Silkie_(artist)

Silkie (musician)

Silkie (musician)

English electronic music producer

Solomon Rose, known professionally as Silkie, is an English dubstep and UK garage producer from Hammersmith, West London.[1] He formed the music labels Antisocial Records and Bedroom Rat Records and has released several albums and extended plays on Deep Medi Musik.

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Biography

Having first produced UK garage and grime tracks in the early 2000s, Silkie came to prominence a few years later when he linked up with Antisocial Entertainment, who had started a show on Rinse FM.[2][3]

From there, he began to put out dubstep tracks on Antisocial as well as Deep Medi Musik.[4] In 2009, he released his first album, City Limits Volume 1, which attracted positive reviews from Pitchfork.[5] This was followed up shortly after by City Limits Volume 2 in 2011.[6] Alongside several other EPs, he released his third album, Fractals, in 2015 and his fourth, Panorama, in 2021.[7][8]

Discography

Albums

  • City Limits Volume 1 (Deep Medi, 2009)
  • City Limits Volume 2 (Deep Medi, 2011)
  • Fractals (Anarchostar, 2015)
  • Panorama (Deep Medi, 2021)

References

  1. [1]
    "Silkie - AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    Zainab Jama (21 July 2009). "New talent: Silkie - FACT Magazine". FACT Mag.
  3. [3]
    "Tailored Communication - Silkie". Tailored-communication.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Blackdown: Silkie". Blackdown. 10 May 2009.
  5. [5]
    Nate Patrin (28 August 2009). "Silkie: City Limits Volume 1 Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
  6. [6]
    "Silkie: City Limits Volume 2 - FACT Magazine". FACT Mag. 23 June 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Silkie Fractals". XLR8R. 20 July 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Deep Medi releases new album from Silkie, 'Panorama'". DJ Mag. 29 January 2021.


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