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Fatima Yamaha new full length album SOL was released in February 2024. SOL, a nod towards his connection to the sun/(half)moon, is also an abbreviation of Sign Of Love, a strong message and one of the key tracks on the album. This might be the most funk-laden album Fatima Yamaha has delivered in his two decades long career.
Fatima Yamaha’s now classic single ‘What’s A Girl To Do’ taken from the EP ‘A Girl Between Two Worlds’ saw the light of day in 2004 on Magnetron Music, but it wasn’t until 10 years later that a re-release made the song truly explode.
For many years, Fatima Yamaha was shrouded in mystery, known only to be a project led by “a young lady born to a Japanese father and a Turkish mother”. By now we all know Bas Bron is Fatima Yamaha. The Dutch producer has many guises, but Fatima Yamaha is his most enigmatic.
The album ‘Imaginary Lines’ on Magnetron Music was released in 2015 and followed the success of ‘What’s A Girl To Do’ with the fabulous single ‘Love Invaders’. Later followed by another banging club anthem ‘Araya’ on Dekmantel Records.
His live shows unfailingly live up to the highest expectations, offering refined house and techno complimented by virtuoso synths. But after years of selling out tours and headlining the most prestigious festivals all over the world, Bas took some time to travel the world with other bands and acts and focus on his studio.
In the late fall of 2020, when the world was still in turmoil and Bas hadn’t performed for over two years, he released the third Fatima Yamaha album; Spontaneous Order. The first single ‘Day We Met’ is a vocal earworm that will creep up and will never let go. Bas shows his versatility on the album, effortlessly moving from harsh dancefloor tracks to spacious ambient drones and funky electronic pop tracks.
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“Bron can't help but make something hard to shake—that quality, after all, is what kept the Yamaha spark alive for all these years.” - Pitchfork