Wiley - 'Evolve Or Be Extinct'
It takes a pretty special type of artist to release 11 zip files of music for free, follow that up with three albums within a year and still pique your interest when a new release crosses the doorstep. But such is the way of Wiley , a man who...
Wiley - '100% Publishing'
There’s this bloke that gets on my bus and sits there screaming that he’s a deposed king. He reminds me of Wiley, except Wiley isn’t a psychiatric patient, he actually is king of the Eski ring. While P-Money and Trim champion the new wave...
This Week's Singles Reviewed - 30/05/11
Every Monday we deliver our verdict on the new single releases. Here Gavin Haynes picks through this week's new tracks, including the latest from Wiley, Arctic Monkeys and, er, Andrea Corr... Wiley - 'Numbers In Action' (Big Dada) It was...
Live review: Annie Mac Presents
I t’s easy to forget, particularly when electronic music is enjoying a rich and exciting period of flux as it is right now, that sometimes it’s nice to just opt out of the boundary-pushing, get obnoxiously drunk and wear plastic aviator...
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If you think pressing up a few CD-Rs of your music and selling them to your mates makes you a DIY pop star, run your eyes over the resumé of Richard ‘Wiley’ Cowie. Holed up in a series of self-built studios in his home turf of east London...
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“When you hear the name grime, I am the meaning”, brags Wiley, but for once, the puffed chest is justified. He invented grime after all – and then, instead of pursuing the pop folly of Roll Deep’s ‘The Avenue’, he slunk underground,...
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If any one man could be said to have invented grime, it’s Wiley, east London producer/MC who mentored Dizzee, inspired everyone from street kids to Nathan Barley scenesters (hello, Hadouken!) and turned down a record deal from Mike Skinner just,...
Wiley : Wot Do U Call It?
After months of deliberation, cultural commentators are still no closer to agreeing what to call the music emanating from this ridiculously fertile east London scene. Personally I like grime, though you can pick from garage, sub-low, two-step or...
