1. King Britt was born on 1968 and is an American record producer, composer, performer, educator, and DJ and record producer from Philadelphia.
17 Facts About King Britt
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King Britt is a Professor in Computer Music at University of California San Diego, with a research focus of Afrofuturism in music and the pioneering role of people of color in electronic music.
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King Britt has released music as leader of the project Sylk 130 and as Fhloston Paradigm, Scuba, and The Nova Dream Sequence.
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King Britt has remixed for musicians Tori Amos, Miles Davis, Saul Williams, Meredith Monk, Solange, Calvin Harris, and Dua Lipa.
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King Britt is a 1986 graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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King Britt went on to make many connections in the music community, bringing in records and new labels from all over the world.
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In 1990, King Britt began his first DJ residency at the Silk City in Philadelphia and the now defunct Revival.
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In collaboration with music partner Josh Wink, King Britt produced his first commercial release "Tribal Confusion" on dance label Strictly Rhythm.
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King Britt performed at the 1993 Grammy Awards with Digable Planets, the year Digable Planets won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
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Ovum Recordings is still in operation but King Britt resigned from his position in 2001.
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King Britt and Wink served as CEOs of Ovum, and Ovum released 6 albums and numerous single releases under Sony, including the Josh Wink album, Hear Here.
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In 2001, King Britt released Sylk130 Re-Member's Only, which features Alison Moyet, Martin Fry from ABC, Kathy Sledge, Grover Washington Jr, De La Soul and others.
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King Britt released Adventures in Lo Fi on London's BBE label in 2003.
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King Britt produced King Britt Presents: Sister Gertrude Morgan in 2005.
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King Britt won the Pew Fellowship in the Arts for composition in 2007.
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Intricate Beauty by King Britt was released in 2010 on Nervous Recordings.
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King Britt produced for Canadian rock stars Bedouin Soundclash on the album Light the Horizon.