Lil Silva
Introduction
Tyrone Jermaine "TJ" Carter, better known by the stage name Lil Silva, is an English electronic music producer and DJ, based in Bedford. 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, UK funky, instrumental grime and "dubstep-inflected pop". He also takes a more traditional producer role on other musicians' work – he was principal producer on Banks's album Goddess and contributed production to Adele's album 25. He has collaborated with SBTRKT and on Damon Albarn's Africa Express project.
Life and career
Carter was born and raised in Bedford, England. He produced a CD worth of original material at age nine, began producing at age 10 or 11, and at age 13 was DJing at "Bedford's all-ages club Cabana" whilst also part of local grime crew Macabre Unit.
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