Category: Silk Artists

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Beginning his career in early 2000, Jamie Stowell aka Forge, started DJing around his hometown of Timaru (NZ). Having been taken to a rave in the bigger city of Christchurch by his cousin, they went to the now infamous ‘Ministry’ night club, with its flexing floorboards, pounding sound system and all night parties. Experiencing a host of International and local acts, Jamie was drawn to the lighting fast breaks, immense sub bass and general overall party vibe of the music – d&b. Soon after a pair of turntables were purchased and the journey began. After teaching himself to DJ, he was soon playing gigs all over NZ. After a move to Melbourne (Australia) in 2001 the game was stepped up even more. Playing local gigs almost every weekend and for years promoting various nights within the Australian scene.

With dedication to his DJing and wanting to take the craft to the next level, Jamie jumped into the art of music production. Buying a custom PC and spending countless hours learning the program inside out, Forge was intent on pushing the limits of d&b and making a mark for himself within the scene.

Jump to 2008 and we see the release of his first track ‘Finding You’ alongside Ryzatone on the CD – Breakbeat BBQ by the Foreign Dub crew.  By the end of the year, Forge had created his own imprint – Silk Recordings and was releasing his first single – Forge & Cubik – Ultraviolet & Forge & Jynk – Unison as the labels first release.

Over the next few years the label has grown organically and built a massive fanbase into whae we see the today. Currently the label is focusing on bringing quality new artists thru the scene along with keeping the quality of releases to the absolute highest standard. With support from the scenes finest including Fabio, Marcus Intalex, Presha, Loxy, Resound, Anile, Consequence, ASC, DJ Flight, Doc Scott and many more, the label is stronger than ever. The very first artist L.P for Silk is due out in the next few months, with none other than Finnish producer – Furi Anga. The label also has a VA L.P due next year alongside 12” releases from Consequence, Anile, ASC, Nether, Forge, The Hybridz and Bulb. Forge himself has two E.P’s worth of solo tunes ready for release sometime in the new year.

Into the future we see the collaboration effort between Jefferson Paulo (Integration Now) come into fruition. With a 2^nd batch of releases due out very soon on both 12” + digital formats the pair are gaining support from a host of big name DJ’s and producers. Silk Recordings, Soalce Records, GBDA & Something Deep have all snapped tunes up so far. An E.P has been penciled in for Silk Early next year and Solace is expecting to release the duo’s first dubstep E.P around the same time. Expect to hear some truly future music from these two talented producers.

To top all this off Forge has teamed up with Tom Bond (Solitude) from the U.K to release a new imprint ‘Soalce Records’, dedicated to bringing the deeper and experimental sound of dubstep to the masses. The First release is ready to go and the feedback and support for this project has been amazing. You will also see Forge’s downtempo alias – ‘Stole’ featuring on the label with his highly anticipated ‘Kingston Cocoa’ track along with some fresh new material ready for release in the new year.

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The name Flatliners is  synonymous with dub and reggae influenced d&b. Haling from the distant land of Turkey, Omer show no remorse with the tracks they create. Having notched up a host of high-quality releases already on some of the scenes most well known labels including – CX, Cylon, Broken Audio, Foundation X, Translation & Future Thinking.

Omer has sculptured an amazing sound for himself over the last year, gaining support from a host of big name Dj’s and producers, his tracks popping up over worldwide radio and clubs. Exsessive sub bass, moody atmos and head turning drum patterns are qualites that you will hear in every single Flatliners track.

Working in sound desgin and mastering during the day, Omer brings his wide range of skills to the table when he jumps into the studio, not only working in the 170+ tempo, Flatliners tracks have graced slower genre such as Hip Hop, Dub & Reggae.

Flatliners latest release – ‘Grizzly Hills’ is out and now and the remix feat Consequence is due to hit the shops early in 2013. Stay tuned for new releases to come in the future.

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Hot off the heels of his massive Sabre “101” Teeth Remix, competition winner and extraordinary new electronic music producer D.Ridgway drops his second release on Silk.

Following up from the absolutely sublime cuts “Days Away” & “Beauty Falls”, Ridgway clearly sees eye to eye with the labels ethos and production quality. Delivering an outstandingly fresh approach to making music, Ridgway encompasses elements of a more tribal feel with lashings of Burial esque flavored moods, haunting uplifting rhythmic melodies and an ever increasing sound design palette. With a generous amount of released material and forthcoming bits on labels such as Digilab, Mjazz, & Extent VIP, it won’t be long before this artist is completely cemented in the sets of many dj’s and play lists across the globe. Ridgway is definitely one artist to keep your eye on for the rest of 2012 and beyond.

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Forming in early 2009 and hailing from their home town of Maidstone in Kent, Dakosa, Dave (Dready) Marsh, Mike (Kemikal) Craske & Leo (Soulific) Tomlinson, are rising stars within the Drum & Bass scene.
Having had releases on Inneractive Music, Deep Soul Music, Mau5trap, Shadybrain, Qilin Music, Broken Audio, Silk Recordings, Digilab & Diffrent Music, these guys are starting to turn heads and have already caught the eye of DJ’s like Doc Scott, Marcus Intalex, Loxy, Klute, Spirit, SpectraSoul, Rockwell, Data, Nymfo, S.P.Y, Outrage, June Miller and the talented D&B young gun Anile.

Although newly formed as Dakosa, their musical paths have crossed on numerous ocassions in the past as far back as ’98 when Dave & Mike shared a residencey at a local Dance music night. At this time Dave was also a resident at legendary D&B night Pure Science (a night frequented by both Leo & Mike) and reguarly DJ’d at events up and down the country like Heat, Dreamscape, One Nation, Jungle Fever, AWOL ,Epidemik & Breakin Science to name a few.

While at the same time, Mike was studying music courses and DJing at local events within the House scene which is where he met Leo. The two had a mutal passion for Drum & Bass and on & off over the years would lay the foundation for Dakosa.
Moving forward to 2005, and at a time when D&B nights in kent were few and far between, Leo was a key player in starting the Liquid Sessions. A night which still runs strong today and is influential in bringing quality D&B back to kent. Dave was also a resident at these events from the start.

As for the future, the trio are looking to maintain the contact already established with the labels releasing their material at the moment as well as seeking new ones. A possible few colabs in the pipeline and some podcasts and radio mixes as well. Stay tuned for more music from the trio on Silk and various other labels into the future.

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