Born in the industrial heart of the Midlands, the three founding fathers take you on a transcendent musical odyssey as they weave magical fibres into gold. Welcome to the Silk Factory.

Evolving in 1980s Chicago, house drew on emergent electronic technologies and funky basslines to create a new, world-dominating club sound and culture. 

Club music built on 4/4 beats and funky basslines

House

A form of dance music that adds influences from funk and hip hop to heavy basslines and broken beats. Created out of crate-digger culture, with a focus on forgotten and rare gems.

Dance rhythms with funk and hip hop influences

Electro

Fast-paced electronic dance music characterised by repetitive beats and hard-edged synthesised sounds. Originated in Detroit in the 1980s.

Repetitive beats and hard-edged synthetic sounds

Techno

Silk Factory

Silk Factory's secret lab has developed invincible seatbelts needed for this instalment. Strap in.

Brabwax

Artificially intelligent fibres are malfunctioning. Join the Factory fighting this futuristic threat.

Cyber Silk Attack

The spools keep on turning as the factory’s second founder brings his own web of songs to the table.

Cheng

Made with fibres sourced direct from Africa, our newest product is our most colourful yet.

Made in Africa

Louis Brooks

The factory experiments with man-made fibres. 100% synthetic; no organic materials used.

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