With addictive beats, catchy hooks and stunning vocal performances, “The Rising” marks Natural Self’s triumphant return to Tru Thoughts. From the first note, “The Rising” drops you straight into the centre of a sonic melée. The powerful, chanted chorus, featuring Nathaniel Pearn (aka Natural Self) on vocal duties, gives way to lead vocals written and performed by the eminent soul singer Andreya Triana, with an impossibly tasty, heavy-hitting hip hop beat (with a dubstep lilt and some cheeky snares in there for good measure) driving straight through the middle. Andreya Triana, definitely one to watch, was one of only 60 musicians worldwide to be selected for the 2006 Red Bull Music Academy and is now co-producing her first self-penned album with Bonobo. The punchy horn stabs which permeate “The Rising” give a taste of the old-school funk music that has played such a consistently important role in Natural Self’s musical inspiration, and call to mind some of his earlier work for Tru Thoughts, such as his collaborations with Alice Russell. The A side of this 12” also features instrumental and a capella versions of “The Rising”, which both stand up as quality cuts in their own right.

 Tracks

	Title	Artist	Notes
1	The Rising	Natural Self	ft Andreya Triana
2	The Rising	Natural Self	Inst/Acca
3	In The Morning	Natural Self
4	In The Morning	Natural Self