Lil Silva

Tyrone Jermaine "TJ" Carter, better known by the stage name Lil Silva, is an English electronic music producer and DJ, based in Bedford.^[1]^[2] He has produced and sung on his own singles and EPs (mostly released through the Good Years label) that have over time been described as funky house,^[3] UK funky,^[1] instrumental grime and "dubstep-inflected pop".^[4] He also takes a more traditional producer role on other musicians' work^[5] – he was principal producer on Banks's album Goddess^[1] and contributed production to Adele's album 25.^[5] He has collaborated with SBTRKT^[6] and on Damon Albarn's Africa Express project.

Life and career

Carter was born and raised in Bedford, England.^[7] He produced a CD worth of original material at age nine,^[1] began producing at age 10 or 11,^[2] and at age 13 was DJing at "Bedford's all-ages club Cabana" whilst also part of local grime crew Macabre Unit.^[1]

Discography

Singles and EPs by Lil Silva

"Seasons"/"Funky Flex" (not on a label, 2008)
Night Skanker (Night Slugs, 2010) – 6 track EP
The Patience (Good Years, 2011) – 4 track EP
Lil Silva: Club Constructions Vol. 2 (Night Slugs, 2012) – Night Slugs' Club Constructions series, 3 tracks
"The Split" / "Venture" (LS Whites, 2013) –
Distance (Good Years, 2013) – 4 track EP; "No Doubt" features Rosie Lowe and "Salient Sarah" features Sampha
Mabel (Good Years, 2014) – 5 track EP, 2 tracks feature Banks
Drumatic (Good Years, 2015) – 3 tracks
"V1" / "Cyrup" (LS Whites) (2016) – 2 tracks
Jimi (Good Years, 2016) – 6 track EP; jimi = journey inside my imagination
"Lines" (Good Years, 2016) – 1 track

Album with contribution by Lil Silva

"Bouramsy", Africa Express Presents: Maison Des Jeunes (Transgressive Records, 2013) – Damon Albarn's Africa Express collaboration project

Production contributions by Lil Silva

Goddess (2014) by Banks
25 (2015) by Adele

References

1 2 3 4 5 Olbrich, Suze (16 May 2014). "Lil Silva and Banks, is this the start of a beautiful musical friendship?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
1 2 "Lil Silva chats with Benji". BBC. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ Chester, Tim (15 December 2009). "Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve – Riverside (Lil Silva Mix) – Free MP3". NME. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (8 August 2014). "Lil Silva: Mabel EP". Pitchfork (website). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
1 2 Pritchard, Will (1 June 2016). "Caught Up: Lil Silva Speaks To Clash". Clash (magazine). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
↑ Perry, Kevin (2 August 2013). "Lil Silva – ‘The Distance’". NME. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ Stanley, Sean (9 June 2016). "The 10 tracks that remind me of Bedford, according to Lil Silva". Dummy. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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