Were you a fan of electronic dance music before you started working with Transglobal Underground?

Natacha: "Not really, no. I'd been involved with Jah Wobble, but that wasn't really that electronic. A lot of what Iąd heard I didnąt like, and then when I heard Transglobal some of their stuff I didn't like. Sometimes they play me stuff now, and I'm like, no, I'm not getting involved with that. But there was some other stuff which had a lot of melody in it which I found a potential in, it sort of grew from there, and then more and more their stuff, even the weirder stuff, really started to grow on me. Another thing about it all was the relationship. I found more support and consolidation with Transglobal than I had found with anyone else I'd worked with. Jah Wobble wasn't very supportive of me personally. They became sort of a new family.

Since you speak many different languages, why do you choose to sing in Arabic?

Natacha: "It's the language that for singing in I'm most familiar with. I'm most at home with Arabic, and for me it's the most descriptive language. You can't translate into any other language; sometimes the words are all-encompasing, sometimes the emotion cannot be describe in English. It's my preferred language, that's it."

At what point in the process of creating a track do the vocals come in?

Natacha: łSometimes a track will be completed, my voice being added to it as the last thing that goes on. Sometimes, my voice will start the whole thing. It just depends on what track it is, because there are no rules."

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