Album Review: Wolves

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Tali AKA Natalia Sheppard is pretty impressive, she paired up with Roni Size to release Lyric on my Lip which smashed the charts in 2002, became the first female MC to release an album in 2004 over 10 years ago. She has won the Best Female DNB MC award a few times (3) and has just released her new album Wolves, which she describes as “electronic soul and gangsta jazz”! Inspired by the raw fundamental beats of 90s Hip-Hop and layered with dreamy contemporary Electronic music, Tali has created an album that she says “Reflects my personality and outlook on life – At times moody, dark and intense, but interspersed with glimmers of hope, love and strength”.

A couple of stand out tracks for me are Faster Than Sound and Forces. Faster Than Sound is a ground-breaking move into the trip hop genre as an extension from her solid DnB origins. Forces on the other hand, is a cinematic love song the combines the power of nature, both tracks are awe inspiring and completely destructive.

Wolves is an evolution in Tali’s sound which she wrote, produced and recorded the album, just adding more talent to an already impressive resume.