King Britt is an American DJ and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For two years he toured with Digable Planets under the nickname "Silkworm". He then founded Ovum Recordings with Josh Wink. Since then he has been releasing records under the names Sylk 130 and Scuba. In a favorable review of the 1998 album When the Funk Hits the Fan, Billboard compared his sound to that of Soul II Soul and De La Soul. He is a 1986 graduate of Central High School (Philadelphia).

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  • King Britt is an American DJ and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For two years he toured with Digable Planets under the nickname "Silkworm". He then founded Ovum Recordings with Josh Wink. Since then he has been releasing records under the names Sylk 130 and Scuba. In a favorable review of the 1998 album When the Funk Hits the Fan, Billboard compared his sound to that of Soul II Soul and De La Soul. He is a 1986 graduate of Central High School (Philadelphia). His musical work has been featured in the show True Blood and in Michael Mann's 2006 film Miami Vice and on the AdBusters compilation, Live Without Dead Time. His collaborative work has included production and remixing for such artists as Tori Amos, Donna Lewis, and Solstice.
  • Fin dagli esordi ha cercato un nuovo modo di suonare la propria musica unendo le singole categorie musicali per tirarne fuori un suono compatto e particolarissimo che comprende house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk and afro-tech. Inizia, alla tenera età di soli 7 anni, ad ammassare la sua collezione di oltre 10.000 singoli. Assiste all’evoluzione della scena rap con Schooly D. , Three Times Dope, Steady B. , DJ Cash Money, e DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, e tiene sempre un orecchio puntato sull'elettronica europea: Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk. La sua discografia ormai è corposissima, e comprende anche svariati alias (Silk 130 uno dei più conosciuti). Altri alias con cui è conosciuto: Firefly, Nova Dream Sequence, The, Oba Funke, Scuba. In gruppi: Deep Aural Penetration, Digable Planets, E-Culture.
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  • King Britt is an American DJ and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For two years he toured with Digable Planets under the nickname "Silkworm". He then founded Ovum Recordings with Josh Wink. Since then he has been releasing records under the names Sylk 130 and Scuba. In a favorable review of the 1998 album When the Funk Hits the Fan, Billboard compared his sound to that of Soul II Soul and De La Soul. He is a 1986 graduate of Central High School (Philadelphia).
  • Fin dagli esordi ha cercato un nuovo modo di suonare la propria musica unendo le singole categorie musicali per tirarne fuori un suono compatto e particolarissimo che comprende house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk and afro-tech. Inizia, alla tenera età di soli 7 anni, ad ammassare la sua collezione di oltre 10.000 singoli. Assiste all’evoluzione della scena rap con Schooly D. , Three Times Dope, Steady B.
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