SATTAS Reggae Band

SATTAS was decided to be established in 2005 by Orçun "Leo" Sünear and Derya " Derrill" Eke. Their motivation for this group was playing the music they loved. Aybar Aydin and Murat Inak, who have always wanted to play in a reggae band, were the next members who entered into the band. After playing cover songs from Gregory Isaac, Micael Prophet,Bob Marley and the Wailers etc, in some small clubs in Istanbul, Turkish legendary reggae-dub drummer, Mehmet "DaS" Yüzbasioglu, who has established the first reggae band of Turkey, “Version Forward” This was the beginning of mental development of the group. SATTAS has composed their first song in 2006 (War is Over) and continued to do so. Second big development of the group was introducing two jazz musicians, Fehmi Alatan on trumpet and Baris Ertürk on saxaphone, who have played in many events, festivals and albums. Last group members are become; Oyku Gulata on Bass and Siney Yilmaz at Sax. Finally, number of group members reached eight.Today, SATTAS has been performing in some of the most important clubs and performance halls in Istanbul like Nayah,Balans, Peyote, University festivals, and Oldcity. They are not only playing cover songs from the bands like world’s reggae stars but also their own compositions like Greetings,War is Over,Rule Dem,Groundationand many more…With their versatile approach to music and different backgrounds in music, Sattas has become an original one in Reggae music makers which could be seen both in melodies and lyrics of their composition. In their music, Reggae, Dub, Ska Jazz,Blues and early Rock forms melt in a pod. Currently they are in the preparation period for recording their first album and SATTAS still only Roots Reggae band in Turkey.