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ABOUT

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YATTA is a Sierra Leonean-American artist and composer working across sound, performance, sculpture, installation, and video. Their practice is defined by textural electronics, improvisation, spirituality, and surprise.

YATTA has performed and exhibited at MoMA, MoMA PS1, The Kitchen, Tate Modern, Park Avenue Armory, The Getty, Pioneer Works, On Air Fest, and internationally at Les Urbaines, Wysing Polyphonic, New Forms Festival, Rewire Festival, and Vakuum Festival, among others. They have shared stages with Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Laraaji, L'Rain, The Sun Ra Arkestra, and Cardi B.

Their work has been covered by Pitchfork, The Wire, The Quietus, Artforum, and ArtNews, and their writing has appeared in Pioneer Works Broadcast Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail. YATTA holds an MFA in Music and Sound from Bard College and a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University.

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C.V. available upon request

* The Top 50 Albums of 2024 (The Wire)

* Album of the Day (Bandcamp Daily)

* YATTA Premieres ‘MTV’ (Doucment Journal)

* Interview with Andrew Ryce (Futureproofing)
* 10 Great Albums You May Have Missed in the Past 3 Months (Dazed)
* Musician YATTA On Going Towards the Unknown
* 10 Exhibitions to see in Upstate New York this January (Hyperallergic)
* YATTA: Iron + Palm Wine, A Glimmer of Change, and Assemble (Cut, Burn, Sitch) With Care (Upstate Diary)
* YATTA ~ PALM WINE (A Closer Listen)

* Earth Music (Broadcast, Pioneer Works)
* WAHALA: Album Review (Pitchfork
* On “WAHALA,” YATTA Finds Truth (Bandcamp Daily)