NATALIE ROSE LEBRECHT

Natalie Rose LeBrecht, who released
her first albums under the name
Greenpot Bluepot, lives and works
in Brooklyn, New York. Devoted
to studies in sound, texture and emotion, LeBrecht
creates an intriguing sphere of her own in her artwork,
and somehow preserves a fantastic sense of humour
in the process. She is also known for an unsettlingly
schizophrenic voice that morphs into different personalities
within each song, invading the listener’s senses and
illusions.

Natalie Rose LeBrecht has quite a lot in common with
the New Weird America scene, and the likes of
Devendra Banhart, Joana Newsom as well as CocoRosie,
who participated at last year’s City of Women festival.
At the same time, however, her music is more colourful
and original, and as such an echo of Philip Glass, Laurie
Anderson and other avant-garde performance artists. In
addition to composition, LeBrecht plays a whole array
of instruments, including guitar, drums and piano,
but undoubtedly most intoxicating of all are her vocal
abilities which pass from soft, nearly angelic sounds to
multi-layered voices and schizophrenic screaming. By
way of this, she is able to create a very intimate and
emotionally charged atmosphere.

LeBrecht has released limited editions of her own CDs
under the pseudonym Greenpot Bluepot; these include
Daymares and Nightdreams (2001) as well as Warraw
(2003), which was issued in a finely designed small
bag that LeBrecht crafted herself. The strange and
disconcerting revelations of Warraw are undoubtedly
experimentation, but not for mere self-indulgence.
Unnerving, confident, organic, this is a feminine record
that lulls you inside LeBrecht’s secret paradox, hidden
between intelligent social critique and a rare mother-earth
psychedelia, which somehow manages to come full-circle.
This year she presented her latest composition - Imaging
Weather - under her real name.

LeBrecht finds the formal illusion of uniformity boring,
and enjoys herself most when she is freed of expectations;
some concerts are indeed extreme, and capable
of confusing and shocking any audience that expects
consistency. Jure Vlahović

Organisation: City of Women
In collaboration with: KUD France Prešeren; MKK Črnomelj

TOURING
Natalie Rose Le Brecht
MKK Črnomelj
Friday 14th October, 10 pm