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Orbits

1.7M streams

1,736,007

Ear Drums and Black Holes

1.3M streams

1,326,157

Blaster

497K streams

496,971

Lost in Space

486.4K streams

486,401

Command

388.2K streams

388,213

Ephemeral Exhibits

271.1K streams

271,113

Space Traitor, Vol. 1

259.2K streams

259,167

Pulsar 2020Hz

232.4K streams

232,415

The Transponder Orchestra

150.9K streams

150,893

Inter-Mission

116K streams

115,989

Biography

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, 2019's New Theia: Today and New Theia: Tomorrow on Eat the Bomb, expanded the producer's use of modular synthesizers to further his hybrid grime/electronic sound. They were followed by a return to Dutch imprint Rwina for the Megawave EP. 
 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.