Silkie (musician) explained
Solomon Rose (born), known professionally as Silkie, is an English dubstep and UK garage producer and DJ from London. He has released several extended plays and albums with Deep Medi Musik and formed the music labels Antisocial Records in 2004 and Bedroom Rat Records in 2023.
Biography
The son of British Jamaicans, Silkie was born in Hammersmith, a district of West London, England.[1] [2] He got into music in 1999 after discovering the UK garage artists Oxide & Neutrino and the So Solid Crew through pirate radio stations.[2] He began experimenting with producing grime music with FL Studio by 2001, releasing his first single Dark Square the following year as a collaboration with schoolmate Harry Craze under the alias of Grimey Beetz.[2] The track would receive play at the London night club FWD, where Silkie would discover dubstep music.[2] In 2004, he founded Antisocial Records and began playing his music on the community radio station Rinse FM.[3] He produced "No Help or Handouts" for the grime collective Unorthodox in 2004, which featured his brother Silva and rapper NoLay.[1]
Silkie began to produce mostly dubstep music with Deep Medi Musik by 2008. He released his first album, City Limits Volume 1, in 2009.[4] This was followed up by City Limits Volume 2 in 2011.[5] Alongside several other singles and extended plays, he released his third album Fractals in 2015 and his fourth album Panorama in 2021.[6] In 2023, Silkie began providing bass music production courses under the Antisocial Audio brand.[2] In December of the same year, Silkie formed the UK garage-focused label Bedroom Rat Records.[7] He releases music for the label under his real name, Solomon Rose.[8]
Production
Silkie produces music using the digital audio workstations (DAW) Bitwig Studio, Fl Studio, and Studio One.[2]
Discography
Albums
- City Limits Volume 1 (Deep Medi, 2009)
- City Limits Volume 2 (Deep Medi, 2011)
- Fractals (Anarchostar, 2015)
- Panorama (Deep Medi, 2021)
Extended plays
- Order (Antisocial, 2004)
- Sign of da Future (Antisocial, 2005)
- City Limits Volume 1.6 - 1.8 (Deep Medi, 2011)
- The Lost Tapes (Deep Medi, 2013)
- Bird in the Sky (Wheel & Deal, 2014)
- Don't Play Games (Antisocial, 2015)
- It Wasn't You (Deep Medi, 2016)
- Impervious (Deep Medi, 2018)
- NCDIG006 (Navy Cut, 2022)
Singles
- Dark Square (self-published, 2002)
- Hooby / I Sed (Deep Medi, 2008)
- Jazz Dubstep / Primal Dub (Sonic Boom, 2008)
- Skys the Limit / Poltigiest (Deep Medi, 2008)
- Favela / French Knickers (Break The Habit, 2008)
- Purple Love / Test (Deep Medi, 2009)
- Illegal Immigrant / Step Aside (Cloqworq, 2009)
- Neckback / Tribal (Deep Medi, 2013)
- Drunken Master / Why Not (Antisocial, 2017)
- Don't DJ for Free (Pretty Weird, 2018)
- BRR001 (Bedroom Rat, 2023)
- BRR001 Mixes (Bedroom Rat, 2024)
- Neon (Bedroom Rat, 2024)
- Kolo / Real Deal (Antisocial, 2024)[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Jama . Zainab . New talent: Silkie . . 5 November 2024 . 21 July 2009.
- Web site: Meet Silkie, the Dubstep Legend Turned Bitwig Certified Trainer . Bitwig.com . 5 November 2024.
- Web site: Palermo . Tomas . Silkie: City Limits Volume 2 . . 5 November 2024 . 23 June 2011.
- Web site: Silkie: City Limits Volume 1 Review. Patrin. Nate. 28 August 2009. Pitchfork.
- Web site: Silkie: City Limits Volume 2 - FACT Magazine. Fact. 23 June 2011.
- Web site: Akingbehin . Richard . Silkie returns to Deep Medi for new album, Panorama . . 5 November 2024 . 28 January 2021.
- Web site: Eede . Christian . Silkie launches Bedroom Rat Records with EP as Solomon Rose: Listen . . 5 November 2024 . 22 December 2023.
- Web site: Hawthorn . Carlos . Silkie launches label, Bedroom Rat Records, with new EP as Solomon Rose . . 5 November 2024 . 21 December 2023.
- Web site: Stock . Olivia . Silkie relaunches Antisocial Records with 'Kolo / Real Deal' EP . . 5 November 2024.
