Developing an authentic artistic identity is a lifetime’s work – a journey of ever-changing creation. It is within this freewheeling creative space that Benjamin Harris, AKA Yarni, has produced four albums of beautifully diverse and emotively engaging work – all charting his development from band member to producer, arranger and ensemble leader.  Born and based in Sheffield, Yarni is a purely self-taught multi-instrumentalist. First finding his way around a family piano and picking up on the emotive songwriting of his mother’s Simon and Garfunkel records, he was later introduced to the world of Acid House via his aunt, who was a Hacienda regular. His subsequent combination of gossamer melodies with thumping rhythms soon found its way into his work as a drummer on the local scene, playing through the indie and nu-rave trends of the early to mid-2000s. Over the last two years Yarni’s three LP’s (Boro, Pigna & Parenthesis) have earned high praise from the likes of tastemakers Luke Una, Gilles Peterson, Huey Morgan & Lauren Laverne. Jazz FM’s Deb Grant regularly featuring his work as ‘Track of the week. Already working on his next record and securing more dates for his unique live show, it is clear that Yarni’s artistic journey is still moving forwards at pace. And what a joy it is to hear it develop, since there will surely be many more delightfully unexpected turns to come.