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Is Danny Lampo about to do something big with UK Afrobeats, Star SilvaStone?
Danny Lampo is one of Ghana’s finest artiste promoting Ghana in Europe. Danny has been in the news for the past few days and still making headlines, he was recently seen with Reggae dancehall artiste Samini touring Europe. In today’s update, Danny Lampo was seen with Ghanaian superstar Silva Stone in London.
SILVASTONE is one of the UK’s most active Afro beats artist/producer/songwriter. Born in London to parents from Ghana and Sierra Leone, he describes his music as, “a creative hybrid of African Beats and UK Street Sounds marinated in Global Melodies”. The multi-talented SILVASTONE has been making noise on the scene since 2015, when he first broke through, after earning his stripes in previous years as a producer and songwriter for some of Africa’s and UK’s biggest talents and hit records.
The hardworking creative has spent much of the last 12 months promoting his third independently released EP, “Affirmation”, which has been very well received worldwide. It’s the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2014 debut “Transitions” and his outstanding 2017 sophomore, “Levels”, EPs. His music is heavily championed and often playlisted by DJs at BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, CapitalXtra, Kiss100FM, etc. and on other radio networks worldwide. He is also regularly featured on popular curated Spotify, Apple, Tidal, and Deezer editorial playlists.
SILVASTONE has had music synced on various TV shows worldwide. He produced the lead theme music for 2017 US No1 Box Office movie (Tyler Perry’s “Boo 2 – A Madea Halloween” and the recent Netflix Original series, “The Chilling Adventures Of SABRINA” and recently returned from Nashville USA where he was writing and composing on some exciting movie and music projects.
The former MOBO Awards “Best African Act” nominee and “BBC Radio 1Xtra Hot For 2015” alumni has also officially produced/collaborated with the likes of Fuse ODG, Sarkodie, French Montana, Yemi Alade, Mr. Vegas, Popcaan, Davido, Sneakbo, Bugzy Malone, Damian Marley, Moelogo, Rita Ora, Lady Leshurr, Dan Croll, Mark Morrisson, Ace Hood, Chaka Demus & Pliers and many others.
He is internationally renowned for his charismatic and energetic stage presence and has performed all over the world. He has been previously booked for three consecutive years (totaling 9 showcases) at SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, Glastonbury Festival, Liverpool International Music Festival, A3C Festival (Atlanta, USA), Ghana Party In The Park, Shoko Festival (Zimbabwe), Dance Afrique at London’s Wembley Arena, Liverpool International Music Festival, Boomtown Fair Festival 2019, etc. and most recently TINA Festival 2020 during the Year Of Return festivities in Accra, Ghana.
In addition, SILVASTONE has also been national tour support for acts like Wyclef, Davido, Fuse ODG, Charlie Sloth, P-Square and Akon. He has also performed across various states in Africa and the USA, plus, independently presented 3 successful London headline shows including packing-out the main room of London’s O2 Islington and more recently at The Camden Assembly. He has twice headlined the Afro beats stage at the Butterfly Effect Festival in Croydon alongside acts like Maleek Berry, Alicia Harley, Kwamz & Flava, Sona, Moelogo, etc. SILVASTONE is also co-founder and resident host/DJ of popular bi-monthly event Afro BOX at Box park Croydon.
The popular Croydon resident is also proudly very active in his local community. As well as running his professional studios White Hut Studios, he also delivers a music workshop program in local schools that engages young people in discovering and harnessing their creative talents. In response to this (and his continued successes in the music industry) the London Borough Of Croydon officiated him one of their youth ambassadors and engage him in several initiatives and seek his counsel on decisions relating to music and the arts.
2019 proved to be another very active year for the high-flying creative, and 2020 is already looking to excel those achievements. With more shows, several festival bookings already secured he’ll be soon rolling out his exciting new music project and announcing a follow-up album alongside some exciting new partnerships.
(Source: Promoter Koolic)
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