Starkey

Starkey is a Philadelphia-based artist/producer. A leader of “Street Bass,” which combines elements of hip-hop, grime and dubstep, creates different dimensions in his music with an ingenious complexity that separates him from other artists. Notably one of the first producers to bring the sound of grime to the USA, Starkey’s richly textured productions, classical music background and refined music engineering has earned him a global fan-base as a true inventor of sound.

Since 2005, he’s captivated a following with his unique, forward-thinking production style, and intergalactic bass-heavy arrangements. In 2008, he was the only US producer selected for the “Generation Bass” special on the legendary Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Radio 1 show. In 2012 he released his critically acclaimed album “Orbits,” which Pitchfork gave an 8/10 and called it “classic synth grandeur.”  His 2015 album, “The Transponder Orchestra” was Bleep’s Album-of-the-Week saying “his style has become grander and more ambitious in scope.

Starkey’s latest music, Odyssey Five and Charting Stardust (Original Soundtrack), build upon the acoustic-analogue sound he’s been cultivating with his NOREMIXES imprint, while still retaining the core elements of his revered heavy bass meets syncopated synthesized sounds.

From producer to singer to the co-owner of the prominent record labels Seclusiasis, Slit Jockey and the aforementioned NOREMIXES, Starkey is an unstoppable force renovating the sounds of electronic music.