Natalia Clavier: Pop With Globe-Spanning Influences

Natalia Clavier's clear, confident voice will be familiar to fans of dub/jazz/bossa nova DJ duo Thievery Corporation, for whom she's regularly contributed vocals since 2007. But, as if that isn't a strong enough list of influences, she adds "Latin-Alternative-Bilingual-Global-Electronic-Fusion."

Clavier's musical DNA really is global: She grew up in Buenos Aires, has lived in Barcelona, and now calls Brooklyn home. Her first album was completely in Spanish, but for her most recent album, Lumen, most of her songwriting in English. The result can't be accurately described, regardless of language. It must be heard.