It鈥檚 not like the mask has slipped completely, but we now know a lot more about London producer SBTRKT than we did when he first emerged - Burial-like - in 2009. For starters, he鈥檚 called Aaron Jerome and, over time, he鈥檚 become more and more comfortable talking about his music, as indeed he did with Annie Mac before an excellent 2012 Live Lounge and again with Zane Lowe around the time he released his 2014 second album, Wonder Where We Land. For that album, he pulled in an impressive guestlist of singers and MCs - long-time collaborator Sampha, Raury, Jessie Ware, Vampire Weekend鈥檚 Ezra Koenig and A$AP Ferg - all of whom gave superb voice to his evocative, otherworldly productions.
Aside from having two celebrated albums under his belt, SBTRKT is an accomplished DJ, performer (he usually plays live with Sampha) and remixer, who鈥檚 released edits of tracks by M.I.A., Radiohead, Mark Ronson and Underworld. A favourite of Lauren Laverne鈥檚, he played an excellent session on her 6 Music show last December and arrives at his first Glastonbury recognised as one of the UK鈥檚 most forward-thinking electronic musicians.
It鈥檚 not like the mask has slipped completely, but we now know a lot more about London producer SBTRKT than we did when he first emerged - Burial-like - in 2009. For starters, he鈥檚 called Aaron Jerome and, over time, he鈥檚 become more and more comfortable talking about his music, as indeed he did with Annie Mac before an excellent 2012 Live Lounge and again with Zane Lowe around the time he released his 2014 second album, Wonder Where We Land. For that album, he pulled in an impressive guestlist of singers and MCs - long-time collaborator Sampha, Raury, Jessie Ware, Vampire Weekend鈥檚 Ezra Koenig and A$AP Ferg - all of whom gave superb voice to his evocative, otherworldly productions.
Aside from having two celebrated albums under his belt, SBTRKT is an accomplished DJ, performer (he usually plays live with Sampha) and remixer, who鈥檚 released edits of tracks by M.I.A., Radiohead, Mark Ronson and Underworld. A favourite of Lauren Laverne鈥檚, he played an excellent session on her 6 Music show last December and arrives at his first Glastonbury recognised as one of the UK鈥檚 most forward-thinking electronic musicians.
