Silkie (musician)

Solomon Rose (born c. 1987), known professionally as Silkie, is an English dubstep and UK garage producer and DJ from London. He has released several extended plays and albums with Deep Medi Musik and formed the music labels Antisocial Records in 2004 and Bedroom Rat Records in 2023.

Silkie
Birth name	Solomon Rose
Also known as	Grimey Beetz Silky
Born	1986 or 1987 (age 37–38) Hammersmith, West London, England
Genres	Dubstep UK garage
Occupations	Producer DJ
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Deep Medi Antisocial Bedroom Rat
Website	antisocialrecords.co.uk

Biography

The son of British Jamaicans, Silkie was born c. 1987 in Hammersmith, a district of West London, England.^[1][2] He got into music in 1999 after discovering the UK garage artists Oxide & Neutrino and the So Solid Crew through pirate radio stations.^[2] He began experimenting with producing grime music with FL Studio by 2001, releasing his first single Dark Square the following year as a collaboration with schoolmate Harry Craze under the alias of Grimey Beetz.^[2] The track would receive play at the London night club FWD, where Silkie would discover dubstep music.^[2] He co-founded Antisocial Entertainment, later renamed Antisocial Records, in 2004 and began playing his music on the London-based community radio station Rinse FM.^[3] He produced "No Help or Handouts" for the grime collective Unorthodox in 2004, which featured his brother Silva and rapper NoLay.^[1]

By 2008, Silkie began to produce mostly dubstep music under the label Deep Medi Musik. He released his first album, City Limits Volume 1, in 2009.^[4] This was followed up by City Limits Volume 2 in 2011.^[5] Alongside several other singles and extended plays, he released his third album Fractals in 2015 and his fourth album Panorama in 2021.^[6] In 2023, Silkie began providing bass music production courses under the Antisocial Audio brand and formed the UK garage-focused label Bedroom Rat Records.^[2][7] He releases music for Bedroom Rat under his real name, Solomon Rose, while still producing dubstep.^[8]

Production

Silkie produces music using the digital audio workstations (DAW) Bitwig Studio, FL Studio, and Studio One.^[2]

Discography

Studio albums

• City Limits Volume 1 (Deep Medi, 2009)
• City Limits Volume 2 (Deep Medi, 2011)
• Fractals (Anarchostar, 2015)
• Panorama (Deep Medi, 2021)

Extended plays

• Order (Antisocial, 2004)
• Sign of da Future (Antisocial, 2005)
• City Limits Volume 1.6 - 1.8 (Deep Medi, 2011)
• The Lost Tapes (Deep Medi, 2013)
• Bird in the Sky (Wheel & Deal, 2014)
• Don't Play Games (Antisocial, 2015)
• It Wasn't You (Deep Medi, 2016)
• Impervious (Deep Medi, 2018)
• NCDIG006 (Navy Cut, 2022)

Singles

• Dark Square (self-published, 2002)
• Hooby / I Sed (Deep Medi, 2008)
• Jazz Dubstep / Primal Dub (Sonic Boom, 2008)
• Skys the Limit / Poltigiest (Deep Medi, 2008)
• Favela / French Knickers (Break The Habit, 2008)
• Purple Love / Test (Deep Medi, 2009)
• Illegal Immigrant / Step Aside (Cloqworq, 2009)
• City Limits Volume 1.2 (Deep Medi, 2010)
• City Limits Volume 1.4 (Deep Medi, 2010)
• Neckback / Tribal (Deep Medi, 2013)
• Drunken Master / Why Not (Antisocial, 2017)
• Don't DJ for Free (Pretty Weird, 2018)
• BRR001 (Bedroom Rat, 2023)
• BRR001 Mixes (Bedroom Rat, 2024)
• Do Without / Neon (Bedroom Rat, 2024)
• Kolo / Real Deal (Antisocial, 2024)^[9]
• Techno Ranger / What You Need (Antisocial, 2025)