Natálie Kocábová Explained

Natálie Kocábová
Birth Name:	Natálie Kocábová
Birth Date:	16 May 1984
Birth Place:	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality:	Czech-American
Other Names:	Natalie C. Kocab Natália Kocábová
Education:	FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation:	Poet, writer, musician
Years Active:	2000–present
Employer:	XYZ (screenwriter-editor)
Children:	Vincent Marshall (24 October 2003) Mia (May 2012)
Parents:	Michael Kocáb (28 July 1954) Marsha Crews (26 May 1954)
Relatives:	Jessica Kocábová (sister) Michael Kocáb Jr (brother), David Kocáb (half-brother)

Natálie Kocábová (in Czech pronounced as /ˈnataːlɪjɛ ˈkotsaːbovaː/), also known as Natalie Kocab (born 16 May 1984) is a Czech poet, writer, and musician. She is the daughter of singer and political activist Michael Kocáb. She has released three solo studio albums, one extended play, four music videos, and featured on a number of other projects.

Early life

Natálie Kocábová was born on 16 May 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father, Michael Kocáb, was a singer and political activist. Her mother is an American, of British ancestry.

Career

Kocábová received her first exposure at the age of eleven by providing vocals for low-budget albums by Dagmar Patrasová, Baby studio s Dádou (1995) and Vánoce s Dádou (1996), both designed for children. Shortly before her debut release, she was credited as a co-writer on a track entitled "Some People" that appeared on the album Velvet Revolution (1999), by Michael Kocáb, Petr Kolář and Tomáš Kympl. Her debut Fly Apple Pie was released on January 9, 2000, through Epic Records in partnership with Sony BMG. The album was the first full-length record issued by a Czech artist in the 2000s,^[1] and featured fifteen tracks mainly in English, all composed by her father Michael Kocáb, whose name also appeared on the cover. Her mother, Marsha, also supplied lyrics. Upon its release, the album was negatively received by critics, who slammed the record, with some referring to it as a shallow marketing tactic from Kocáb and others accusing his daughter of nepotism.^{[2] [3]} Two music videos were produced, for the tracks "So Changes Go" and "Mayday", but the constant negative publicity hurt the album's sales.^{[2] [3]}

In following years, to protect herself from such criticism, Kocábová focused on writing her own poems and short novels. Her subsequent literary works, such as Slyšíš mě? (2002), Monarcha Absint (2003), Schola Alternativa (2004) and Někdo je v domě (2005), helped to establish her as an independent writer.^[4] Some of her other side projects included music productions; she was cast in the musical theatre production Starci na chmelu (2001/02),^[5] and also contributed vocals to her father's album Za kyslík (2002). Her sophomore studio effort, Hummingbirds in Iceland, was launched on June 12, 2006. As with her previous release, the record was distributed via Sony BMG and supervised by Kocáb. However, this time she also worked with other songwriters-producers, including Michal Pavlíček Jr, Michaela Poláková and Lukáš Máchal. The album was promoted by a video, for "Neverland", and received favorable reviews from journalists, who especially acknowledged its progressive sound;^{[3] [6] [7]} only a few critics repeated their criticisms.^[8] Nonetheless, Kocábová's second album was still not a great commercial success.

After two creatively calm years, during which she published a novel called Růže: Cesta za světlem... (2007), Kocábová began to take more initiative with her music, and also began experimenting with other genres. In 2008, she contributed the opening track "Tramtárie" to an all-female compilation Ohrožený druh by Michal Horáček, also on Sony BMG. Starting in 2009, the singer began collecting material for her next studio album. However, Walking on the A-bomb, produced by Jiří Burian,^[9] was rejected by Sony.^[9] After Kocábová signed a distribution deal with music magazine Report, the record was released in a cardboard sleeve on December 1, 2010.^[10] Her third album, preceded by an EP of the same name, was well received on the indie club circuit and she embarked on a tour of small venues.

Discography

Kocábová's discography consists of three solo studio albums, one extended play, four music videos and a number of other appearances.^[11]

Albums

Studio albums

width=4%	Year	width=33%	Album details	width=63%	Notes
2000	Fly Apple Pie with Michael Kocáb Released January 9, 2000 Label Epic/Sony BMG (#EPC 496585 2)^[12] Format CD	Fifteen track album sung in English with exception of "ABC", "Kapka lásky and the final song "Duch Tarantina" that was in addition attached to Kocáb's double retrospective collection Best Of (2008), issued on Daranus.^[13]
2006	Hummingbirds in Iceland Released: June 12, 2006 Label: Sony BMG^[14] Format: CD	Fourteen track album sung exclusively in English.
2010	Walking on the A-bomb Released: December 1, 2010 Label: Biotech/Report^[15] Format: MC, CD	Thirteen track album, also sung exclusively in English.
2016	Ellis Island with Michaela Poláková Released: April 29, 2016 Label: WM Czech Republic^[16] Format: CD	Ten track album sung in English, with the exception of “Žádnej kód”. Nick McCabe and Fernando Saunders cooperated on the album.
None of the studio albums charted on the Czech Albums Chart.

• A Credited as Natalie Kocábová and Michael Kocáb.
• B Credited as Natalie Kocab.
• C Credited as Natalie Kocab and Michaela Poláková.

Extended plays

width=4%	Year	width=33%	EP details	width=63%	Notes
2010	Walking on the A-bomb Released: May 21, 2010 Label: Biotech (party sale only) Format: MC	Six track EP released exclusively on cassette, presenting material from the corresponding studio album of the same title.^[17]

• B Credited as Natalie Kocab.

Other appearances

width=4%	Year	width=22%	Song details	width=11%	Role	width=63%	Notes
1995	"Aha, aha (Intro)"	back vocal	Early compositions recorded for Baby studio s Dádou by Dagmar Patrasová, released on CD by Bonton. Apart from Orchestr Felixe Slováčka, "Aha, aha" and "My budeme cvičit" featured also her sister Jessica Kocábová. "Ten tvůj táta" included contributions by Bohumil Kulínský and Bambini di Praga.
	"My budeme cvičit"
	"Ten tvůj táta"
	"Aha, aha (Outro)"
1996	"Kapka lásky"		A song initially recorded for the Christmas set Vánoce s Dádou by Patrasová, featuring Orchestr Felixe Slováčka, Jessica, Kulínský and Bambini di Praga.
1999	"Some People"	co-writer	A song written by Kocábová and Tomáš Kympl for Velvet Revolution by Kocáb, Petr Kolář and Kympl, released on MC/CD by Popron.^[18]
2002	"Život je Nářez"	back vocal	Four tracks recorded during the Za kyslík album sessions for Kocáb, released on CD by Columbia.^[19] (In addition, "Urnovej háj" also appeared on second disc of the Kocáb's greatest hits compilation Best Of: Noční vyprávění o mé cestě od kostelní židle až k Pražskému výběru II (2008), issued on Daranus.)
	"Urnovej háj"
	"Noční můra"
	"Dj Makakaka"
2008	"Tramtárie"	lead vocal	The opening track delivered for Michal Horáček's compilation Ohrožený druh, released on CD by Sony BMG.^[20]

• B Credited as Natalie Kocab.
• C Credited as Natálka Kocábová.
• D topped at number 1 on the Czech Albums Chart.^[21] The set became the most selling album of a music band in the Czech Republic with the sale of 22,766 copies.^[22] As of 2011, its total sale reached 35,000 units, while being certified with double platinum from ČNS IFPI.^[23] In addition, the work won the Anděl Award as the Album of the Year.^[24]

Videos

Music videos

width=4%	Year	width=33%	Song	width=22%	Director(s)	width=19%	Producer	width=22%	Album
2000	"Mayday"			Fly Apple Pie
	"So Changes Go"
2006	"Neverland"	David "Havran" Spáčil^[25]		Hummingbirds in Iceland
2011	"Backyard"			Walking on the A-bomb
	"The Pillow" by Republic of Two^[26]	Jiří Burian, Mikoláš Růžička	Eliška Nováková^[27]	Raising the Flag

• E The album won the Best New Artist category at the Anděl Awards in 2010.^[28] (The album charted at number 23.^[29])

Bibliography

Year	Title	Release details
		Publisher	ISBN	Notes
2002	Slyšíš mě?	Mladá fronta		poems
2003	Monarcha Absint			novella
2004	Schola Alternativa
2005	Někdo je v domě			poems
2007	Růže: Cesta za světlem...			novella
2010	The Dark Side of Prague	Větrné mlýny		poems
	Tři maminky a tatínek	Brio		children's book
2011	Na rohu světa	Divadlo Puls	—	play
2012	Rabbit Run (in production)			comedy

Notes:

• A The limited edition of the work, featuring 999 copies released in 2010, included graphics by her spouse Štěpán Vrána.^[30]
• B Credited as co-writer; along with Alena Ježková, Barbara Nesvadbová and Jaromír Švejdík (aka Jaromír 99).^[31]

Stageography

• 2002: Starci na chmelu (musical theatre; as Hanka)

Awards

Music polls

Český slavík by Mattoni, Czech Republic Year Nominated work Category Result 2000 Herself Female Singer ^[32] 2003 ^[33] 2004

Žebřík by Report, Czech Republic Year Nominated work Category Result 2001 Herself Female Singer → Domestic ^[34] 2002 ^[35]

See also

• Michael Kocáb

References

General

• Web site: Natalie Kocab → Umělecká biografie. Slavica. slavica.cz. Slavica. February 5, 2012. cs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110406213600/http://www.slavica.cz/natalie_kocab/. April 6, 2011. mdy-all.
• Web site: Natálie Kocábová → Discography. Discogs. discogs.com. Zink Media. 2012-02-05.
• Web site: Natálie Kocábová → Bibliografie. Google Books. google.com. February 4, 2012. cs.

Specific

External links

• Natálie Kocábová on Discogs
  • Natálie Kocábová images by Google Images

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fly Apple Pie > Interpret: Natálie Kocábová. Sony Music Entertainment. shop.sonymusic.cz. Sony Music Entertainment Czech Republic. 2012-02-05. cs.
2. Web site: 13. komnata Natálie Kocábové. ceskatelevize.cz. 2012-02-05. cs.
3. Web site: Recenze > Natalie Kocab: Hummingbirds in Iceland. Sonja. 2006-09-05. MusicZone. musiczone.cz. MusicZone. 2012-02-05. cs.
4. Web site: Cesta Natálie Kocáb. 2010-08-15. Hana. Horáková. Vaše Literatura. vaseliteratura.cz. Vaše Literatura. 2012-02-05. cs.
5. Web site: Starci na chmelu oslaví v pátek 22. března 2002 100 repríz + 1 rok!. 2002-03-20. Tomáš. Stanislavčík. Jakub Zahradník. musical.cz. Musical.cz. 2012-02-05. cs.
6. Web site: Uhrančivě krásní kolibříci na Islandu. Michal. Koch. 2006-07-25. Music Server. musicserver.cz. IMEG. 2012-02-05. cs.
7. Web site: Natalie Kocab: Hummingbirds In Iceland. 2006-08-21. Martin. Zoul. Muzikus. muzikus.cz. Muzikus. 2012-02-05. cs.
8. Web site: Recenze > Hudba > Natalie Kocab: Hummingbirds in Iceland. 2006-07-21. Aleš. Borovan. Hospodářské noviny. hn.ihned.cz. Economia. 2012-02-05. cs.
9. Web site: Rozhovory > Natalie Kocab: Jsem čekač. 2011-02-22. Honza. Průša. Music Server. musicserver.cz. IMEG. 2012-02-05. cs.
10. Web site: Recenze CD > Odvážná a svá. 2011-01-24. Honza. Průša. Music Server. musicserver.cz. IMEG. 2012-02-05. cs.
11. For albums discography of Kocábová, use either her general or external links.
12. Fly Apple Pie (Liner Notes) . Natalie Kocábová & Michael Kocáb . 2000 . Natalie . Kocábová . Natálie Kocábová . Michael Kocáb . Compact Disc . . . cs.
13. Best Of: Noční vyprávění o mé cestě od kostelní židle až k Pražskému výběru II (Liner Notes) . Michael Kocáb . 2008 . Michael . Kocáb . Michael Kocáb . Double Compact Disc + Book . Daranus . Czech Republic . cs.
14. Hummingbirds in Iceland (Liner Notes) . Natalie Kocab . 2006 . Natalie . Kocab . Natálie Kocábová . Compact Disc . . . cs.
15. Walking on the A-bomb (Liner Notes) . Natalie Kocab . 2010 . Natalie . Kocab . Natálie Kocábová . Compact Disc . . . cs.
16. Ellis Island (Liner Notes) . Natalie Kocab & Michaela Poláková . 2016 . Natalie . Kocab . Natálie Kocábová . Michaela Poláková . Compact Disc . WM Czech Republic . . cs.
17. Web site: Natalie Kocab křtila originální kazetu, CD vydá až na podzim. 2010-05-28. Simona. Veinlichová. ABradio. abradio.cz. LimeMedia. 2012-02-05. cs.
18. Velvet Revolution (Liner Notes) . Michael Kocáb, Petr Kolář & Tomáš Kympl. 1999 . Michael . Kocáb . Michael Kocáb . Petr Kolář . Tomáš Kympl . Compact Disc . Popron Music . Czech Republic . cs.
19. Za kyslík (Liner Notes) . Michael Kocáb. 2002 . Michael . Kocáb . Michael Kocáb . Compact Disc . . Czech Republic . cs.
20. Ohrožený druh (Liner Notes) . Ohrožený druh. Michal Horáček & VA. 2008 . Michal . Horáček . Michal Horáček . Compact Disc . Sony BMG . Czech Republic . cs.
21. Web site: Official Czech Albums Chart → Horáček & VA → Ohrožený druh (2008). IFPI Czech Republic. ifpicr.cz. ČNS IFPI. 2012-01-14. cs.
22. Web site: Desky roku? Ohrožený druh.... Iva. Marešová. 2009-02-12. T-Mobile. t-music.cz. T-Mobile Czech Republic. 2012-01-14. cs.
23. Web site: V divadlech se objeví Ohrožený druh i koncertní verze Kudykama. 2011-10-27. Česká tisková kancelář. ceskenoviny.cz. ČTK. 2012-01-14. cs.
24. Web site: Ceny Anděl 2008. 2009-03-21. Akademie populární hudby. cenyandel.cz. APH. 2012-01-14. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20120203163827/http://www.cenyandel.cz/historie-vysledku/rocnik-2008/. February 3, 2012. dead.
25. Web site: Natálie Kocábová pokřtila desku a představila klip. 2006-10-29. Pavel. Novák. MusicServer. musicserver.cz. IMEG. 2012-02-05. cs.
26. Web site: Republic of Two natočili klip s partou přátel. 2011-02-26. iREPORT. ireport.cz. iREPORT. 2012-02-05. cs.
27. Web site: Republic of two mají nový klip a ANDĚLA v kategorii Objev roku!. Miloš Gruber. indiesmg.cz. Indies MG. 2012-02-05. cs.
28. Web site: Anděl Awards → Nominations & Winners 2010. Akademie populární hudby. cenyandel.cz. APH. 2012-02-05. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20131103194434/http://www.cenyandel.cz/historie-vysledku/rocnik-2010/. November 3, 2013. dead.
29. Web site: Official Czech Albums Chart → Republic of Two → Raising the Flag (2009). IFPI Czech Republic. ifpicr.cz. ČNS IFPI. 2012-01-14. cs.
30. Web site: Růže: Cesta za světlem... (Limited edition). 2010. Pavol Bacigál. supershop.sk. Px18 System. February 5, 2012.
31. Web site: Tři maminky a tatínek. 2010. Pavol Bacigál. supershop.sk. Px18 System. February 5, 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20120917171810/http://www.suprshop.cz/shop_item.php?id=3202007. September 17, 2012. mdy-all.
32. Web site: Český slavík → Výsledky ročníků → 2000 → Zpěvačky. Mattoni. ceskyslavik. Mattoni. October 12, 2011. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20110615025529/http://www.ceskyslavik.cz/start.php?k=48&p=37&c=241. June 15, 2011. dead.
33. Web site: Český slavík → Výsledky ročníků → 2004 → Zpěvačky. Mattoni. ceskyslavik. Mattoni. October 12, 2011. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20110615025730/http://www.ceskyslavik.cz/start.php?k=52&p=37&c=245. June 15, 2011. dead.
34. Web site: Žebřík → Historie → Žebřík 2001: Výsledky. January 2, 2007. iReport. ireport.cz. Report. February 5, 2012. cs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111108020456/http://ireport.cz/vysledky-ebik-2001.html. November 8, 2011. mdy-all.
35. Web site: Žebřík → Historie → Žebřík 2002: Výsledky. January 2, 2007. iReport. ireport.cz. Report. February 5, 2012. cs. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111108020441/http://ireport.cz/vysledky-ebik-2002.html. November 8, 2011. mdy-all.