Silk

Wild Silk’s double-sided classic ‘(Vision In A) Plaster Sky’ / ‘Toymaker’ has long been coveted by enthusiasts of UK 60s pop-psych. The exciting news is that now an extensive anthology of the extant recordings by this talented Luton outfit is available, including what was intended for a full-length release at the time.

Beyond the Horizon is a fitting companion to the ensemble's 2002 release, When Strangers Meet. Both CDs marry multi-cultural music traditions to classical performance discipline. The music heard on Beyond the Horizon provided the soundtrack for a Japanese television series about the ancient Silk Road trade route. Yo-Yo Ma has said that the music on this album crosses boundaries of time and space, revealing the unity among seemingly different traditions… that it evokes the memory of the nomadic peoples who traveled and lived along the Silk Road.

No artist in recent memory from across the pond has had the kind of effect on the smooth jazz format quite like Oli Silk has. Not only a touring fan favorite but has been a real radio darling scoring three consecutive Billboard #1 singles from his last record '6', proving that his music inspired by his life and surrounds living in the UK has real and enduring legs with the American audience.

No artist from the other side of the pond has had such an impact on smooth jazz in recent times as Oli Silk. Not only is he a fan favorite on tour, but he's also a bona fide radio darling, scoring three consecutive Billboard #1 singles with his latest album "6," proving that his music, inspired by his life and surroundings in the UK, resonates and endures with American audiences as well. With 'In Real Life', his seventh album on the Trippin N Rhythm label, Silk continues to explore the middle, the sides and the edges of the genre with his signature style that has served him well over the course of his last six albums, and he doesn't disappoint on this new collection of songs inspired by his life experiences.

There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future.