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[b]TBA[/b] (ტბა) was an alias used by experimental electronic musician [url=https://discogs.com/artist/1145958]Natalie[/url]/[a=Tusia Beridze] primarily between 2003 and 2011, at the early days of her career. The moniker had varying meanings: "lake" in Georgian, a common abbreviature for "to be announced" in English, and it carries the composer's initials T.B. Beridze's debut album as [b]TBA[/b] came out in 2003, soon after she landed a record deal with [a=Thomas Brinkmann]'s label [l=Max Ernst] and relocated to Cologne, Germany. Two versions, [i][r=299799][/i] LP and "self-titled/untitled" [i][r=211405][/i] CD, had a significantly different tracklist. In 2005, TBA presented her sophomore CD album, [i][r=429173][/i]. Beridze's third full-length work for max.E, [i][r=700574][/i], came out under [b]TBA EMPTY[/b] alias, accompanied by two 12" singles, and characterized by a much more minimalistic, reductionist sound, reminiscent of Brinkmann's "ultra-minimal" techno. Beridze concluded her collaboration with the Max Ernst label by an ambitious "concept album" trilogy, [b]* - ** - ***[/b], spread across two albums: [i][url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1109011]Size And Tears[/url][/i] 2xCD (with one of the chapters inspired by [a435140]'s "Alice in Wonderland") and [i][r=1127474][/i] CD. Both albums carried a joint credit, reading "TBA / Natalie Beridze" on the back cover and "TBA Tusia Beridze" on the shrinkwrap sticker — a design layout that Natalie adopted for the rest of TBA releases. In 2007, Beridze returned to Tbilisi, Georgia. Two years later, Natalie released her sixth album, [i][r=3702625][/i], on [l=Laboratory Instinct] label. The CD artwork had the artist's name printed as [b]TBA_Natalie Beridze[/b]. In 2010, [b]Natalie Beridze / TBA[/b] released her digital-only [i][r=2452509][/i] EP on the German label [l3385] (she first appeared on the label five years prior on the [i][m=53865][/i] 2x12"/CD compilation). A full-length album [i][r=2793927][/i] followed in Spring 2011, featuring [a=Ryuichi Sakamoto] on one of the tracks. Beridze is still on [l=Monika Enterprise]'s roster and released two more full-length albums and an EP for the label. However, she stopped using [b]TBA[/b] as the moniker after 2011, with all current works credited to her full name [a=Natalie Beridze].