his first forays into music before crate digging culture shed light on a whole new range of influences from funk to soul, jazz, latin, & electronica. 2008 saw Pearn releasing his highly anticipated album entitled The Art of Vibration. 

 

Natural-Self - The Art of Vibration, Tru Thoughts TRUCD162, 2008.
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Introduction   
Welcome to the Ascension   
The Rising
In the Morning
Alright Turn it Up Now   
Faultlines   
Breathe Deep
Ghost in the Machine   
The Crush   
The Laws of Motion   
Feet Keep Moving   
Another Land   
Alexander & Gabriel

 

 

 

 

In 2009 Natural Self released My Heart Beats like s Drum featuring guest vocal spots from French singer Elodie Rama. 

 

Natural Self - My Heart Beats like a Drum, Tru Thoughts TRUCD199, 2009.

The Shock You Heard   
Days Get Brighter
Every Day
Believer
Midnight Sun
Even Planets Get Lonely   
All Static   
My Heart Beats like a Drum
Our Lives are Like Waveforms, Changing Through Time
The Origin

 

 

 

 

Natural Self released Neon Hunts My Eyes in 2012. This release brings a change of direction for Pearn to a more straight forward singer-songwriter style for the first time, at the same time keeping his well honed production skills & his trademark killer rhythms. Beat-heavy & with synths aplenty, this is electronic music with warmth, energy, & heart. It has a sense of being at once futuristic & at the same time nostalgic as it explores themes of technology, the environment, the passing of time, & our place in the world.

 

Natural Self - Neon Hurts My Eyes, Tru Thoughts TRUCD250, 2012.

Metropolis   
Red Wire Blue Wire   
Machine   
Take it Back   
Pulsar   
An Invisible Light   
In a World
Mirror to the Sky
Kingdom   
O Superman (Laurie Anderson cover)
The Valleys
Paper Skyline

Enjoy,
N