When your debut single is described by BBC Introducing West Yorkshire\u2019s Alan Raw as \u2018pretty much perfect\u2019, you know you\u2019re onto a winner. They may have only formed just over a year ago, but jazz crossover quintet Yaatri have been making ripples – and maybe even a few waves with their inaugural single \u2018Waiting On The Sun\u2019, released on Spotify October 12th . Founded by guitarist and composer Liam Detar (who also happens to be an LCOM graduate), Yaatri are yet another band that are a true testament to the talented calibre of artists rising up through the Leeds music scene.<\/p>\n

Recorded right here in Leeds at Nave Studios, \u2018Waiting On The Sun\u2019 is the first single to be released from the band\u2019s EP, which is set to come out in early 2020- the inspiration for the track springing from a jam between DeTar, drummer Jona Tromp and keys player Felix Bertulis-Webb back in the Spring of 2018. Having found the basis for the track from the riff and rhythmic cell developed during the trio\u2019s spring session, DeTar describes the following summer he spent in India \u2018listening to a lot of Indian Classical music\u2019 as critical to the song\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

The resultant single by Yaatri is a beautiful fusion of what Detar describes as \u2018two big pieces of my cultural identity\u2019- a soaring celestial soundscape of atmospheric jazz, with the influence of Indian classical music woven firmly into its fabric. Trying to combine several sources of musical inspiration into one track is never easy, yet through \u2018Waiting on the Sun\u2019 Yaatri manage to do not only this, but also achieve a rare balance between a complex and technical composition which still sounds totally effortless and ethereal. So whilst \u201cWaiting on The Sun\u201d may be the first single Yaatri came together and played when the band began rehearsing, it certainly doesn\u2019t have the ring of a nervous debut. Vocalist Bethany Herrington describes her beautiful wordless melodies as an expression of the moments where you lose yourself to the \u2018mental pressures of modern society\u2019, whilst also noting that \u2018the answers to these problems are always the most simple.\u2019 You can tell just from the way she describes her vocals that the composition of the track is going to be delicately done and sophisticated- without uttering a word her voice seem to restore the sense of rest and tranquillity that she describes as so easily missing.<\/a><\/p>\n

Having produced such a confident debut and secured sets at Sounds Like THIS Festival, Jazz Leeds Festival, Band On The Wall Free Jazz Showcase, as well as a support slot for UK jazz heavyweight Tony Ko\ufb01, Yaatri is a name we can expect to hear a lot more of around Leeds. And whilst were speaking about hearing a lot more of them, the best way to keep up with Yaatri is to follow this appropriately placed link to the band\u2019s website!<\/p>\n

Yaatri Website<\/a><\/h2>\n

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When your debut single is described by BBC Introducing West Yorkshire\u2019s Alan Raw as \u2018pretty much perfect\u2019, you know you\u2019re onto a winner. They may have only formed just over a year ago, but jazz crossover quintet Yaatri have been making ripples – and maybe even a few waves with their inaugural single \u2018Waiting On…<\/p>\n

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