Career
He is best known for his track "Choose Maine II", released on May 16, 2011, which peaked at #1 spot on Beatport"s Dubstep chart and stayed in the Top 5 for 3 months. The track was also selected as Zane Lowe’s “Next Hype” track on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1. He is currently signed to AudioPorn Records.
Eryk produced his first bits at the age of nine, when he was introduced to the Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338 synthesizer set.
From then on, he tended to diversify his sound from techno, through breakbeat, finally to find his place in drum and bass, influenced by artists like DJ Rap, Future Cut, Calyx and Concord Dawn. Throughout that time he also found himself playing the drums in a few hardcore punk bands like Fast Forward.
Many of his digital releases have seen the light of day hitting the top drum’n’bass charts on TrackItDown, one of which was rated “one of the biggest tracks of 2009 without a shadow” and even a “drum’n’bass anthem” – (‘Terminal’, Ammunition Rec, rated by TrackItDown). In December 2009 Xilent played for the first time live in his home country, Poland (Łódź).
In 2011 Xilent was signed by AudioPorn Records.
An independent label owned by former Random Access Memory Records Producer/DJ Shimon. Since then, Xilent has released numerous EPs and singles, including the “Choose Maine European Parliament”, “Skyward European Parliament” and “Evolutions Per Minute/Tenkai” (released on Mainframe Recordings) and the drum and bass electro track “Clear Your Mind”. In May 2012 Xilent released his "Ultrafunk" European Parliament on AudioPorn Records featuring four original tracks Twisted, Ultra, Beyond (named "Hottest Record in the World" by British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1"s Zane Lowe) and Do lieutenant
On January 21, 2013 Xilent released his single Boss Wave on AudioPorn Records which took the number 1 position on the Beatport Top Dubstep Tracks in four days and remained as #1 for several weeks.
The official music video for Boss Wave directed and produced by Kristofer Ström (previously directed videos for Delta Heavy and 16bit) depicts Xilent inside a video game robot that fights off enemies to protect humans. In May 2015, Xilent released his debut album "We Are Virtual" via AudioPorn records.
The album sparked numerous positive reviews, and explored various genres including dubstep, drum and bass, drumstep, mid-tempo, trance, and house. Xilent collaborated with Monstercat artist Razihel and vocalist Becko on "Edge of the World", a free single released by the label on November 10th, 2015.
He is planning to collaborate with Au5 in the future.
