King Britt

King James Britt (* 1968 ) is an American House - and Techno - musician , DJ and label owner . He publishes under his real name and numerous pseudonyms, of which Oba Funke , Scuba and Sylk 130 are among the best known. Britt picks up numerous influences from hip-hop , soul , R&B , gospel and jazz in his music .

Life and career

Britt, who grew up in Philadelphia , has been involved with music since his youth and began building up an extensive record collection at an early age. In the early 1990s he toured first as a DJ with the rap group Digable Planets . Together with Josh Wink , he soon produced his first own tracks. Under the project name E-Culture , both produced the single Tribal Confusion in 1990 , which appeared on Strictly Rhythm . In 1994, Britt founded the music label Ovum Records together with Wink .

In 1998, Britt's debut album When The Funk Hits The Fan was released , which he co-produced with the Sylk 130 Collective, which consisted of Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Darryl Burgee, James Poyser, Alison Crockette, Ursula Rucker , Tony “Capital A” Green and Monnette Sudler. With a cover version of the Indeep disco classic Last Night a DJ Saved My Life , the project achieved chart success in the UK in 1998.

In addition to his own publications, Britt also works as a remixer and has provided reworks for musicians such as Miles Davis , Curtis Mayfield , Radiohead , Alison Moyet , Everything but the Girl and Chic .

In 2007 he was accepted into the Composition category of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts at Philadelphia-based The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage .

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life   UK 33 04/25/1998 (2 weeks)

Albums

• 1998: King Britt presents Sylk 130 - When The Funk Hits The Fan (Six Degrees Records)
• 1999: King Britt presents Sylk 130 - When The Funk Hits The Fan (The Remixes) (Six Degrees Records)
• 2001: King Britt presents Sylk 130 - Re-Members Only (Six Degrees Records)
• 2002: King Britt presents The Philadelphia Experiment - Remixed (Ropeadope Records)
• 2003: King Britt - Adventures In Lo-Fi (Rapster Records)
• 2005: King Britt presents Sister Gertrude Morgan - Sister Gertrude Morgan (Ropeadope Records)
• 2006: The Nova Dream Sequence - Interpretations ( Compost Records )
• 2010: King Britt - The Intricate Beauty (Nervous Records)
• 2010: King Britt - Baby Loves Disco ( Universal Music Group )
• 2014: Fhloston Paradigm - The Phoenix ( Hyperdub )
• 2017: Fhloston Paradigm - After ... (KingBrittArchives)

Singles & EPs

• 1990: E-Culture (King Britt & Josh Wink) - Tribal Confusion / Unification ( Strictly Rhythm )
• 1992: Just King And Wink (King Britt & Josh Wink) - Strong Song (Vinyl Solution)
• 1994: Firefly - Supernatural (Ovum Recordings)
• 1994: Dynamic - Lift Me / Yeadon (Ovum Recordings)
• 1995: Scuba - Untitled (Ovum Recordings)
• 1996: Sylk 130 - Gettin 'Into It (Ovum Recordings)
• 1997: King Britt presents Sylk 130 - The Reason / When The Funk Hits The Fan (Ovum Recordings)
• 1998: King Britt presents Sylk 130 - The Reason / Gettin 'Into It (Ovum Recordings)
• 1998: King Britt presents Sylk 130 - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Ovum Recordings)
• 1998: Scuba - Swell (Ovum Recordings)
• 1998: Scuba - The Story Of Attraction And Seduction ... (Ovum Recordings)
• 2000: King Britt presents Sylk 130 feat. Alma Horton - Happiness (Ovum Recordings)
• 2000: Scuba - Where The Wild Things Are (Ovum Recordings)
• 2001: King Britt presents Sylk 130 feat. Kathy Sledge - Rising (Six Degrees Records)
• 2001: King Britt presents Oba Funke - Buttamilk (Karma Giraffe)
• 2002: King Britt presents Firefly feat. Ursula Rucker - Supernatural (Slip 'n' Slide)
• 2002: Oba Funke - Uzoamaka (Karma Giraffe)
• 2002: King Britt presents Oba Funke - CosmoAfrique (Karma Giraffe)
• 2002: King Britt presents Obafunke - Freedom (Karma Giraffe)
• 2003: King Britt feat. Ivana Santilli - Superstar (The Remixes) (Rapster Records)
• 2003: King Britt presents Oba Funke - Bush Workout (Karma Giraffe)
• 2003: King Britt - Transcend / Spaces (Rapster Records)
• 2004: King Britt presents Sylk 130 - I Can't Wait (Brickhouse Records)
• 2004: King Britt - I Love Firefly (Poussez!)
• 2005: King Britt presents Scuba feat. Lizz Fields - Our Time (Slip 'n' Slide)
• 2005: King Britt - Production EP (V2)
• 2005: King Britt presents Scuba - Love Is The Answer (Swank Recordings)
• 2006: Clara Hill meets King Britt - Did I Do Wrong ( Sonar Kollektiv )
• 2007: DJ Yellow & King Britt - Alienation 3 / 3.7 (Poussez!)
• 2008: King Britt presents Sylk 130 feat. Nikki Jean - Fallen Angel (FiveSix Recordings)
• 2009: Fhloston Paradigm - Charlie Sleeps EP (RCRD LBL)
• 2010: King Britt feat. Astrid Suryanto - Now (Nervous Records)
• 2011: Fhloston Paradigm - Fiction Science (Saturn Never Sleeps)
• 2011: King Britt presents Dynamic - Secret Of The Stars (Planet E)
• 2012: King Britt presents Fhloston Paradigm - Chasing Rainbows (Hyperdub)
• 2015: Fhloston Paradigm - Cosmosis Vol 1 (Hyperdub)
• 2016: Fhloston Paradigm - Cosmosis Vol 2 (Hyperdub)

Web links

• Official website kingbritt.com
• King Britt at Discogs (English)
• King Britt at Allmusic (English)
• King Britt in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} King Britt - About at kingbritt.com, accessed January 18, 2013
2. ↑ Chart sources: Great Britain