Category: Silk Discography

Thomas Steiner, goes under the unique and innovative alias “Pulsaar.” Located in Stäfa, a small and beautiful city 20 minutes away from Zürich, Switzerland. Pulsaar works as a sound-engineer by day and by night works on live mixes and PA-Tecnics for various concert halls and venues around the area. Pulsaar also produces demo tapes for other musicians and sells hip hop beats to various local MC’s…

Starting to produce 14 years ago it’s fair to say that Pulsaar has defined his craft and is regarded as having a constant and high quality output with the ability to rock any dance floor. First starting on electronic music with a MC-303 Roland Pulsaar has worked on beats across the board including Hiphop, Triphop, Bigbeatz and finally Drum ‘n Bass. Essentially not a DJ, Pulsaar has played many live acts in his time using a MPC2000 with a Access Virus Synth, Emu E-6400 and a Döpfer Drehbank.

Some of the more famous places Pulsaar has played include: Lethargy in Zürich, and also the biggest DnB-Open air in Switzerland, “Lost in Nature” 5 and 6.

These are just some of Pulsaar’s highlights and really show his versatility and dedication towards music.

Pulsaar – Universe

Universe starts off with a haunting synth intro reminiscent of the beginning of time, quickly spiraling into vocal stabs that explode into the futuristic drums that Pulsaar is well know for. As the track progress uplifting synths and a more heavenly vocal break down into the first drop. What follows is a massive square bass groove with glorious strings and infectious vocal snippets throughout the rest of track, this tune has been hypnotizing dance floors worldwide.

Pulsaar – Starguitar

Future funk vibes all the way on this release. The fist drop builds up and shimmers along with rising sci-fi pads and trademark synth leads. The drop pushes to a seriously buzzing bassline that hovers over dreamy fx’s and builds up to the best part of the track – a seriously soulful and cosmic guitar solo that takes you to where you want to go. Cinematic strings build up to the next drop and the seriously heavy bass lets go once again.

The mighty Subway Funk makes his debut on Silk Recordings with two soulful liquid rollers.

Pavel Rapinchuk hailing from Minsk, Belarus, started making music back in 1998. Back then the name of his project was just “Subway” and he was producing intelligent, jazzy jungle and easy listening. His first release was a CD entitled “Chaotic Impulses” and was for sale back in 2000. This was also the year when his track was first released on a compilation. Subway was also an active member of Belarusian (and world) demo-scene.

In 2003 he also started DJing in Minsk clubs with main focus on drum n bass. Since then he has played over 300 sets in clubs and on open air events in Belarus and the nearest countries.

Pavel still produces music, collaborates and remixes a lot (he has worked together with and artists Temax, Styx synth-pop band Shtrikh-Kot, rock-bans Dead Pilgrim and Siver and nu-jazz act Cherryvata) and these collaborations not always end in the studio: together with Temax and DSR he also plays back-2-back DJ sets and adds the sounds of live heavy guitars to drum n bass from his turntables.

After a trip to the UK in 2006, the name of the music project and DJ moniker was changed to “Subway Funk” and under this new name he made it to the top of drum’n’bass DJs in the country. With his love to drum n bass and new tracks and collaborations produced by him, he always has something for the curious ear and for the rocking dancefloor, which brings among the most requested drum n bass DJs and live acts in Belarus.

Subway Funk – Konstanta

With it’s fast snare hits and chopped think breaks this liquid composition rolls quickly into a delicate dub flavored vocal. The sub bass hits low on this one and the fresh melody finds a way to hypnotize the listener into a constant state of funk.

Subway Funk – Don’t let me down

The intricate drum edits and amazing female vocal work on this tune makes it stand out from the rest with ease. With an original jungle vibe this tune flows into a deep b-line thats sure to make every club speaker rattle all night long.

Label owner Forge brings Silk Recordings first ever release. Teaming up with producers Cubik & Jynx, both tracks have a menacing dancefloor vibe. Each side brings different production qualities and both will appeal to any listener that gives them a spin. Both releases have been heavily playlsited by many dj’s across the globe, be sure to grab a copy of Silk history.

Forge & Cubik – Ultraviolet

Hailing from NZ but currently residing in Australia Forge, teamed up with Cubik who is from the arctic land of Finland, together they bring a futuristic funk sound to the label.
 Filtered breaks build up this track into a distinctive arp sound with a haunting vocal that drops just before the breakdown.
The dirty reso bass keeps the track moving deep into the night. 
Do not let this tune stand still.

Forge & Jynk – Unison

Unison delivers the best of both worlds. Encompassing the energetic and dancefloor style from Forge with Jynx’s deep dub influenced analog sound.This track has been in the hands of many producers & dj’s with the track being featured by Atom on the recent DOA mix.