Skatta
Artist
Born in Coventry, West Midlands in July 1995, Skatta is a special kind of artist, with a passion for his art form and a distinctive sound that sets him apart.
The emcee (real name Nathan Hunter) has already achieved more than most at his age, and despite coming from a city that’s not exactly deep in musical history Skatta is changing that on a daily basis. Having collaborated with both American and British singers, rappers and producers, Skatta is laying down tracks for a new generation… and the music industry is listening up.
In 2016, Skatta was requested as a guest on BBC 1xtra, and host Sian Anderson’s described him as “one of my favourites to ever do it”, describing his voice as “captivating”.
Since then he has been signed up to the roster of sync licensing agency I’m Not a Machine, performed live at Live at Red Bull Music Studios In London winning a top 5 spot in the Raise The Bar competition which saw an afroswing/grime collaboration with Skatta & Team Salut, as well as playing Godiva Festival 3 years in a row, Portobello Live, Fubar Radio, hosted his own show on Pyro Radio, appeared on Brapp TV and more.
Skatta has been named the winner of The Artist Fund 2018 in co-operation with Pledge Music and PRS for Music Foundation! With help from the fund, Skatta will be writing, developing and recording his new EP ‘Cinema Ticket’.
Skatta – Skatta’d Pieces Album – Released July 2016.
Skatta released his debut album in July 2016, featuring singles ‘Me and My Team’, ‘7 Days A Week’, and title track ‘Skatta’d pieces’ featuring American vocalist Caitlyn The Songstrist. Stream/purchase links below, or click image to stream via Soundcloud.
Skatta – ‘No Sound’ & ‘It’s Not A Thing 2 Man’ -
Released in 2017, featuring on Brapp TV & SBTV, Later on in 2017 Skatta resurfaced his 2014 release ‘Great Britain’ on November 1st and performed live at Changing Trax – Electric Proms with former BBC Proms Young Composer of the Year, Toby Young.
First met in 2017 at the BBC Amplified event and shortly after started to work on their collaborative EP, titled “Flavourz”.
I’M Not A Machine Music (2018).
In September 2018 Skatta worked on his First Production Music EP release alongside Coventry rap artist ‘ShadowCV6’ & DNB elite producer ‘Motif’, The INAMM roster are clearly on fire delivering pure originality.
Skatta & Y-ETizm made a stellar debut to the UK Music scene last year, pulling moves that most upcoming artist only dreams of.
Since they dropped “Flavourz” in September 2018, things started to speed up exponentially.
The EP had a good reception and the guys have been invited to numerous radio shows including programs on BBC Network, Reprezent Radio, Pyro, Soho Radio just to name a few, and had their music played as well as being interviewed.
The EP was covered heavily on different music blogs and online outlets including High Snobiety, Blatantly Blunt, UK Grime, Once Upon A Grime, Link Up TV and more…
They have also appeared on a panel discussion at 2018s BBC Introducing commissioned by UK Music, to share their experiences of their journey.
Shortly after they have been nominated for Urban Music Awards in the “Ones To Watch” category.
To top this all, Skatta has been the winner of The Artist Fund 2018 in co-operation with Pledge Music and PRS for Music Foundation!
After performing on various events from London to the Midlands, the first international show took place in Lille and attracted more than 500 people.
The grime duo hit Paris in October, scoring an interview with Rinse France, visiting Abbey Road Institute France for The Music Producers Convention and appeared as guest on Mille Pattes Radio.
The lead single “Style And Trend” has been featured in Starwax Magazine`s compilation vinyl which is dropping in April 2019.
To finish off the year in a spectacular fashion, they flew all the way to Atlanta where they performed on iStandard`s Beast Of The Beats Producer Showcase which has expanded their network and reach hugely!
Style And Trend was featured on the 5th edition of Starwax Magazine vinyl compilation, which they have released in cooperation with Revive.
The vinyl has been launched with a huge party in Paris on International Record Store Day in 2019 with Y-ETizm and Skatta headlining the show.
Make sure you keep an eye on Y-ETizm & Skatta, as they are back in the lab fine tuning the next release, mapping out the master plan for this year`s TakeOver!
