Just one hit is enough to hook you on the
addiction that is NLX: Natasha Alexandra.
The NY Times reckons: "NLX traffics in
unschooled, confessional, piano ballads." To
connect with her music is a rush like no other.
Tension, then release ...

NLX has been covering her tracks. Rumor has it
she served her time in Hamilton, Ontario - a
small steel town where the survivors are the
fittest, and the smartest ... those brave
enough to escape its desperate clutches.
So it was in the dives and hotspots of
Toronto – clubs like El Mocambo, C’est What
and The Drake – that she developed her
signature sound ... a potent cocktail infused
with Daniel Lanois, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and NIN.

Then forays to New York City where 2004's
‘Meat Inspection Tour’ established her as
more than just a girl at a piano. “Trent Reznor
with Tits,” is what fans dubbed her, while the
Songwriters Hall of Fame described NLX as
“extraordinary, outstanding, compelling,
distinctive and very, very special.”

Now a permanent fixture in the Big Apple, the
NLX momentum is accelerating ... with gigs at
the best NYC venues – Joe’s Pub, The Living
Room, Rockwood Music Hall - plus West coast
action at Hotel Café in LA and Lestat’s in
San Diego. And she’s still much in demand
in her homeland, recently opening a 20-date
cross country tour with David Usher, and
with openings for the likes of Stabilo
and Pilot Speed.

2006 saw the release of NLX: In Your Face
and NLX: Behind Your Back, offering up
heart-wrenching lyrics and dark piano melodies.
Aggressive is the tone for In Your Face,
co-produced in Toronto with Byron Wong
(Crystal Method, David Usher). Meanwhile,
Behind Your Back is more sparse, a
product of a collaboration with Chris Brown
(Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Barenaked Ladies) at his Brooklyn studio. "If great songwriting’s
your bag, both [NLX CDs] most definitely
deserve a listen," suggested Michael
Gallant in Keyboard magazine.

The albums quickly gained strong approval from
AAA radio across the USA and Canada, with
regular spins on 70+ stations, a “One to watch”
shout out on the nationally-syndicated
Acoustic Café show, and high rotation
exposure at XM 75 The< Sound of Starbucks, which also hosted a coveted live performance.
"When I heard NLX, what really stood out
was her amazing voice and her incredible songwriting. I then had the privilege of seeing
NLX live, and she was even better than the CD,"
commented Program Director Seth Neiman.

NLX has also been featured live on numerous
occasions at CIUT 89.5 FM Toronto, where
Producer/Host Andy Frank attests "NLX
needs to be heard." A recent musical
guest on CBC Radio 1’s nationwide GO
program, NLX has been recognized by CBC’s
Newsworld as a “Powerful voice to watch,”
alongside breakthrough artists Amy Millan and
Melissa McLelland.

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