01.26 (Fri)
Lil Silva's arrival in dance music in late 2008 was as explosive as one of his club-
rattling drops.
Here was an 18-year-old from Bedford making music with all the minimal
machine funk of Chicago’s Trax label, the aggression of early grime, a tropical
resonance with soca and the sonic invention of The Neptunes.
His debut 12”, with the echoed bongo hits of 'Seasons' and 'Funky Flex' on the
flip defined the early moments of UK Funky. The next white label blended proto-
grime tune ‘Pulse X’ with his own ‘Funky Flex’, recreating it as a founding tune of
UK Funky.
The productions crossed genres with support from Hyperdub’s Kode9 and
Berlin’s Modeselektor. In 2010 Lil Silva released the ‘Night Skankers’ EP on Night
Slugs. For 2011 he is preparing an EP dubbed the ‘Patience EP’ on rising label
Good Years.... More Biography
rattling drops.
Here was an 18-year-old from Bedford making music with all the minimal
machine funk of Chicago’s Trax label, the aggression of early grime, a tropical
resonance with soca and the sonic invention of The Neptunes.
His debut 12”, with the echoed bongo hits of 'Seasons' and 'Funky Flex' on the
flip defined the early moments of UK Funky. The next white label blended proto-
grime tune ‘Pulse X’ with his own ‘Funky Flex’, recreating it as a founding tune of
UK Funky.
The productions crossed genres with support from Hyperdub’s Kode9 and
Berlin’s Modeselektor. In 2010 Lil Silva released the ‘Night Skankers’ EP on Night
Slugs. For 2011 he is preparing an EP dubbed the ‘Patience EP’ on rising label
Good Years.... More Biography