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Born just outside Paris, Natascha Sohl moved to the UK when she was nine months old. Natascha (who is a twin) enjoyed her childhood and was a keen and competent horse-rider in her teens. Studying Film and TV Studies at Brunel University, Natascha started attending music gigs and grew frustrated that she was not on stage performing, so she made a life-changing decision, left Brunel at the end of her first year and enrolled at ACM (The Academy of Contemporary Music) in Guildford, where she gained a Higher Diploma in Vocals.

After University, Natascha started her first band and later decided to go it alone, spending as much time as possible writing, recording and playing live. A very experienced performer with a big stage presence, she has built up a considerable reputation and fan-base along the way and has received good media and industry feedback. From the time she started to front her first band, Natascha has written her own material and soon had more than enough songs to put together a strong, edgy debut album. In 2003 she signed to Indie label, Granite Music and the tracks were recorded with a collection of experienced musicians who had previously played with Massive Attack, Moloko, Texas and Tina Turner, amongst others. The result was 'STRANGE FASCINATION' – a collection of pop-rock songs about love, life and everything in between.

The first single release was 'ARE YOU READY?', which Natascha performed live at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Music Radio (attended by George Michael, Coldplay and Sir George Martin) in April 2004. She continued to gig frequently, playing in music venues, Universities and Colleges in London and the South of England. She also visited New York in June 2004 and played 5 acoustic gigs at venues including The Living Room, The Bitter End and CBGBs.

Natascha was next invited to take part in the sold-out Young Voices series of children's concerts playing to audiences as large as 21,000 people at Manchester MEN Arena, the NIA Birmingham, Sheffield Hallam and the Belfast Odyssey, with a further two concerts at Dublin's Point Theatre at the end of 2004. She also contributed a performance to Children in Need and sang the National Anthem 'a capella' in Wembley Arena for a televised sporting event. Her debut album, 'STRANGE FASCINATION', was released in November and drew praise and critical acclaim from a broad range of press. The second single, 'GIVE IT ALL AWAY' was released in December 2004. The third single from STRANGE FASCINATION was a re-worked version of 'FORGIVE ME' (her only ballad from the album), a stripped-down version with an unusual video that sees Natascha enter a world of paper cut-outs.

As a result of her visit to New York in June 2004, Natascha was invited to collaborate with A-list American song-writer and producer Russ DeSalvo on tracks for her second album. Work began in July 2005 and Natascha made several more visits to New York that year, writing and recording new material. The first single from this collaboration was "NAKED" – released April 2006. Natascha also visited LA for meetings and spent further time in New York during 2006 to work on the album. In July 2006 she did 3 gigs in the US with a band of American musicians, including a showcase in Manhattan and an acoustic support slot for US Country star John Hiatt in Rhode Island. She was interviewed on EXPN radio and recorded a live track for Fox Network's Fearless Music TV, which aired on 30th September. Natascha subsequently topped their online poll for Favourite Artist of the Week by a very large margin. In August 2006 she signed a management deal with Aimee Berger of 2Generations Music Inc., who now represents her. A UK agent and promotions company are on board and a record deal in LA was offered, but not taken up.

In February 2007 Natascha's track "Afterglow" was selected as Runner-Up in the AAA/Alternative category of the 3rd International Acoustic Music Awards and in October a second track (Body Beautiful) has been judged Runner-Up in Round 4 of The Singer/Songwriter Awards for 2007 run by We Are Listening, a London-based artist development group with an international judging panel of industry professionals. Natascha had a UK festival headline slot this summer and has recently returned from a US tour and a showcase gig at the CMJ Festival in New York, also recording an interview and live track for CW11's morning TV show. A video for her track "NAKED" will be made shortly. Four of Natascha's tracks from the new album have recently been used on MTV's mega-hit show "The Hills", with a further track selected for future use.

The new album, to be called "DIRTY LITTLE WORD" is expected to be released in 2008.