SBTRKT
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SBTRKT is a musician/producer from London
, United Kingdom. SBTRKT began his career as a DJ in the east London club "Plastic People". SBTRKT has remixed songs by artists such as MIA
, Radiohead
, Modeselektor
, Basement Jaxx
, Mark Ronson
and Underworld
, and has released singles, EPs, and a self-titled album. SBTRKT's music is a mixture of two-step
, UK funky, dubstep
, US RnB and Chicago house
. His music has been placed in rotation by BBC Radio 1
and BBC Radio 6.
SBTRKT is an alias used to support the concept of anonymity. SBTRKT has explained that he'd "rather not talk about myself as a person, and let the music speak for itself. The name SBTRKT is me taking myself away from that whole process. I'm not a social person, so having to talk to DJs to make them play a record is not something I want to do. It's more about giving them a record as an anonymous person and seeing whether they like it or not. If they play it, they play it."
To further support his anonymity, SBTRKT wears modern interpretations of native society ceremonial masks designed by Hidden Place.
SBTRKT refers also to the musical duo of SBTRKT (Aaron Jerome) and his frequent collaborator Sampha. Their live show consists of SBTRKT (Jerome) utilizing electonic and acoustic drums alongside triggering samples and using a mixing desk, whilst Sampha plays keyboards, triggers vocal loops and sings.
Studio albums
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, United Kingdom. SBTRKT began his career as a DJ in the east London club "Plastic People". SBTRKT has remixed songs by artists such as MIA
Mía
Mía is a song written by Mexican songwriter Armando Manzanero. Was first released as a double-side single along with the track "Felicidad" in 1969...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
, Modeselektor
Modeselektor
Modeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, Electro house and hip hop. In an interview the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like...
, Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...
, Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....
and Underworld
Underworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
, and has released singles, EPs, and a self-titled album. SBTRKT's music is a mixture of two-step
2-step garage
2-step garage, or simply 2-step, is a typically English style of modern electronic dance music, and a relatively popular subgenre of UK garage.A transcription of this article is available as a PDF file.-Characteristics:...
, UK funky, dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
, US RnB and Chicago house
Chicago house
Chicago house is a style of house music, a genre of electronic dance music which emerged in Chicago in the mid-1980s. Stylistically, Chicago house has no widely accepted definition, but generally includes the first house music productions by Chicago-based artists throughout the 1980s, and any later...
. His music has been placed in rotation by BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
and BBC Radio 6.
SBTRKT is an alias used to support the concept of anonymity. SBTRKT has explained that he'd "rather not talk about myself as a person, and let the music speak for itself. The name SBTRKT is me taking myself away from that whole process. I'm not a social person, so having to talk to DJs to make them play a record is not something I want to do. It's more about giving them a record as an anonymous person and seeing whether they like it or not. If they play it, they play it."
To further support his anonymity, SBTRKT wears modern interpretations of native society ceremonial masks designed by Hidden Place.
SBTRKT refers also to the musical duo of SBTRKT (Aaron Jerome) and his frequent collaborator Sampha. Their live show consists of SBTRKT (Jerome) utilizing electonic and acoustic drums alongside triggering samples and using a mixing desk, whilst Sampha plays keyboards, triggers vocal loops and sings.
Discography
Singles & EPs- Right Place - Single (2009, 12" S/Sided) - Not On Label (SBTRKT)
- Timeless - Single (2009, 12" S/Sided) - Not On Label (SBTRKT)
- Break Off/Evening Glow with Sampha (2010) - Ramp Recordings
- 2020 - EP (2010) - Brainmath Records
- Midnight Marauder with Sinden (2010) - Grizzly
- Soundboy Shift (2010) - Young Turks
- Nervous with Jesse Ware (2010) - Numbers (2)
- LAIKA - Single (2010) - Brainmath Records
- Step In Shadows - EP (2010) - Young Turks
- Ready Set Loop / Twice Bitten (2011, 12" Ltd, Gre) - SBTRKT
- Living Like I Do with Sampha (2011, 12" Ltd) - Young Turks
- Wildfire with Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon) (2011, 12" Ltd) - Young Turks
Studio albums
- SBTRKT (2011) - Young Turks