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Another week, another round up of the best, brightest and most interesting new vieso for you, our discerning readers. It’s been a good week for new vids coming through, so it was hard to pick, but here are the ones we think you need to check out.
Grime guru Wiley follows Dizzee’s lead in remixing a nineties dance classic as he ropes in Emeli Sande to give the White Town classic Never Be Your Woman a fresh angle. This is good, so share it with your friends!
Brakes/Electric Soft Parade man Thomas White‘s new solo album is on the way. To give you a taster we thought we’d share the video for the idiosyncratic single The Last Blast.
KCAT recently released her debut solo single, Boys Don’t Cry. Here’s the promo clip for a slice of unashamed pop that bodes well for the fashionista’s future.
Noisia‘s Machine Gun is a slab of brutal slab of razor sharp electro tinged dance music. Couple that with a cutting edge video and you’ve got an audio visual treat. Don’t beleive me? Check it out for yourself…
Lastly, here’s a slice of smooth R&B from McLean. With a subtle, velvety voice and an ear for a tune, he’s crafted a tune that will probably spend a fair amount of time at the top of the charts. Check out My Name below.
East London’s finest Richard Kylea Cowie aka Wiley has taken the E3 music scene from an underground phenomenon to full mainstream success. Along the way, he’s produced and / or mentored most of the scene’s biggest names including Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk and JME. Now the groundbreaking MC, producer and mad genius returns with the February 21st release of his new single ‘Never Be Your Woman’ on Relentless / Virgin Records.
‘Never Be Your Woman’ is Wiley’s contemporary take on the almost forgotten 1997 classic that White Town took from out of nowhere and straight to the top of the charts. Wiley’s bold rhymes are powered with a raw energy that provides the attitude needed to make the track a relevant and vital addition to 2009’s burgeoning UK scene.
The track was produced by rising underground star Naughty Boy with guest vocals from Emeli Sande. The duo previously collaborated on Chipmunk’s Top 10 hit ‘Diamond Rings’.
Wiley first became notable on the underground scene in the Nineties but it was his formation of the Roll Deep collective that defined grime as a genre that could infiltrate the mainstream music scene. Always eager to break new ground and to surprise with new developments sounds, Wiley’s unique talent is matched by his prolific nature. His solo career already encompasses four studio albums as well as a vast array of mixtapes including several releases as part of his regular Tunnel Vision series.
Wiley is currently pushing ahead with new material for an upcoming album project.
Mixes come courtesy of Shy FX, Agent X, Herve, Solo, and N-Type.
