Xilent
Xilent (real name Eryk Kowalczyk ; * in Poland ) is a Polish Dubstep - Electro-House - and Drum - & - Bass - producer , who is currently in England lives. He achieved international fame with his song "Choose Me II", which was released on Beatport on May 16, 2011 . The song reached number 1 on the Beatport dubstep charts and stayed in the top 5 for 3 months. The track was selected as Zane Lowe's “Next Hype” track. Xilent was nominated as "Best Newcomer Producer" at the 2011 Drum & Bass Arena Awards . At the moment Xilent is under contract with the label AudioPorn Records.
biography
Kowalczyk spent his childhood in Warsaw , Poland. He had a lot to do with 1980s music, especially funk and soul, due to the fact that his parents were both professional musicians. While his mother was a conductor, violinist and pianist, his father was a drummer and singer in various bands. Xilent began producing tracks at the age of eight after being introduced to the Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338 synthesizer set. At that time his songs were more of a mixture of house and acid techno and therefore not to be assigned to a direct genre, but then got tendencies towards breakbeat until he finally found drum & bass. During this time he also played drums in some hardcore punk bands like Fast Forward. When he received the compilation "Future Grooves - Essential Drum & Bass" in 1999, he heard music with more than 150 BPM for the first time and immediately took a liking to this music.
Many of his digital releases before his breakthrough hit the TrackItDown Drum & Bass charts . His song Terminal was referred to by TrackItDown as "Drum & Bass Anthem" ("Drum - & - Bass anthem").
Xilent spent the next 3 years of his life in Edinburgh, Scotland, studying software development. There he signed contracts with several internationally known labels such as Beta Recordings, Ammunition Recordings, Mindtech Recordings and others, while performing as a DJ in Europe and supporting musicians like Spor . In December 2009 Eryk made his first appearance in his home country Poland.
In 2011, Xilent was signed to the independent label AudioPorn Records, owned by Shimon, one of the co-founders of Ram Records. That year he released his EPs Choose Me and Skyward . Furthermore, the singles Evolutions Per Minute // Tenkai and Clear Your Mind followed in the same year .
His EP Ultrafunk was released in May 2012 . "Touch Sound" followed in the autumn of the same year.
Discography
Albums
| album | year | Label | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Are Virtual | 2015 | Audioporn Records | 15th |
| We Are Dust | 2019 | Monstercat | 11 |
EPs / singles
| Single / EP | year | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Killer - 'Terminal' | 2009 | Ammunition Recordings |
| Out of Body EP | 2009 | Ammunition Recordings |
| Killing Spree // Dislocation | 2010 | Beta recordings |
| Unity feat. Imprintz & Kloe | 2010 | Ammunition Recordings |
| Lift and Fall EP | 2010 | Ammunition Recordings |
| Memetics | 2010 | Mindtech Recordings |
| Pure EP | 2010 | Beta recordings |
| Blossom // Crystalia | 2010 | Toungue Flap Recordings |
| Choose Me EP | 2011 | AudioPorn Records |
| Evolutions Per Minute // Tenkai | 2011 | Mainframe recordings |
| Skyward EP | 2011 | AudioPorn Records |
| Clear your mind | 2012 | AudioPorn Records |
| Ultra radio EP | 2012 | AudioPorn Records |
| Touch Sound EP | 2012 | AudioPorn Records |
| Boss Wave | 2013 | AudioPorn Records |
| Boss Wave: Reloaded | 2013 | AudioPorn Records |
| Infinity | 2013 | AudioPorn Records |
| Your System | 2016 | Never Say Die Records |
| song | EP |
|---|---|
| Breakage | Out of body |
| Above | |
| Vertical horizon | |
| Uplift | Lift & fall |
| Falling | |
| Step One | Pure |
| Irreversible | |
| Twice | |
| Multishapes | Choose me |
| Specter | |
| Choose Me I | |
| Choose Me II | |
| Gravity (ft. Tali ) | Skyward |
| For Once (ft. Skyflake) | |
| Skyward I. | |
| Skyward II | |
| Twisted | Ultra radio |
| Ultra | |
| Beyond | |
| Do It | |
| Touch sound | Touch sound |
| Let Us Be | |
| Universe (ft. Shaz Sparks) | |
| Mass Creation (ft. Youthstar) | |
| Boss Wave | Boss Wave |
| Pixel Journey | Boss Wave: Reloaded |
| Boss Wave (Dodge & Fuski Remix) | |
| Boss Wave (Teddy Killerz Remix) | |
| Boss Wave (James Marvel Remix) | |
| Boss Wave (Tha New Team Remix) | |
| Infinity | Infinity |
| You rise | We Are Dust |
| The Darkness |
Remixes
| song | Artist | year |
|---|---|---|
| Unite Us | PNAU | 2011 |
| All my love | Fuzzy Logic feat. Jada Pearl | 2011 |
| End of the world | Alex Metric feat. Charli XCX | 2011 |
| In pieces | J Majik & Wickaman feat. Dee Freer | 2011 |
| Follow U | Yogi feat. Ayah Marar | 2011 |
| Tzolkin | Imprintz & Kloe | 2011 |
| Out the blue | Sub Focus feat. Alice Gold | 2012 |
| Wide awake | Katy Perry | 2012 |
| Ode to the Bouncer | Studio killers | 2012 |
| Love & Oxygen | Str8jackets & Sam Obernik | 2012 |
| Bad signal | Hadouken! | 2012 |
| Sleepless | Excision | 2012 |
| Give me love | Ed Sheeran | 2012 |
| Ravers | Ayah Marar | 2012 |
| Figure 8 | Ellie Goulding | 2012 |
| Alien | Dodge & Fuski & Virtual Riot | 2015 |
Awards
| year | organization | Award | result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Drum and Bass Arena Awards | Best Newcomer Producer | nominated |
| 2012 | Beatport Music Awards | Best dubstep track in 2011 | nominated |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Xilent interview . ( Memento of April 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) October 4, 2011, accessed on April 7, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Drum & Bass Arena Awards nominations. November 24, 2011, accessed April 7, 2013.
- ^ Artists under contract with AudioPorn Records. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ↑ Information and short biography about Xilent on the website of AudioPorn Records. ( Memento of March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved April 7, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Xilent on dubtune.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Xilent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kowalczyk, Eryk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish dubstep, electro house and drum & bass producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poland |