Mr Yinka

Fela House of Horror...

2010-11-22T11:35:00.000-08:00

It may come as a surprise to some but I'm a huge horror movie fan and recently I've been on a major zombie kick!

Could it be the current climate where you're meant to vote like a zombie for a policitian or 'musican' on tv - who knows what I do know is...

...I got a new show! If you aint' seen it already it's called The Walking Dead and it's killer. And what's crazsy is it stars British actor Andrew Lincoln form Teachers and This Life - that's a power move!

Oh yeah the zombies in this show look great and are kinda slow! I'm not wiht all the fast zombie stuff - If you're dead it's highly unlikely you'd be fitter than alive, when you're...rotting. :p

The show is a tiny bit Lost/Prison Breakish with the cliffhangers and slowly expaniding cast and plot but that should only make it more pupular with most folks I imagine.

I'm sure you can watch it online somewhere, though of course I do not endrorse that type of things in any shape or form!

Also Rec and Rec 2 (a Spanish zombie franchise that started in 2009) are great movies. Anything that can make me watch sub-titles gotta be crazy!

Google 'em

Update - the homie Combat Jack (hip hop lawyer and guru) just did a review of the latest episode here! Spooky...

Oh and the Fela Kuti reference...Well here's my favourite Zombie track of all time, by Fela 'Carrying Death in his Pouch' (appriorate!) Kuti, called ...Zombie (FUN FACT - Zombies originate in Western culture from Haitian voodoo - whcih comes from Juju, which comes from...Nigeria!):

SUICIDE GIRL FERGIE - NEW SLASH VIDEO - BEAUTIFUL DANGEROUS

2010-11-18T12:32:00.000-08:00

Crazy Hot Girls! You can't beat em! Yes they are CRAZY but they are also HOT! And so with now further ado here's the new SLASH:

Strippers, Booty, Bondage, Knives - what's not to like???

Fergie - got pipes AND a booty, who knew?

Hate Me Now

2010-11-11T06:13:00.001-08:00

More for the sentiment than the song:

From the days when 'Diddy' was universally known as Puff Daddy and was known to hit you in the head with a champagne bottle if you got him upset - allegedly...

the youth are getting restless

2010-11-11T04:11:00.000-08:00

10 - Bad Brains - The Youth Are Getting Restless.mp3

And so it begins...

This country is in a real state. The government is very out of touch with it’s own electorate and faces a lot more action of this nature. The violence has been roundly condemned however it’s the ‘shock’ with which it has been greeted that is most telling. Over 50,000 students converged on Westminster yesterday Nov 10 2010 and I think both the government and police were actually surprised – I’m generally very cynical and am still not entirely convinced – but I think it is true that the ‘coalition’ completely underestimated the depth of feeling they are arousing with their policies.

It’s as if the government have found a new toy and are running amok with it – cut, cut, cut. The reality is that in a recession making things tougher is hardly going to improve people’s prospects and very importantly their morale.

It’s clear that the Tories want to turn back time but the truth is you just cannot do that. Once the general populous has been given the promise of a better life they are not just going to give it up. Cutting everything and creating false accountability via internet sites is not really going to cause the confusion they hope. People who watch X-Factor do kinda know it’s rigged, kinda know their votes don’t count – but it’s entertainment it’s not real life. The voting system for government is mean to be somehow representative of the electorate’s views – albeit heavily compromised. With this latest administration however it’s clear that many voters have been completely betrayed. There will be more strikes, more protests and more pain unfortunately.

The remaining apathetic ‘middle’ classes will actually become less ambivalent over the next few months when they realise the cuts do in fact also mean them too. The poor are always the first to suffer but it won’t only be people with 2 pennies to rub together who are going to feel the effects. As for the Liberal Democrats – they are in a world of shit. If you never thought you’d be in power and you suddenly get it it’s like your big brother finally inviting you out with his mates and you do whatever he says but after a while you’re gonna feel like he’s taking the piss. By then it’s too late and the roles have already been written – the Lib Dems will be the scapegoats because we all know what the Tories are about. Labour are just gonna shut up and watch it fall apart.

The truth, yes the truth, is that we need a more modern way of looking at society – we are living longer, expecting more and wanting to work for it less. We do want more leisure time, more choice and to own our homes. But someone has to pay for it all. But there is something intrinsically very, very wrong when financial institutions – often through fraud creating mountains of debt and then are bailed out and everyone else has to bear the brunt.

Then we are told ‘we are all in this together’ while ministers run back to their cosy homes and hide behind the most empty rhetoric I’ve heard in – well for ever. But government has to realise that their ivory towers are a lot shorter these days, they’ve given the ‘public’ the opportunity to peer in and not everyone is happy with what they see. Trying to turn back the clock won’t work – the age of mass communication has put paid to that. Essentially restricting education to the well off is a strategy rooted in the worst type of folly – nostalgia. Unless we want this country to be an archaic anachronistic postcard where inbred toffs preside over heaving uneducated masses we need to find another way. Not some Utopic vision but something pragmatic, practical and non knee-jerk and reactionary.

With their latest set of actions it’s cringeworthingly apparent what a far way world the Tories(sorry coalition) live in – Cameron runs off to one of the most chronic human rights violating regimes in the world for cash and yet tell people at home to behave!? Duncan-Smith fails to realise that making poverty essentially a crime punishable with forced labour is even in the least bit backward!? And there’s a strike at least every other week liek it's a lotto rollover! The CONDEM(NED) hope that by playing on people's selfish instincts they will keep people from seeing the bigger picture but I think it's that self same selfish instinct that will be their undoing - because this way forward helps no one but the VERY few and that's just not enough votes. I’m still reeling thinking I’m watching actors in parliament play out a Dostoevsky or Kafka novel.

The youth are getting restless, but soon it won’t just be the youth...

I’m loving it...and other Oscar winning performances

2010-07-11T03:46:00.000-07:00

If you’ve read this blog you are probably aware by now that occasionally, I do a little TV work. It’s all part of a cunning plan to work my way on to the big screen and be a huge movie star! ;-) it’s funny, people say – ‘ah you’re acting now!’ not really but it’s good fun and I don’t turn down any roles so if you do require my ample acting skills – well I’m available! ;-)

I’M LOVING IT
This is my latest for that little known fast food chain – McDonalds! Yeah, yeah, yeah – it’s controversial I know – but I don't care - it was actually kinda fun – and no i didn’t have to/get to eat the wrap! In fact the wrap had make up – I kid you not, it wouldn’t have been very tasty! The concept behind the ad was that the Wraps are so tasty that you’ll have to do everything with one hand so you can hold and (presumably) eat them. It felt all little like the X-men or Misfits - one armed - rubix cube girl, guitar guy, piano girl, drum guy, etc...

KOPPARBERG
I just saw this one the other day! Now I’m not gonna reveal any details but a VERY good time was had by all. Kopparberg know how to party – I can therefore fully endorse all their products – definitely not the hardest job I’ve ever had! ;-)

EVO MUSIC ROOMS
This has to be of my favourites! Got a little feature spot! My name got mentioned, got a line and that’s even me playing guitar on the ad (dubbed it on after!) – which was nice! Met Goldie – who was cool as fuck! Dizzee rolled up in the Porsche – as u do! The crew were cool, the food was good! Sheeeet – it was a great day!

BBC AFRICA
This was my first! I’ll never forget it – like they say – it stays with you forever. BBC Africa! Thrown in at the deep end I was called on to play a Nigerian football supporter, and I am...a Nigerian football supporter. A stretch indeed! ;-) As for the Nigerian performance in the 2010 World Cup – not so ‘FANTASTIC’

Hope you enjoyed these clikps, the were all fun to make and i look forward to doing more. Pass the BAFTAS! ;-)

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SABATTA LIVE @ O2 ACADEMY 2, ISLINGTON FRI 25 JUN 2010

2010-06-08T10:32:00.000-07:00

Come get SUPA SUPA NASTEEE with us at our first gig since the Le Printemps des Nefs festival in Nantes, France.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132855940064749
http://events.myspace.com/Event/View/4770907

We'll be playing the new single Supa Nasteee!

We'll also be shooting a video - so get your face/arm/leg in it!

Here's a clip from France - they were loud! Some come on London let's make this one even LOUDER!!!

See you there!
SABATTA LIVE @ THE O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
O2 Academy 2 Islington, N1 Centre,
16 Parkfield Street, Islington,
LONDON N1 0PS
Tickets: £7.00 in advance

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132855940064749
http://events.myspace.com/Event/View/4770907

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Interview with a Yinka – Vol 1 - Norwood Fisher (Fishbone)

2010-03-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

I first threatened to do this a few months ago and I’ve got it together! Over the last year or so I’ve had the opportunity to interview some v interesting musicians in my capacity as co-host of the Is Black Music on the award winning Resonance FM. So I’ve dug in the crates, been through the vaults, etc., etc. and I have picked out some great interviews, here are some of the folks you'll hear me rapping with:

Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
Saul Williams
Matthew Morgan (founder of Afro Punk)
Anthony Joseph

And starting this week with : Norwood Fisher (critically acclaimed poet and leader of the Spasm Band)
Part 1

Fishbone interview norwood 050609 pt1 by Sabatta

Part 2
Fishbone interview norwood 050609 pt2 by Sabatta

Part 3
Fishbone interview norwood 050609 pt3 by Sabatta

Enjoy!!

New Pics and Pear Cider

2010-03-24T14:04:00.000-07:00

Yo! I drank A LOT of a certain popular brand of Pear Cider (give you a clue – it’s not from the UK but you can buy it here) last night – all in the good cause of...advertising! Hence the picture above. If you’re in a cinema in Denmark you could very well see me getting down in the crowd. If you like a band called the Joy Formidable you might see me in their music video. Met some v cool peoplet this shoot actually - was definitely a laugh!

Check out the new photo gallery from the 229 gig the other day (Fri Mar 19) on the SABATTA Facebook page (facebook.com/sabatta) here. They were taken by our good friend Glenn Harper, you can see more of his pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/raskolnikoff3000/

It was a cool night! Well it was hot night but it was worth it always always thanks to the crowd. I’m working on uploading some clips – we were REALLY loud so the audio is a little distorted but we’ve maybe got some audio off the mixing desk I might be able to use so I’ll see what I can do!

I’m playing a solo gig at Shunt this Friday mar 26. Could be a very busy night – I got at least one other gig to go to and a party – we’ll see where I end up!

Peace
Y

Back On my Blog-Sh*t!

2010-03-22T09:13:00.000-07:00

Back On my Blog-Sh*t!

So it’s the Monday morning after the Friday night! We rocked the 229 Club aspart of the first Kick Out of the Jams Festival sponsored by Total Rock and Clink Magazine, Atticus (also check out the Introducing article they ran on Sabatta)! Check out the pic above, more will be coming from my mate Glenfiddich aka Glenn Harper this week!

I also did a little cameo at Shunt on Saturday and will possibly be reappearing their this coming weekend – stay tuned!

Got another video shoot this week – as soon as I have details of when all these ads will be available to see I’ll let you know.

I’ll also be posting artwork shortly for the forthcoming single MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE by amazing illustrator Dave Little!

Oh Yeah we got a new web address for our FACEBOOK Page - facebook.com/sabatta - NOW THAT SHIT ROCKS! JOIN UP!

For those of you who care about such things here's a little selection of whats in the Yipod (in no particular order):

Meth, Ghost and Rae - Criminology 2.5

Lloyd Banks - Beamer, Benz or Bentley

Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser

ACDC - Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

Alice In Chains - Check My Brain

HoreHound - Treat Me like Your Mother

Max B - Chase You Home

Mahavira - New Contusions

Sabatta - Makes Me Feel Alive

Til then it’s your man Yinka reporting live from Elephant and Castle.

Return of the Blog!

2010-03-16T05:17:00.000-07:00

I'm BAAAACK! And here's what's on the damn agenda!

NEW ALBUM IN PROGRESS

NEW SINGLE FAN LAUNCH @ KICK OUT THE JAMS 2010

TV ADS

INTERNATIONAL DATES

NEW ALBUM

So it’s been a while! That’s the thing – unless you have someone actually doing it for you it’s kinda hard to blog AND live – well it is for me!

So it’s been a hectic few months – been in the studio A LOT working on the new album – the title of which I can reveal is: SEX.POWER.DEATH.

It should be out by late June and it’s coming together great!

NEW SINGLE FAN LAUNCH @ KICK OUT THE JAMS 2010

This FRI 19 Mar SABATTA play again for the first time in 2010! At KICK OUT THE JAMS 2010 at 229 Club Great Portland Street, behind Oxford St. It’s 12 of the UK’s top emerging Rock bands (including SABATTA obviously) on 2 stages! Doors open 7pm For details and tickets click here:

http://www.feedmemusic.co.uk/Events_Details.aspx?Event_ID=840

This is also very special gig for us as we will be doing a special pre-launch of our new single MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE – we’ll be releasing a snippet of the single online on Fri Mar 19 so stay tuned!

TOTAL ROCK RADIO INTERVIEW

Today at 5pm I’m live on Total Rock Radio – www.totalrock.com to promote the KOTJ show and new single so make sure you tune in online to hear me talk mad shit! Nah seriously it should be good! I’m looking forward to it.

THE ROCK SHOW PODCAST

Speaking on interviews you can check out one I did last week for the mighty, mighty Rock Show Podcast – coming straight out of Wales. It should be noted that many the UK’s top rock bands of recent times are from Wales – Lost Prophets, Bullet for my Valentine, Funeral for a Friend, etc.

You can download the podcast directly here:

http://www.therockshow.co.uk/trs73.mp3

The interview is with Jim Hussell – the main man behind the show and an all round top bloke! I really enjoyed this interview and hope you do too!

TV ADS 'N' SHIT

This last week has been a mad one – I did a TV ad with a very famous DJ and artist which should be on Channel 4 soon! That was a trip. Have to say the due was very cool! Kinda dope to meet someone who has achieved so much whose actually very down to earth!

I’m actually wrote most of this at a casting for a Music video. VERRRRRRY strange! It’s all good though, you gotta earn a living by hook or by crook out here and this is just one of my hustles! f they don't cut me you might see me on the TV soon. LOL!

That’s all for now folks!

And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter - @Sabatta - http://twitter.com/Sabatta

Yinka speaks with Living Colour's Vernon Reid on MLK day!

2010-01-28T12:25:00.000-08:00

As promised in this post I am attaching the interview clips (it's a speaker phone interview so it's a little crackly) from my conversation with Vernon Reid from the seminal black rock which was first broadcast on 270110 and 0030 UK Time. For those not aware of the significance of this band here is some background...

Living Colour is an American funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by heavy metal, funk, hard rock, free jazz, hardcore punk and hip hop.The band was formed in New York City in 1983 by guitarist Vernon Reid. They grew out of the Black Rock Coalition, a non-profit organization founded by (among others) Reid for black musicians interested in playing rock music.

Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album Vivid in 1988. Although the band scored a number of hits, they are best remembered for their anthemic single "Cult of Personality", which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1989, and their highest charting single "Type". They were also named Best New Artist at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. After disbanding in 1995, Living Colour reunited in 2000. The band released their fifth studio album, The Chair in the Doorway, on September 15, 2009 on Megaforce Records

....So I really help you all enjoy this . I actually had to privilege of speaking with Vernon maybe 2 and a half hours - and we started about 7am NY time so major respect goes out to Vernon for agreeing to get on the phone and speak so early.

We covered loads of topics and since my show is only an hour long there was no way I could fit it all in but I edited down 30 mins and cut it into 30 min chunks. I may play more of the conversation in the current weeks and including parts about 'the concept of legendary figures', the 'NAMM show' and more. But in these clips people and topics covered include - the history of Lviing Colour, The new album - Chair in the Doorway, Mick Jagger, Ike Turner and the origins of rock n roll, politics in popular music, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Vernon's favourite 90s bands and much more!

Enjoy!!

2010_vernon_pt1_o.mp3

2010_vernon_pt2_o.mp3

2010_vernon_pt3_o.mp3

2 of the best...

2009-12-08T13:57:00.000-08:00

Dec 8 is a sad day in music.

A little salute to two great musicians who passed away this day.

John Lennon - Cold Turkey

...and MR Dimebag

Dimebag Darrell - Squealing lesson

RIP!

IT'S XMAS TIME...

2009-12-05T12:54:00.000-08:00

So we thought we'd give you something nice! Emperor's New Clothes is available to buy with EXTRAS!! CHECK IT OUT!!
Just click the image above to buy! Below have a little listen to how its RAWKS!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS - YOU MUTHAS!!!!

BRAND NEW SABATTA - IN DOUBLE VISION!!

2009-12-01T01:50:00.000-08:00

Check us out playing brand spanking new unreleased Sabatta song - Makes Me Feel Alive and the crowd are already singing along! Catch Sabatta in double vision on this one!!!

This video will appear on the forthcoming 'Live at Shunt' DVD - AN ONLINE EXCLUSIVE for Xmas, only available through Sabatta's official website and social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace and AfroPunk, etc.). Stay tuned - details coming soon!

With a little help from your friends...

2009-11-29T08:37:00.000-08:00

Ok, so yesterday i took a break from the studio - by going to the studio! My friend Komlaa was recording an acoustic tune at Soho Recording studios and asked me to drop by. I did and ended up doing backing vocals and laying down a guitar hook! The motto here - get me while I'm cheap - LOL!

The song is called 'Whispers' and it's a mellow affair - you can check out the results at - http://www.myspace.com/komlamusic

Don't forget to join the SABATTA Facebook page - and keep Mr T happy!

YOU CRAZY FOOLS - JOIN THE SABATTA FACEBOOK PAGE!!

2009-11-28T10:22:00.000-08:00

MR T SAYS SO!

SO CLICK THE PIC ABOVE GODDAMIT, AND JOIN UP. WE GOT EXCLUSIVES - XTRA SPECIALS OFFERS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! IT'S THE PLACE TO BE AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU YOU'LL GET YOURSELF OVER THERE NOT NOW - RIGHT NOW!

SUCKA

Crazy Busy Week....

2009-10-20T11:27:00.000-07:00

Ok so wassup w Mr Yinka?

Well last week the Bold as love compliaiton came out! Make sure you go check that out if you're in the US HERE - UK download not avaialble yet but coming soon!

This week has so far been NUTS!

Recording some new materila over at Aaron's from Olympus Mons.

Is Black Music show tonight - fuck knows what I'm gonna play!!! LOL! Tune in at midnite London time, 7pm NYC time and 3pm LA time to find out on resonancefm.com (104.4fm on your dial in London)!

HAd a rehearsals for play I'm doing at Shunt 22/23 - check that out at www.shunt.co.uk !http://www.shunt.co.uk

Playin Oxjam on this Sun 25 October in Brixton details of this an earlier post here

Updating Sabatta websites (sabatta.net in down for the day - apologies - will be back v soon!) and profiles online (yep i does that!)

Some more live videos form Shunt on the way!

Ah you know the usual madness!

Now to find some tunes to play....

Sabatta live @ Oxjam 25 October - Dogstar VIP ROOM

2009-10-12T19:15:00.000-07:00

Hope you like jamming too!

Yeah bitches we in the fuckin Oxjam! It's in aid of a good cause featuring some rebels without one! It shall BANG!!!

Dogstar 389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LQ

DOORS OPEN 3PM I THINK WE'RE ON ABOUT 9PM!

THIS IS SHOW IS PART OF THE OXJAM BRIXTON EVENT WITH VENUES INCLUDING: PLAN B, HOOTANANNY, THE WINDMILL, DOGSTAR, JAMM

TICKETS ARE ONLY £12.50 (£10 CONCESSIONS)!!!!
BUY TICKETS: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/59784

MORE INFO: http://oxjamsouthlondon.org.uk

100% OF TICKET SALES GOES DIRECTLY TO OXFAM'S CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN.

There is absolutely NO GUESTLIST for this event.

Is Black Music: Ladie's Nite Thurs 15 Oct - The Return of the Killer Ks! Preview on Resonancefm.com at midnite tonite!

2009-10-12T19:04:00.000-07:00

Right on! Right on! Let's get these suckas, man!

More after the jump

Nah that's not me and the killer Ks, but it's a dope picture ain't it! Don't be scared it's gonna be a fun night featruing two of my personal faves - Kay Elizabeth and Genevieve K - and I guess I'll be jamming along! Armed with a guitar not an AK!

It's all happening down at the 12 Bar, Denmark Street, from 7pm this Thurs 15 Oct 09. £5 entry

Genevieve K - Spoken word artist par excellence!

Kay Elizbeth - she of the silken voice!

It's an honour what can I say, would you complain if you were me guys! I think NOT!

Tonight there'll be a preview show on Is Black music on Resonance 104.4fm (resonancefm.com) at midnight!! TUNE IN (turn and drop out ;-) )

You can also check it on myspace.com/isblackmusic

http://www.afropunk.com/profile/isBLACKMUSIC

http://urbalt.ning.com/group/isblackmusic

Shout out to all the feminists out there - Dig!

Back in the Lab!!

2009-10-12T18:03:00.000-07:00

Yep! It's going down!

More after the jump you muthas!

I'm back in the fuckin lab! It's been too damn long! But it's all good cos the mosnters I'm creating are looking extra scary and that's beautiful!

The last couple of weeks have been hectic! I've been gettign busy! DId a mega gig at shutn and wriitng for the new album - the album title is sick and the album itself is gonna be SICKER! I can't tell you too much but I can say there's gonna be a few guests on this one, including:

Robbie from Milk Plus, Visitor Q, Ebony Bones
Aaron from Olympus Mons is producing a track
Otto Fischer will be doing the same
Jamil from the Irrepressibles has already laid down some vibes - yep vibes!
Bobbie Gardner has laid some sweet piano - yeah piano

And I've even played this 12-string beast on it already (different colour though - cream)

it promises to be heavier AND fnkier AND groovier AND well it's gonna be nuts, what more can I say - well a lot but for now I saying FUCK IT, LET'S DO IT!

Catch you on the other side...

SABATTA I Didn't C it Live in London 250909

2009-10-12T16:39:00.000-07:00

WE WILL ROCK YOU!!!

I ain't gonna lie and very happy about this video (and there are more to come) - it was filmed by Ana Godinho de Matos, Tomas Brickhill, and my brother Manny Oyewole at the legendary Shunt in London Bridge! It was directed & edited by Ana Godinho de Matos.

We've been getting great feedback so far - feel free to weigh in!

Sabatta - An AfroPunk production...

2009-09-14T15:11:00.000-07:00

Yeah people! I was there repping hard 4 Sabatta & the UK at the AfroPunk Festival 5 Jul 09 (alongside Saul Williams, Tamar Kali, Zoe Kravitz and more)!

Big ups to Swiss Chris (Kanye West, Elton John, Wu-Tang, John Legend, Wimbash) and Jeremiah Hosea (Tamar Kali, James Blood Ulmer, Wimbash) for helping a brother out!

So...we got two songs and an interview (I got my locs on)!

Interview:

Find more videos like this on Afro-punk

Music after the jump you muthas!

Didn't C It:

Find more videos like this on Afro-punk

Emperor's New Clothes:

Find more videos like this on Afro-punk

HMP London - 'Same city but a different street, same officers but a different beat '

2009-08-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

About a year ago I was stopped and searched on my way home as I left Elephant & Castle Tube about midnight. I remember being asked - 'Do you live here, how long have you lived here?' by a policewoman with a very strong Australian accent - which I found ironic, while their male police officers arrested some teenage girls because they refused to be searched by men - not so much!

This and a few other incidents inspired this song. The pic above is some graffiti that some other people who i guess feel similar have put up around London.

HMP London

This song is from the latest Sabatta album - Emperor's New Clothes - available on Amazon & iTunes, it features Shay from Cherry Brakewells on backing vocals!

The song is currently being remixed by French DJ group Beat Torrent

Sabatta @ The Id at 12 bar 20 Aug 09

2009-08-25T00:13:00.000-07:00

another show, another african suit! And another...song! It's V new V RAW but 'it's makes me feel alive', I think the crowd agreed

audio is a lil' bit distorted (it was LOUD) but hopefully you get the idea

Lemme know what you think of the new tune (it's got the umbilical cord attached!)

Click below for a couple more vids...

COld Enuff

It did get a little wild up in that beeyatch!!!

Taking my Time

I always enjoy the solo on this one!

Our final encore - Didn't C it! With a lil' guitar abuse at the end ;-)

A little bit of Guillotine for good measure!

Yinka presents...The Id - Aug 20, 12 Bar, Denmark Street

2009-08-14T05:12:00.000-07:00

We call it a chaos, a cauldron full of seething excitations...

Yinka from Sabatta/IsBlackMusic/ResonanceFM brings you a night of something very special:

Featuring Sabatta, Olympus Mons, State of the Art, Otto Fischer, Genevieve and Kay Elisabeth

Sabatta – The future of rock is simply how one journalist put it. Yinka will be mistreating his guitar, swinging his head and most likely stripping down to the waist as usual – it gets hot on stage – WHAT!?! Songs, swagger and what a voice – the total package! Expect to hear some new material!

http://www.myspace.com/sabatta

Olympus Mons – Aaron Macintosh fronts this astounding 2-step Indie Band – signed to a French label they are blessing us with a rare UK date! If I could some up the band in one word it would be ENERGY!T his is not to be missed.

http://www.myspace.com/theolympusmons

State of the Art = the new project from Barry Straight formerly of In Search of Apollo. Hear songs in a acoustic context from this master songwriter with a voice and delivery of startling intensity! Barry’s new material is the stuff creative dreams are made of!

Otto Fischer – a profile the ladies swoon over, a voice that makes them tremble, songs that cause angels to cry – need I say more:

http://www.myspace.com/ottofischer

Genevieve & Kay Elisabeth. Respectively this pair – amazing artists in their own right are a shock and awe spoken word artist and a spirit stirring singer song writer! These ladies are powerful dn empowering and they’ve agreed to come together for a performance on the night. They also a regulars at the Speakeasy at shunt! Oh yeah – did I mention they’re HOT!!

Doors 7pm til Laaaate!

DJs - Tony Nwachukwu - http://www.myspace.com/tonynwachukwu

Tomas Brickhill

£5 with flyer/txt $6 on the door!

Arrive early – it’s gonna get tight!

12 Bar, Denmark Street London WC2H 8NL

For further information 020 7240 2622

http://www.12barclub.com/

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Yinka raps with....Vernon Reid, Norwood Fisher and Saul Williams - Tonight Tue 11 Aug on IsBlackMusic!

2009-08-10T23:19:00.000-07:00

Yo!

Yep I rapped with 3 of the best! I ain't playing. Check out excerpts of the interviews I did with these guys in the last couple months plus live aduio from the Urb Alt fest 09 and also a sneak peek at the 'The Difference is Why' night at the 12 Bar, Denmark Street, London on Aug 20! It's all going down at tonight at midnight tues 11/wed 12 August on IsBlackMusic? on Resonancefm.com (104.4fm on your dial for UK) at 12 midnite UK time, 7pm EST and 3pm LA time.

I'll posting up the full interviews this week also! The show is only an hour and Norwood's interview is 1 hour itself in it's entirety!

Expect music from Living Colour, Fishbone, Saul Williams, Jeremiah Hosea, Urb Alt fest 09, AfroPunk and more...

Serious!!

3 for free Fridays

2009-08-07T04:09:00.000-07:00

Friday Freeness

Since it’s the weekend I’m putting up a few mp3s – just the way everybody likes ‘em – FREE!! So to kick things off this Friday it’s gonna be:

Go Round

and...

Breakitdown

HMP London feat Shay from Cherry Brakwells

Enjoy the fuck outta your weekend!

INSPIRATION: Songs that changed my life: Metallica - Battery

2009-08-05T11:31:00.000-07:00

You know those times when you hear something so fuckin unbelievable that it changes your life and you never forget the moment? When I first heard Battery by Metallica was one of those times. I was in Scotland and I was listening to a certain radio station and it’s a metal show playing and suddenly out of nowhere I hear these classical chords and time stopped:

Metallica – Battery

It's funny cos they do some interesting time changes which you don't really notice unless you try to play it and the chorus ain't a whole lot different to the verse but you don't notice it's kinda clever! The guitar solo is also one of my all time favourites!!!

Don’t forget to go to metallica.com to get that shit official like! U know those boys don’t play!!

Related: Sabatta – Guillotine

The only thing in common really is some crushing power chords and a wild solo - which ain't bad to have in common actually!

INSPIRATION – Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy

2009-07-28T11:58:00.000-07:00

‘I gotta warn ya – he gotta gun!’

Anyone who knows me REALLY well knows I’m a huge Thin Lizzy fan. It’s not all Boys are back in Town (though I love that too). But in their very early days the band wrote some very different stuff – check out the Hendrix influence on this one:

Ray Gun

and here Phil and Boys bring the funk:

Johnny the Fox

(Make sure you visit - http://www.thinlizzyonline.com/ for the official shit!)

and a lil’ Sabatta funk Thinking

Let me know what you think!

12 Bar Blues! Doin it 4 Dolo on 23 Jul 09

2009-07-27T16:06:00.000-07:00

Hey!!

Last Thurs night I performed - just me and guitar at a night hosted by Art Terry! I am currently co-hosting Is Black Music? on Resonancefm.com 104.4FM with Art - this is the second Live event that has happened in support of the show. i organised the first one and will be organising an event on Aug 20 at 12Bar - along similar lines but it won't be called Is Black Music? Live - stay tuned!

In the meantime check out the tunes and give me some feedback! Cheers!

Love Like A Nervous Breakdown - a track from the Emperor's New Clothes album I think Sabatta has only played once

Zoning - a rap ballad - it'll be coming out soon

Raw - a fave track from Emperor's New Clothes

Emperor's New Clothes

New York, New York

2009-07-27T14:23:00.000-07:00

Yes yes y'all, to the beat y'all, party people guaranteed to be like having a ball!
New York was a blast! July 09 saw me hit the big apple with SABATTA to play the Afro Punk festival! If you wanna play anywhere it's here! What can i say it's was fuckin awesome - Pics and vids after the jump!

Rocking at the Afro Punk festival July 5 09

Click the image below to check pics of me hanging out at the festival with great musicians such as Tamar Kali, Jeremiah Hosea, Swiss Chris, Vernon Reid and more:

Let's go!

2009-07-22T02:53:00.000-07:00

Yeah I got one of these now - a blog. Sheeet! What has the world come to. Anyway I'll be posting things up as and when i feel like it. It might be some music I'm working on, it might be an interview with another artist I've done for Is Black Music? (IBM), it might be music from another artist or a film of a guitar - who the hell knows - we'll see!

Oh - if you're here and you don't know who I am, well I'm Yinka - I front a band called SABATTA - sabatta.net, myspace,.com./sabatta, I currently co-host a show called Is Black Music? the brainchild of Art Terry on resonancefm.com 104.4FM. I'm a musician but i do have a habit of reporting from the frontline and have been do so for about a year for the radio show!

I don't claim to be a journalist or a blogger (HELL NO!) nha i'm just in the trenches reporting back to you. I live this baby!

Yinka