Sbtrkt

For the album, see Sbtrkt (album).

Sbtrkt
Sbtrkt
Background information
Birth name	Aaron Jerome Foulds
Also known as	Aaron Jerome
Origin	Cambridgeshire, England
Genres	indie pop house post-dubstep UK garage electronic
Occupations	Musician songwriter record producer
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Save Yourself AWAL Young XL
Website	www.saveyourself.tv

Aaron Jerome, known professionally as Sbtrkt (stylised as SBTRKT; disemvowelment of "subtract"), is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. Jerome has remixed songs by artists such as M.I.A, Radiohead, Modeselektor, Basement Jaxx, Mark Ronson, and Underworld, and has released singles, EPs, and four albums. His music has been playlisted by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 Music.

Jerome also has performed live with frequent collaborator Sampha. The live show from 2010 to 2012 consisted of Jerome utilizing synthesisers, keyboards, drums and drum programming with Sampha on vocals and keyboards.

Jerome described his racial and ethnic background as "mixed-race" South Asian (Kenyan Goan and Scottish heritage). Jerome used the project's title rather than his own name in the past in order to support the concept of anonymity. Jerome previously explained "[I'd] rather not talk about myself as a person, and let the music speak for itself. The name SBTRKT is me taking myself away from that whole process. I'm not a social person, so having to talk to DJs to make them play a record is not something I want to do. It's more about giving them a record as an anonymous person and seeing whether they like it or not. If they play it, they play it." Jerome used to wear masks inspired by ceremonial masks from South America and South Asia, using nature as an inspiration, designed by the anonymous designer "A Hidden Place".

In March 2016, Jerome announced a new project described as a 'non album'. The collection of songs and project is designed to bring new tracks to fans sooner than album cycles and also be a continuous ongoing experience. In June 2022, Jerome announced that new music would be released later in the year. He released The Rat Road, his first album in nine years, in May 2023.

Sbtrkt live members

• Sbtrkt – composer, synths, keyboards, drum machines, drums, backing vocals (2010–present)
• Sampha – vocals, keyboards, percussion (2010–2013), guest vocalist (2014–2015)
• Jimmy Holdom – drums (2014–2015, 2023-present)
• Fabiana Palladino – synths, keyboards, percussion (2014–2015)
• Tev'n – vocals, synths, keyboards, percussion (2015, 2023–present)
• Leilah – vocals (2023–present)

Discography

Studio albums

• Time to Rearrange (28 January 2008) (as Aaron Jerome)
• Sbtrkt (27 June 2011)
• Wonder Where We Land (7 October 2014)
• The Rat Road (5 May 2023)

Mixtapes

• Save Yourself (2016)

EPs

• OUTSPOKEN (2024)
• 2020 (2010)
• Step in Shadows (2010)
• Transitions I (2014)
• Transitions II (2014)
• Transitions III (2014)

Other

• "Laika" (Brainmath Records, 2009)
• Live 2013 – live album of SBTRKT's self-titled album
• IMO (2013) – taken from the Young Turks 2013 compilation

Singles

• "Break Off/Evening Glow" (with Sampha) (2010) – Ramp Recordings
• "Midnight Marauder" (with Sinden) (2010) – Grizzly
• "Soundboy Shift" (2010)
• "Nervous" (with Jessie Ware) (2010) – Numbers
• "Living Like I Do" (feat. Sampha) (2011, 12" Ltd)
• "Ready Set Loop / Twice Bitten" (2011, 12" Ltd, Gre) – SBTRKT
• "Wildfire" (feat. Little Dragon and Drake) (2011, 12" Ltd)
• "Pharaohs" (feat. Roses Gabor) (2011)
• "Hold On" (feat. Sampha) (2012, 12" Ltd)
• '"Temporary View" (feat. Sampha) (2014)
• "New Dorp. New York." (feat. Ezra Koenig) (2014)
• "I Feel Your Pain" (feat. DRAM and Mabel) (2016)
• "Bodmin Moor" (2022)
• "Miss the Days" (2022)
• "Ghost" (feat. Leilah) (2022)
• "Forward" (feat. Leilah) (2022)
• "Waiting" (feat. Teezo Touchdown) (2023)
• "Days Go By" (feat. Toro y Moi) (2023)
• "L.F.O." (feat. Sampha and George Riley) (2023)
• "No Intention" (feat. Leilah) (2023)

External links

• Sbtrkt – official site
• Sbtrkt discography at Discogs