Name: Dane Scurich aka Sylence
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Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Interests: Music Production, Travel, Farming, Business, Reading, Entrepreneurialism, Nutrition, Meditation, Spirituality, Politics, Hip Hop, Electronic Music, Jazz, Blues, Outlaw Country...
Inspirations: 2Pac, Outkast, Notorious BIG, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Grouch, Eligh, Blu, Atmosphere, Gramatik, Pretty Lights, Flying Lotus, John Coltrane, Skyzoo, Hieroglyphics, Aesop Rock, Johnny Cash along with many more...
Accolades:
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Winner of the Coss “Spaceman” Remix Contest (2011).
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Contributed production for the song “Love & Other Drugs” on Coss’s Instrument of Emotion project (2011).
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1st Place – IndabaMusic.com Sample Contest for the production of “Goin’ Down Tonight”
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Top 5 – IndabaMusic.com N.A.S.A. Music Remix Contest for theproductionof “NASA Music” f. E-40, Method Man and Ghostface Killah
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Top 5 – IndabaMusic.com Snoop Dogg “That Tree” Remix f. Kayn
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Album of the Week (Citizen X) - 107.3 BASE Fm (Auckland, New Zealand)
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KSJS #1 on Top 20 Urban Charts for the song "Gym Socks Funk f. Sene & Coss" (Citizen X)
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Licensing contract for "Growing Pains f. Rey Resurreccion" on the acclaimed independent film "Tomorrow Comes Today" (2013 Release)
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Winner of the Cashus King " Black Hockey Players" Remix Contest (f. Planet Asia, Ras Kass, Blu, & Yamin Semali) (2014)