Age, Biography and Wiki
King Britt was born on 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is an American DJ, producer and educator. Discover King Britt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?
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DJ, producer, professor |
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56 years old |
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1968 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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United States
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King Britt Height, Weight & Measurements
At 56 years old, King Britt height not available right now. We will update King Britt's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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King Britt Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is King Britt worth at the age of 56 years old? King Britt’s income source is mostly from being a successful producer. He is from United States. We have estimated King Britt's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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producer |
King Britt Social Network
Timeline
King Britt (born 1968) is an American educator, DJ and record producer from Philadelphia.
Britt is a 1986 graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1987, he started working at Tower Records, as a buyer for the singles/import section.
His extensive knowledge of dance music made him an in demand buyer in the company.
He went on to make many connections in the music community, bringing in records and new labels from all over the world.
King attended Temple University.
In 1990, King Britt began his first DJ residency at the Silk City in Philadelphia and the now defunct Revival.
These two DJ residencies would help change the course of dance music in Philadelphia and lay the foundation for King's musical future.
In collaboration with music partner Josh Wink, King also produced his first commercial release "Tribal Confusion" on dance label Strictly Rhythm.
In 1992, he started touring worldwide for the group Digable Planets for two years with a three-month opening slot with Sade.
In 1994, Britt and Josh Wink started the label Ovum Recordings.
Their first release was a collaboration between King and wordsmith/singer Ursula Rucker called "Supernatural".
The song became a staple tune in the US rave scene and is revered as a classic in many countries.
In early 1998, under Sylk130, King released the neo soul album When the Funk Hits the Fan on Ovum/Columbia Records.
In a favorable review of the 1998 album When the Funk Hits the Fan, Billboard compared his sound to Soul II Soul and De La Soul.
Their musical partnership continued until 2001.
Ovum Recordings is still in operation but King resigned from his position in 2001.
In 2001, Britt released Sylk130 Re-Member's Only, which features Alison Moyet, Martin Fry from ABC, Kathy Sledge, Grover Washington Jr, De La Soul and others.
It was his last album for Ovum Recordings and Columbia Records as he began to pursue doing more production work.
Britt released Adventures in Lo Fi on London's BBE label in 2003.
Guests on the album included Madlib as Quasimoto, De La Soul, Dice Raw, Ivana Santilli and Butterfly from Digable Planets.
A recreation of self-proclaimed bride of christ, Sister Gertrude's original Preservation Hall album gets new life.
The record was included in the Michael Mann's 2006 film Miami Vice, on the AdBusters compilation, Live Without Dead Time and the HBO television show True Blood.
Still continuing to DJ/produce, King changed his direction and began focusing on techno music and in 2006 released Interpretation under the moniker The Nova Dream Sequence.
Released on Munich based label Compost, this record was praised by Derrick May and Carl Craig, including many of the songs in their sets.
May also contributed to the liner notes.
Britt won the Pew Fellowship in the Arts for composition in 2007.
Britt and multimedia artists Rucyl started the project 'Saturn Never Sleeps' in 2009.
It is an electronic improvisational group as well as a label.
They came together to curate an evening of music for the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia to coincide with a Sun Ra exhibit, that was touring.
They soon took the concept further, while they were residents at The Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia.
Saturn Never Sleeps went on to become a band, label and is curated monthly in Philadelphia.
Intricate Beauty by Britt was released in 2010 on Nervous Recordings.
Special guests included Lady Alma, RYAT and Astrid Suryanto, who sings on the club hit "Now".
Tim Conley a.k.a. MAST played guitar on the title track "Intricate Beauty".
Britt also produced for Canadian rock stars Bedouin Soundclash on the album Light the Horizon.
Britt has remixed for musicians Tori Amos, Miles Davis, Saul Williams and Meredith Monk and Wendy & Lisa.
This album went to sell over 500,000 copies worldwide and was scheduled to be re-released in 2012 as part of a box set collection for Sylk130.
In 2014, he produced The Phoenix by Fhloston Paradigm for the Hyperdub label.
