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  • Subway Funk

    Subway Funk

    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.

  • Forge

    Forge

    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.

  • Ballistics

    Ballistics

    A meeting of like minds began the partnership between Matt Balistics & Jamie Forge, owner of Silk Recordings. Shortly after Balistics was asked to manage the label while Forge focused on his passion to produce.

    Balistics is extremly passionate about the drum & bass sound & after over 8 years of djing experience, 6 of them doing a weekly radio show, he was more than happy to step up to the plate & broaden his horizons in the industry. His first involvment was with Synth Sense & Anile’s debut release on Silk Recordings, who have since become long term friends.

    After a consistant line of digital releases Silk Recordings is soon to release its first & highly anticipated LP from Finnish producer Furi Anga. From the beginning it has been a long term aim for Silk to release music in the format both Balistics & Forge found this sound on, vinyl.

    Silk Recording’s is now close to releasing its first line of 12″ singles, one of the first coincidentally being a remix of the first release Balistcs was involved in, Synth Sense & Anile – Static Movment [Consequence Remix]. With a string of 12″ releases on there way from Silk, a few included in this mix, only time what other projects Silk Recordings has on the way.

  • Subsid

    Subsid

    Bruno H. Rezende de Souza A.K.A Subsid is a brilliant young and very talented dj / producer from Sao Paulo, Brazil, who has his finger directly on the pulse of today`s jazzy liquid & minimal dnb style sound. At the fresh young age of 20, Bruno has been taken by music since the day he was born. With 2 years or so of production time logged in, Subsid has already grasped the fundamentals of a propper production style. A style which can only be attested by the fact that he began his DJ Career alongside some amazing talent and support of established artists like Spy, Bukem, Random Movement, Nookie, Doc Scott, Stunna, HLZ, DJ Presha, Mutated Forms, Ash a Tack, Dj Rusty, Critycal Dub, Level 2 & more.

    More to come on labels such as Good Looking, Phuzion Digital, 31 Recordings, Celsius, CX Digital, Luv Disaster, SP Breaks & Director’s Cut.

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  • Synth Sense

    Synth Sense

    Synth Sense are an exciting new production duo from Kent. Focussing on experimental drum & bass with a futuristic edge, it is no wonder that both Horizons & Deep Soul Music have been quick to recognise their undoubted talent in the studio. The Synth Sense journey starts as far back as primary school, yet it wasn’t until they met again years later at secondary school that they realised that they both had similar musical tastes and started working together. After leaving school, both got into DJing & spent most of their time and money buying records and refining their skills on the turntables. This passion for DJ’ing provided a natural progression toward making their own music, and in 1997, they took their first steps toward this setting up a basic studio comprising of Cubase, a Roland keyboard & an Akai 3000xl sampler. Despite the steep learning curve needed to master the set-up they had, they spent the next 3 years persevering with their vision.

    With the birth and explosion in popularity of techstep at the time, their music was heavily inspired and influenced by the heavier, darker sounds from artists such as Ed Rush & Optical, Dom & Roland, Stakka & Skynet, Konfilct and Teebee. Despite making progress with their music and catching the ears of various people within the scene, they had to take a break from writing music due to a host of external factors beyond their control. In spite of this however, their ambition to make music continued and fast forwarding to 2003, they finally managed to build another studio that took over a year of hard graft to complete. Given the nature of the technological explosion in music technology, they had to re-learn their craft again, but again, the strength of their conviction in what they were doing made them persevere in making drum& bass, although they also started to experiment with more abstract and down tempo electronic music at the same time. The combining of these two styles turned out to be a fortuitous decision on their part.

    Toward the later part of the decade, the increasing prevalence of more abstract and experimental drum & bass spearheaded by the likes of dBridge, Instra:mental and Loxy amongst others, made them realise that there was a more open minded and accepting audience for the music that Synth Sense were making. They finally felt the time was right to really push on with their music and they have done just that, with 2010 and beyond finally looking like the time that the Synth Sense vision will be realised.

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