TEDxSanMigueldeAllende - N'Dea Davenport -- Celectrixx - Crisis & Creativity October 18, 2011

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N'Dea Davenport is one of the most enigmatic personalities, straddling worlds between art and popular culture. Having also one of the most prolific and recognizable sounds to emerge in modern music and vocal prowess, her masterful career has spanned over a wide range of projects with world renown music producers and artists such as Mark Ronson, Roger Sanchez, Guru's Jazzmatazz, Madonna, Sly and Robbie, Malcom Mclaren, Dead Prez, and many more. Davenport's long-standing midas touch with trendsetting productions that mark her skill to develop music that establishes waves of culture, creative direction and identity. Her triumphant and recent return to the British funk band The Brand New Heavies, has also been applauded and celebrated bringing added vibrancy back onto the world stage. Her critically acclaimed, self titled solo debut, showcased her talents in production, composing, and as a drummer. And in the lineage of other artfully iconic modern figures such as Grace Jones, Madonna, Bjork, Lady GaGa, Davenport produces and inspires a total landscape of her own. The fusion of contemporary art, fashion, interior design and (dance) music culture, are central to her creative direction and output. Utilizing the power of collaboration to create relevant projects and vision, she has an instinctive ability to weave effortlessly through various styles through her experiences, that transcend boundaries and time. N'Dea is curently recording her newest and most innovative project to date. Concieved in Japan, Celectrixx is multi media and live performance based, with co collaborator/music partner/ producer Katsuya, involving visual collaborations with renown and emerging new media artists. An electronic/acoustic duo, whose distinctive sound is created and inspired from a next musical progression.

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