Return of Ultra Nate. Silky, Sexy and A Little Sweet: Sample Here

March 12, 2007

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Baltimore powerhouse Ultra Naté returns to the dance music scene this May with her brand-new album "Grime, Silk & Thunder." The disc will be released on Tommy Boy's Silver Label imprint that exclusively releases new music to the gay & lesbian community.

Dance aficionados among you will surely remember Ultra Naté's classic "Free" and her duet with Amber and Jocelyn Enriquez on the dance floor stomper "If You Could Read My Mind" in the late nineties.

"Grime, Silk & Thunder" is Naté's fifth studio album to date and she plans to spice things up with 14 songs that range from "club bangers and soulful house, to electro boogie to pop gems and hybrid disco," according to a press release.

The description sounds pretty promising and looking at the list of collaborators, Naté might be living up to the expectations. People like StoneBridge, Eric Kupper, Chris Willis and N'Dea Davenport all have contributed to this record.

The title of the album was inspired by somebody far remote from dance music. None other than Nirvana's Kurt Cobain described the group's "Nevermind" as a mixture of grime, silk and thunder. Naté found this phrase also very appropriate for her record. "That description has elemental feeling, kind of like earth, wind and fire but in an edgier form," she says.

Head over to Ultra Naté's web site to preview the tracks from the album. Immediate stand out are "Love's The Only Drug" (a throbbing electro anthem), "Automatic" (a delicious revamp of the Pointer Sisters' original) and "Give It All You Got" with its heavy dose of dance floor drama. Ultra Naté incredible vocals are the tracks' main ingredient. The album's producers deserve props for allowing her voice to flourish despite their intricate song productions.

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