Natty-Nat

Membership : 2016 - Present
Citizenship :
Switzerland🇨🇭
Based in : Abene, Senegal 🇸🇳
Active in music since : 2014
Music type : Reggae, Dancehall, Roots & Afro
Label : Freedom Sound / Swiss Gambia Association

Nathanael Ackermann (Natty-Nat) is a Sound Ing. Deejay, Musician, Composer, Beatmaker, Artistic Director and much more ... He was born on March 05, 1979 in Switzerland.

He grew up and studied in the countryside Geneva in Switzerland. He became interested in music and took various courses where he was introduced to music theory and the practice of instruments. He did an electronics apprenticeship at Télévision Suisse Romand which, in addition, the purely technical and maintenance side offered him the opportunity to explore many other areas such as sound recording technique, acoustics, video post-production, IT, decoration, graphics, etc. from 1998 to 1999 he participated in the program "Pince moi j’hallucine" on TSR 2 as a Reggae Columnist. Between 1994 and 98 with a group of friends he formed Original Nature a Reggae group of which he will be the vocal lead. in 1998 He participated in the creation of the Gena Festival d'Avully.

In 2004 after a few years of traveling around the world, he put down his suitcases in Casamance in the south of Senegal in a small village called Abéné. He founded FREEDOM SOUND the same year. the activities are the rental of sound systems, concert sound systems, Reggae Sound System, the organization of musical evenings and events and the training of young people in music professions. Then in the years which follow the project evolves with the construction of a concert hall, nightclub FREEDOM SOUND NIGHT-CLUB which opens its doors in January 2014.

In 2015, aware of the artistic potential of young people in the region and the lack of quality infrastructure in this area, he opened a recording studio.

In 2016, Nathanael Founds the FREEDOM SOUND RECORDS label, a Reggae and World Music label which aims to promote local artists.

" Positive vibes "

Natty-Nat

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