composer | sound designer | re-recording mixer | location sound

Music for various media. Music posted here are mostly from previous film projects. For my contemporary classical works, the list is being updated. You may message me privately.

Oli Silk is a keyboardist and producer from the UK. His professional musical journey began in 2000 as one half of jazz funk duo 'Sugar and Silk' and together they released two CDs in the UK and Europe. In 2003, he produced and co-wrote an album for saxophonist 'James Vargas' which was released the following year by 'Trippin'N'Rhythm' records. Oli's talent for writing and production caught the attention of the label who signed him, and in 2006 released his debut CD 'So Many Ways' which received several awards in the industry.  Following a top 20 radio single entitled 'Easy Does It' and over a dozen successful live performances in the USA, he recorded his second CD 'The Limit's The Sky'. Released in October 2008, the album spawned one of the biggest hits of the year 'Chill Or Be Chilled' which reached #3 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz chart and stayed on the chart for over a year!
 
 A busy 2010 saw the release of Oli's 3rd Disc 'All We Need' along with more extensive touring. The highlights included festival shows in the USA at Berks, PA. and Seabreeze, FL. plus a 'Catch a rising Star' slot at the world famous Capital Jazz Fest in DC. Oli also travelled to the Middle East for the first time, playing a sell out crowd at 'Dubai International Jazz Festival'. 2011 was the year Oli began touring as keyboardist with chart topping R&B artist Anastasia, travelling Europe and playing to ten of thousands of fans. That year saw more US touring too and another hit single, this time featuring smooth jazz maestro Marc Antoine. Oli finished the year off with another 3-night sell out at London's acclaimed Pizza Express Jazz Club. 
 
2012 saw Oli back in Dubai, this time as Musical Director. He also saw his demand as a keyboard player in the UK grow exponentially and September of that year saw another first for Oli as he was invited onto the Dave Koz Cruise. 2013 and Oli was back in the studio recording his 4th studio solo album 'Razor Sharp Brit'. Oli's travels in 2013 once again took him to Dubai as Musical Director, and also his first trip to South Africa playing at Johannesburg's Joy of Jazz Festival with Peter White. Oli was also invited back onto the prestigious Dave Koz Cruise, getting the chance to hang out and jam with the likes of Larry Graham, Kirk Whalum and even Michael McDonald! 

2014 has certainly started with a bang as within the first 3 weeks of January, the first radio single from Oli's 'Razor Sharp Brit' CD has gone to #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart. 'At Your Service' is the title of the track, and it features Bassist and label 
mate Julian Vaughn. The song is now nearing 6 months on the chart and has amassed an impressive 4000+ spins!

 Oli's skills as a producer, sound designer and mix engineer have been in demand for many years, he has composed and produced music used on numerous TV shows worldwide such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, MTV, Miami Ink, My Super Sweet 16, Hogan Knows Best and on coverage of Golf's US Masters. 

 His abilities as a keyboardist and pianist have made him the UK's 'go to' guy in Jazz for the likes of Peter White, Chuck Loeb, Rick Braun, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Dave Koz, Marc Antoine, Jessy J, Paul Brown and many more. He remains one of the most unique and exciting young artists in the genre.

Rafael L. Ronquillo completed his bachelor's degree from the UST Conservatory of Music in 2014. He received guitar instructions under the tutelage of Alvin Salenga and Alberto Mesa. He also studied under Professor Ruben Reyes – a mentor whom he considers his major influence in music. In the following year, he completed a master’s degree in music in the Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Alicante in Alicante, Spain where he studied under Prof. Ignacio Rodes. He was also a student in the Musica en Compostela in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, under Prof. Jose Luis Rodrigo. 

He was a scholar of the U.S Embassy Club and the former president of the UST Guitar Department. A former member of the UST Guitar Ensemble, UST Rondalla Ensemble, the 24 String Guitar Quartet. Along with the UST Guitar Ensemble, he performed in concerts in different provinces, guitar festivals and in the famous concert halls of Metro Manila. 

He gave a number of concerts in Spain and Metro Manila in the past years and was featured in different events. Raffy was featured in “Tatag ni Juana sa Saliw ng Tinig at Tula” in the Carlos P. Romulo Library, DFA, Manila, “Pilgrim Images” in the Pinto Art Museum in Antipolo City, and “Lorenzo”, a musical which featured music by Ryan Cayabyab. He also performed in ADDA (Auditorio de la Diputacion de Alicante), Theatre Arniches and gave a number of concerts in the Freaks Arts Bar in Alicante. Raffy was also a guest at the UMH Radio in Elche, Costa Blanca in Spain. In 2015, he played in Sede Universitaria in Alicante where he gave the Spanish Premiere of the Batang Laro Suite for Guitar by Bayani Mendoza de Leon. This 2016, he gave concerts in the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music for the Guitar Department’s “Guitar Week 2016” and in Paco Park, for “Paco Park Presents: Rafael Ronquillo”. 

He is currently a member of the faculty of the University of Santo Tomas College of Arts and Letters as a Spanish professor and now aims to further build his career as a concert artist and promote Philippine music in different countries in the coming years

My musical adventure started as a game when, in 1985, my parents bought me a beautiful "toy": a piano. I had classical training at the National Academy of St Cecilia in Rome, but I remember it was a very hard experience... and only after realizing that my world was a little bit different from everything I had studied until then, I decided to fully dedicate myself to synthesizers and to the "modern vision" of my piano... So I specialized in Jazz/Contemporary Piano, Harmony, Comping, Composition and Arrangement at UM “Università della Musica di Roma”. I am a "pianist, keyboardist, programmer and sound designer". Today, I work as “session man” (live&studio), arranger, sound designer and demonstrator both for musical productions (soundtracks, video games, apps, etc.) and for the development and the promotion of software and hardware products such as Yamaha Synthesizer, Native Instruments, Novation, IK Multimedia, AudioThing etc. I am a teacher and founder of my website lezionipianoforte.net. Drift-Lab is my musical project: I produce the music I want with who I want.

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