Over the past decade, Lil Silva has achieved a lot. In 2010 he broke through as a defining producer of the short-lived but much-loved U.K.
funky scene, with his Night Skanker EP held up as a classic of the underground electronic sub-genre. He then went on to release music on the Night Slugs label while also flexing his muscles on mainstream work alongside mentors Paul Epworth and Mark Ronson.
As a producer he has worked with artists as varied as Adele and serpentwithfeet while his distinct falsetto vocals have illuminated tracks with Kano and Kendrick Lamar producer Duval Timothy.
How, then, has it taken him until 2022 to release his debut solo album? The way Silva tells it, Yesterday Is Heavy simply wasn’t on his agenda until it was.
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