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About Me

Blue was revived from a sullen corpse at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford early in 1994, and in 1995 was sent to Milan, where he became a guitarist. Made UK debut at The Oxford Zodiac in 2001...Released 8 Nocturnes (2004) and Luna Eterno (2005) and has been priviledged to work recently with Kerry Sanson (Cardiff), Lawson Dando (Incredible String Band), The Master Chaynjis (Bristol) and Andy Lunn with whom the acclaimed jazz duo Satsuma was formed in early 2006. Has played solo in London, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona and New York. Many friendships and associations that have affected his creative life include Tommo, Morgan Silk, Zak Youngman, Fred Hewitt, Michelle Strozykowski, Alistair Kennedy, Kei Kagami, Prof. Chris Willett and many more. (Please forgive me if I've not mentioned you by name...) Will be playing the guitar to lots of new ears and embarking on lots of complex and intangible new adventures on the high seas or up trees... A new album 'Music for Film' was released in December 2006. 'Music for Film' is a project which goes some way to place Blue's original and highly visual guitar sound in a film environment by using short samples of speech to create atmosphere... Rekoba Sound record label releases music by Blue Yates, Satsuma and Arsenio Lubavici... Vintage Latin Guitar Master Arsenio Lubavici signed his archive to Rekoba Sound... The album 'Live in the Barrio'... Tracks 'Romanza' and 'Malaguena' ... WORLD PREMIERE HERE NOW... Please leave a comment about the new tunes... get in touch! [email protected]

My Interests

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Member Since: 3/8/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/blueyates
Band Members: Current Rekoba Sound Artists include Blue Yates, Arsenio Lubavici, Satsuma (with Andy Lunn)
Influences: A very broad section of artists including Django, Agustin Barrios, Joao Pernambuco, Johnny Marr, Charlie Parker, Ruben Gonzales, David Byrne, Harold Arlen, Arsenio Lubavici... and Duende (the concept)... In other fields I admire and am inspired by Dolores del Rio, Manuel Puig, Elizabeth Smart, Pablo Neruda, Patricia Melo, Anais Nin, Marc Chagall, Georgia O'Keefe, Bert Lahr, Madame Gres, Brassai, Dylan Thomas, all vegan brothers and sisters... I would love to meet musicians who enjoy these tracks and particularly film makers who can see their visual potential... Films... the 1930s one about a wizard, Some Like it Hot, Streetcar Named Desire, La Reine Margot, The Pianist, Eyes Wide Shut, Big Night, Simon Magus, Pi, Sirens, Mulholland Drive, Interview with a Vampire, Sweet and Lowdown, In The Soup, Ghost World, Hitchcock, Coen Brothers, Polanski, Lynch... Books... Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Hundred Years of Solitude, Heart of a Dog, House of Dolls, The Magus, Anything by Borges and lots of others... Peace to all x
Sounds Like: Rekoba Sound - A Dynamic Contemporary Guitar Record Label
Record Label: Rekoba Sound
Type of Label: None

My Blog

I built a road to you

I built a road to you I built a road to you Through bracken to the sea. I wrote your name before the flood And opened up my dreams of you. Fresh as the elevation in these rocks, The waves are me...
Posted by Blue Yates on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:56:00 PST

Long Island Temperature

Long Island Temperature We crouch like cats with rounded backs in the moonlight. Increase the rate. Trip the two-step, Through the echo out to sea. We were as fresh as breeze culled out the f...
Posted by Blue Yates on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:44:00 PST