Natalie also creates music as Unicornicopia, her solo performance-art moniker. Wielding processed accordion, synths, samplers and armfuls of effects units, Unicornicopia’s “danceable, insistent music that people will want to hear” (TimeOut NY), has been featured at the Performa Biennial, Le Poisson Rouge, CBGBs and Joe’s Pub to name a few. Natalie’s performance and instillation work has also been presented in gallery settings including PS1: MoMA, Human Resources, and Ramiken Crucible Gallery, where she lived and worked for 3 weeks. While a resident, she arranged an improvised polyphonic saxophone piece for 5 female voices, built a VHS instillation featuring outsider-artist R. Stevie Moore, and composed a long-form piece for omnichord, mbira, drums, samplers, keyboards and processed vocals. Natalie’s work often utilizes a wide range of puppetry types including shadow, puppet, hand and rod, over-life-size and Vietnamese water puppets. She was also awarded University of Central Florida’s SURE Research Grant for her work in puppetry. Projects include collaborations with members of Wooster Group, Psychedelic Furs, Fischerspooner, Santigold, ICE, Xiu Xiu, Chairlift, Glasser, Aur Revoir Simone, Elevator Repair Service and Radiohole.

Having DJ’d in the US, Europe and Asia, Natalie’s stand out sets include Carnegie Hall, PS1 WARM UP, a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom and CA$$ETTE, a party she threw with World DJ Champion i.e. Merge and Jimmy Edgar among others. She has also DJ’d bills  with the actors Steve Martin and Meryl Streep, the electronic acts Milky Chance, Machinedrum, Braille (Sepalcure), members of LCD Soundsystem, Lazer Sword, Psychic TV, Butthole Surfers, Das Racist, Japanther, and Dirty Projectors and corporate clients such as Lululemon, Uber and Spotify.

Natalie is also the founder of Baby DJ School, a research-based music program where she teaches babies how to DJ and explore DJ culture in order to accelerate their development. Recommended by pediatric neurologists, Baby DJ School was called “an exciting new musical landscape” by TIME Magazine  and “really creative and fun” on Good Morning America. BDS was the subject of a viral VICE documentary and was featured in The Wall Street Journal, SPIN, GQ, Village Voice, New York Magazine, TimeOut NY, on Good Morning America, the BBC, NPR, as well as TV, radio, websites and newspapers across the globe. With multiple locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and master classes taught in Taiwan and South Korea, Baby DJ School will soon be held in Atlanta and Los Angeles. As an educator she has lectured MFA students at NYU Steinhardt, taught puppetry in the New York Public School system and lead “Inventgenuity” and “Playing with Pedals” – two experimental composition classes that were both featured recommendations in The New York Times.

Your thinking what I am thinking right? HOLY MOLY DJ NATALIE ROCKS! It has been incredible getting to know Natalie as DJ teacher but also learning about how incredibly talent she is as you have just read above. Get to know more about Natalie below in my BTS Q&A interview! Thank you Natalie for being part of this week's feature and for teaching baby Dylan how to DJ! xo Stacy

1. Are you a Subway or Car (via, uber, lyft) girl?

I'm a bike girl! If it's too hot I will take a train/bus or Uber. Heat is my only limitation on bike though. I will bike in a blizzard.

My backyard in a baby pool in the summer or in this cool abandoned ballroom at the a special hotel in the winter.