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Lil Silva's arrival in dance music in late 2008 was as explosive as one of his club-rattling drops.

Here was an 18-year-old from Bedford making music with all the minimal machine funk of Chicago’s Trax label, the aggression of early grime, a tropical resonance with soca and the sonic invention of The Neptunes.

His debut 12”, with the echoed bongo hits of 'Seasons' and 'Funky Flex' on the flip defined the early moments of UK Funky. The next white label blended proto-grime tune ‘Pulse X’ with his own ‘Funky Flex’, recreating it as a founding tune of UK Funky.

The productions crossed genres with support from Hyperdub’s Kode9 and Berlin’s Modeselektor. In 2010 Lil Silva released the ‘Night Skankers’ EP on Night Slugs. 2011 saw the ‘Patience EP’ come out on rising label Good Years.

Bookings please shout : tom@elasticartists.net

Management queries : scott_jason@me.com

lilsilva   Lil Silva, Bedford, Britain (UK)

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  • THE SPLIT - LSWHITES002 ( SOUNDCLOUD EDIT) Artwork

    THE SPLIT - LSWHITES002 ( SOUNDCLOUD EDIT)

    lilsilva on January 23, 2013 10:06
  • VENTURE - LSWHITES002 ( SOUNDCLOUD EDIT) Artwork

    VENTURE - LSWHITES002 ( SOUNDCLOUD EDIT)

    lilsilva on January 23, 2013 10:01
  • What Son Artwork

    What Son

    lilsilva on June 04, 2012 15:50
  • Gobble That Artwork

    Gobble That

    lilsilva on March 27, 2012 15:11
  • Lil Silva @RinseFM- SEB CHEW 19/12/11 Artwork

    Lil Silva @RinseFM- SEB CHEW 19/12/11

    lilsilva on December 31, 2011 14:48
  • Lil Silva - NightSkanker 2.0 VIP MIX Artwork

    Lil Silva - NightSkanker 2.0 VIP MIX

    lilsilva on November 15, 2011 15:34
  • Lil Silva - Seasons- Clip

    lilsilva on July 12, 2011 23:44
  • Lil Silva - Pulse Vs Flex- Clip

    lilsilva on July 12, 2011 23:44

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