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Background

Natasha Khan was born to an English mother, and a Pakistani father. Part of the eminent family of squash-playing Khans, her early childhood was spent travelling the world following her father who trained the Pakistani squash team, summers in Pakistan, and the rest of the time in Hertfordshire.^[1][2] She had a strict religious upbringing until her parents separated, when she was eleven years old. In an interview with Wikinews, Khan said she no longer speaks to the Pakistani side of her family.^[3] Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... Khan (Nasta`liq: خان, Devanāgarī: ख़ान) is a widespread family name. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ...

Khan graduated in music and visual arts;^[4] while at university her experimental work was influenced by artists such as Steve Reich and Susan Hiller, and she produced multi-media work centred on sound installations, animations and performance. She went on to work as a nursery-school teacher, and it was during this period that she began writing the material for her first album. "Whenever I'm writing music it's a very visual place in my mind," said Khan. "It has a location full of characters and colors and landscapes, so those two things really compliment each other, and they help the other one to blossom and support the other. They are like brother and sister."^[3] Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ...

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Her debut single, "The Wizard", was released digitally through DiS records and on seven inch through Khan's own imprint, She Bear Records. She then signed to the record label Echo, alongside Feeder and former Moloko singer Róisín Murphy, and released her debut album, Fur and Gold, on 11 September 2006. Echo (record label) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Feeder are an award-winning British/Japanese rock band that formed in Newport, South Wales. ... Moloko is an electronic/pop group from Sheffield, England, consisting of Róisín Murphy and Mark Brydon. ... Róisín Marie Murphy (pronounced ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish electronica singer, songwriter, and producer. ... Fur and Gold is the debut album by English solo artist Bat for Lashes, released in 2006. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bat for Lashes' music has been likened to the work of Björk, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, and Fiona Apple. This article is about the musician. ... Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ... Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... Kate Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. ... Fiona Apple (born September 13, 1977) is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter. ...

In 2007, Bat for Lashes appeared at Glastonbury and toured the USA.^[5] On 17 July the album Fur and Gold was announced as one of the albums nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize. Despite being the favourite to win, by both the bookies and the pundits —and after performing the song "Horse and I" at the ceremony held at London's Grosvenor House and presented by Jools Holland on Tuesday 4 September 2007—Bat for Lashes lost out to rank outsiders, the Klaxons. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best British or Irish album of the previous 12 months. ... A bookmaker, or a bookie, is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Grosvenor House was a large private house situated on Londons Park Lane in the district of Mayfair. ... Julian Miles Holland, OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958 in Blackheath, South East London) is an English virtuoso pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music enthusiast. ... is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Klaxons are a Mercury Prize winning English band, based in London. ...

She is currently recording her second album in New York, collaborating with the band Gang Gang Dance.^[6] Gang Gang Dance are an experimental music group based in Brooklyn, New York City, and signed to the independent label the Social Registry. ...

She was one of the nominees for 'best British breakthrough act' at the Brit Awards 2008, despite never actually having 'broken through', but she lost out to Mika and Kate Nash in the end. She was also nominated for Best British Female. The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... Mica Penniman (born 18 August 1983), known as Mika (IPA []), is a Lebanese-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music, and rose to fame around the end of 2006 and the start of 2007. ... Kate Marie Nash[2] (born July 6, 1987) is a BRIT Award and NME Award winning English[3] singer songwriter best known for her UK number 2 hit Foundations in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks. ...

Thom Yorke has also previously complimented her work.^[3] Radiohead's 2008 tour will feature several shows with Bat for Lashes as their opening act.^[3] Thomas Edward Yorke (born October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Radiohead. ... Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Oxfordshire. ...

Additional live performers

Discography

Albums

• 2006: Fur and Gold
• 2008: TBA

Fur and Gold is the debut album by English solo artist Bat for Lashes, released in 2006. ...

Singles

• 2006
  • "Trophy"
  • "The Wizard"
• 2007
  • "Prescilla"
  • "What's a Girl to Do?"
• 2008
  • • What's a Girl to Do?
    • remix 12" feat. Scroobius Pip and Plaid

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Notes

1. ^ 'Bat for Lashes are beyond a trend ... she has an ancient power; like Bjork or Patti Smith, she is in part shamanic ...' | Pop | Guardian Unlimited Music
2. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mercury Prize: The nominees
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Interview with Natasha Khan, David Shankbone, Wikinews, September 28, 2007.
4. ^ interview for arbobo.fr
5. ^ http://www.batforlashes.co.uk/live/
6. ^ Bat For Lashes begins 'darker' second album NME

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External links

• Bat for Lashes official site
• Bat for Lashes at MySpace
• Bat for Lashes at Discogs