SILVASTONE: Momentum
Momentum Music Fund Recipient 2015
SILVASTONE is a fast-rising artist/producer in the African music scene who has also has amassed an impressive profile working with some of the hottest UK talent.
Generally referred to as an Afrobeats act, his sound is best described as a creative hybrid of African beats, UK street sounds and global melodies. He recently released the self-produced Transitions EP to great acclaim, garnering support from influential tastemakers like Zane Lowe, Mistajam, DJ Edu and Charlie Sloth. He also composed music featured on The Good Lie movie (starring Academy winner Reese Witherspoon).
Born to Sierra Leone & Ghana parentage, the West African native has previously produced/collaborated with a diverse array of talent including Sarkodie, Damian Marley, D’banj, Rita Ora, Davido, Dan Croll, Emmanuel Jai, Sneakbo, Afrojack, Yemi Alade and Chaka Demus.
SILVASTONE recently toured across the UK including support slots and headline shows at venues such as Wembley Arena, Ronnie Scotts and The Forge, Camden. He has featured on the line-up of nearly every major Afrobeats event in the UK this year and was booked on several festivals this summer including Glastonbury. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist himself he has also extensively recorded around the world including America, Australia, Singapore, Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Kenya. He is currently preparing the much anticipated Transitions 2 EP. In the meantime many popular artists and brands continue to line-up, eager to get in the studio with this outstandingly gifted young talent.
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PRSF will fund the recording and promotion of my new EP Transitions 2 – a six-track EP that will build on my previous release, one that successfully took afrobeats to a wider British public. Each track on the EP will be accompanied an interactive music video – ensuring the music engages with the public in an interesting and unique way.
A nationwide tour to promote the EP will start in late 2015.
“The Momentum fund from the PRS Foundation will allow me to broaden my horizons and widen my fanbase. I’m very appreciative of the support PRS have given me throughout my career – at one stage their royalties were my only source of income – but this funding from the Foundation will truly allow me to drive on to the next stage in my career. I look forward to working with PRSF in the coming months, when I successfully deliver my project”