Tasha Baxter
Introduction
Tasha Baxter (born 2 July 1981) is a South African singer-songwriter. She won Newcomer of the Year (2008) and Best Pop Album at the 14th South African Music Award (SAMAs).
Biography
Baxter started her career in 2002 as a songwriter with the song 'In the Beginning' that made the UK Top 40 Official Charts. She released her first solo album, Colour of Me in 2007, produced by Noisia under the EMI label. The tracks ‘Who's Sorry Now’, ‘The Journey’, ‘Useless’ and ‘Fade To Black’ appeared on the South African radio top charts list. The two tracks from the album; 'The Journey' and 'Don't Believe in Love' appeared in the 2009 South African movie, "White Wedding".
In 2010, Baxter performed the song, ‘Cloudburn’ on Feed Me's (Jon Gooch) debut EP on Deadmau5's record label, "Mau5trap". ‘Cloudburn’ was featured on Brian Transeau's (BT) compilation album ‘Laptop Symphony’. In 2011, Baxter performed the song,'Strange Behaviour', co-written and produced by Feed Me, and was released on his EP 'To The Stars' on "Mau5trap". She wrote the song 'Ebb & Flow' that was produced by Jon Gooch and added to his debut album, ‘Calamari Tuesday’, in 2013. The song also appeared on the British TV show, "Youngers".
In 2014, the song "Snowblind ft. Tasha Baxter" was co-written with record producer, Austin Collins (Au5). Baxter also performed the track and it was released on "Monstercat" label. Snowblind subsequently appeared on the American TV show, "So You Think You Can Dance". The following year, she independently released "Bigger than Me" with Collins as producer.
In 2016, she was featured again on Monstercat with, "Just A Dream", performing and composing the vocals and lyric melody for the eighth track from Tut Tut Child's Come to the End; Then Stop LP.
In 2017, she was a songwriter on Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter V" album on track "Hittas". In 2019, Baxter was the featured vocalist on Flux Pavilion ft. Craymak "Saviour" on Circus records.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Colour of Me | EMI South Africa | Genre: Pop
14th SAMA Awards: Best Pop Album, Best Newcomer |
| 2012 | Laptop Symphony | Black Hole Recordings | Genre: Trance, electronica, glitch, breakbeat, dubstep
Artists: BT, Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate, Feed Me, Tiesto, Swedish House Mafia |
| 2013 | Calamari Tuesday | Sotto Voce | Genre: Electro House, Dubstep
Artists: Feed Me, Crystal Fighters, Tasha Baxter |
| 2014 | Household Funk & Apollo Present Deep Revival | Universal Music (Pty) Ltd | Genre: Dance/Electronic
Artists: Household Funk, Tasha Baxter |
| 2015 | Bonetown Records Presents Rokkin' 'Trukkin 'Lekktro, Vol. 1 | Bonetown Records | Genre: Dance/Electronic
Artists: Lou Belchazzer, TiiiGHTEYES, Paul Moneta, TRUKKA |
| 2016 | Monstercat – Best of Dubstep | Monstercat | Genre: Dubstep
Artists: Pegboard Nerds, Slushii, Au5 |
| 2016 | Shogun Audio Presents: 2016 | Shogun Audio | Genre: Dance/Electronic
Artists: Spectrasoul, Ed Warrener, Fourward, Phace, Was A Be |
| 2016 | Drum & Bass Summer Slammers 2016 (Viper Presents) | Viper Recordings | Genre: Dance/Electronic
Artists: The Prototypes, Blaine Stranger, Delta Heavy |
| 2017 | InsideInfo | Viper Recordings | Genre: Dance/Electronic
Artists: InsideInfo, Tasha Baxter, Scott Kennedy |
| 2017 | Drum & Bass Annual 2017 | Viper Recordings | Genre: Dance/Electronic
Artists: The Prototypes, Blaine Stranger, Jaguar Skills |
| 2017 | 15 Years of Muti – Drum & Bass | Muti Music | Genre: Dance/Electronic
Artists: Mista Savona, Greg Reve, Sizzla, Freq Nasty, Tasha Baxter |
Singles
- 2007– The Journey
- 2007– Funk Country
- 2007– Useless
- 2007–The Visitor
- 2007– Fade To Black
- 2007– Who's Sorry Now
- 2011– Ebb & Flow
- 2015– Bigger Than Me
- 2015– Copycat
- 2019– Stargate
EP
- Unveiled by Greg Reve
- Feed me to the Stars
- Feed Me big adventure
- Differentia EP by Icicle.