Originally from a dairy farm in Awatuna, Taranaki, MC Tali moved to the UK in 2001 to follow her dreams of becoming a top international MC.
14 Facts About MC Tali
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When Full Cycle disbanded in 2006, MC Tali moved to London for a change of scenery and music.
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Rogue Nouveau was born and from here MC Tali put together a live band, which produced jazz with a touch of her trademark MCing.
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Rogue Nouveau performed at prestigious venues throughout London, such as The Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, before disbanding when MC Tali moved back to New Zealand in 2012.
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In 2011, MC Tali was commissioned as the composer for a political comedy musical called Nicked, which featured at The Hightide Theatre Festival and previewed on the West End.
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MC Tali's vocals were featured on the Activision game DJ Hero, and her songs have been used in promotion for Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory on the Xtreme Sports Channel, Really and Soccer AM, and her voice-overs are used on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra.
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MC Tali was the corporate voice of the station for over a year.
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MC Tali initially toured this album with a live band, before stripping it back to acoustic form with her guitarist and co-collaborator Harry Leatherby in order to focus more on her musical performance.
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MC Tali released two further singles from this 'Faster Than Sound' and 'Wolves' with additional music videos.
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In 2018 MC Tali published her first ever fiction novel 'The Little White House' under her full name Natalia Sheppard - which was published by UK publishing house Vanguard Press.
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In 2020, MC Tali celebrated 15 years since the release of her debut album 'Lyric On My Lip' with both its first ever digital release, and an accompanying documentary which MC Tali produced herself, during lockdown.
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MC Tali was asked to remix the indie folk song 'Hawks and Doves' for acclaimed New Zealand singer Reb Fountain.
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From here MC Tali went on to break into the world of composing, successfully securing contracts to make music for both online and television work, as well as currently writing the score for her first international documentary film.
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MC Tali is a music consultant, mentor, inspirational speaker, and educator.