Lil Silva

Lil Silva
Birth name Tyrone Jermaine Carter
Origin Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2009–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website soundcloud.com/lilsilva

Tyrone Jermaine "TJ" Carter, better known by the stage name Lil Silva, is an English DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter, 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 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

Production contributions by Lil Silva

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 "Lil Silva chats with Benji". BBC. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Chester, Tim (15 December 2009). "Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve – Riverside (Lil Silva Mix) – Free MP3". NME. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (8 August 2014). "Lil Silva: Mabel EP". Pitchfork (website). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 Pritchard, Will (1 June 2016). "Caught Up: Lil Silva Speaks To Clash". Clash. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Perry, Kevin (2 August 2013). "Lil Silva – 'The Distance'". NME. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  7. ↑ 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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