13th May saw the release of Lil Silva's latest EP, entitled JIMI (Journey Inside My Imagination), released on Good Years. It's six tracks long and the music that is featured on it bares more in comparison to the 2014 release Mabel, rather than last years more UK funky/dance orientated Drumatic. I love the way that in interviews Lil Silva describes his sound as "Lil Silva", and at the moment my favourite track from the new EP is "De Ja", featuring the luxurious vocals of Kent Jamz.
When a track is called De Ja, it's a chance that it is designed to evoke past memories. I think it does by the lovely string sound that features. The sound that is featured sounds like a throwback R&B track, with the way everything melds together, but not cancelling anything out. It also feels like there is a leisurely confidence as the beat moves along. This is also aided by the warm delivery of the excellent vocals. There is a wistful, almost knowing sense of the mistakes that the protagonist has made, whilst being aware that they may be made again.
As always with Lil Silva he has created an EP that will inspire creators to create music. His sound is constantly evolving and the way he can create dancefloor filling tracks like The Play, all the way back to the early/late summer haze of the aforementioned De Ja and Lines. He has the Lil Silva sound and expresses it so confidently on this EP, you can't help but to be drawn in and inspired.
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