Raised on a council estate in Leeds, producer and multi-instrumentalist (keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, percussion) Dwayne Kilvington started to make beats at the age of 11 on his mum’s computer after attending a youth group at Armley’s Interplay Theatre. He briefly attended Leeds College of Music where he met musicians on the jazz degree course and quickly started jamming and learning how to play jazz with Luke Wynter (Nubian Twist) and Geordan Reid Campbell (GEO) and klezmer with Leeds band Tantz.

2 years after moving to London in 2017 he became a founding member and bass player of the band Steam Down and started to become an integral part of the UK Jazz scene. He has toured extensively with many projects and collaborations in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia with artists such as Nightmares On Wax, Nubya Garcia, Theon Cross, Wiyaala, John Carroll Kirby and K.O.G.  Dwayne also connected with veteran producer I.G Culture (Co-op) after playing keyboard for a show for I.G’s collective “Selectors Assemble”, which he is also a part of. They have since worked on an album for which Wonky Logic was Musical Director called Earthbound by LCSM. 

Dwayne has also been musical director for LA Soul legend Eddie Chacon during his time in the UK and Europe. His current projects include his own band with Nache aka Edward Hick (Sons of Kemet) as well as The General Elation Soundsystem alongside Brother Portrait and Nadeem Din-Gabisi. He is involved as writer and synth player with Nala Sinephro (Warp Records) and tours with the live band, synth bass with afrofuturism band ONIPA and has recently played on Emma Jean Thackray’s project Um-Yang alongside Soweto Kinch.

Whilst taking an 8 year hiatus, after releasing his EP Mindmarkets in 2012, Dwayne has produced multiple remixes for artists such as Nubiyan Twist, Kefaya and Bryony Jarmon-Pinto, Afriquoi, Mansion of Snakes, El Hiest and Me And My Friends. He has also produced songs for Onipa, Ego Ella May, Alexander London and Tess Hirst. He has featured as a bass player and writer on Sampa The Great’s album The Return and done collaborative writing sessions with Celeste. 

Dwayne is also a writer on Edward Hick’s new project Nok Cultural Ensemble and actively tours with the band as well as writing with Chiminyo on a duo collaborative project as well as his NRG session album. He has also worked with Mo Kolours on his upcoming release writing and playing keyboards. Dwayne has also scored a documentary which is yet to be released about British fashion designed Zandra Rhodes, he has composed and produced 6 songs for Redbull for use in their breakdancing competition and adverts. He also wrote two bespoke tracks with longtime collaborators from Tantz for a worldwide IBM campaign.