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…over at DISRUPTION INC , well worth a read.

Ahead of the longingly awaited release of ‘Aidy’s girl is a computer’ on Hyperdub, The Fader caught up with Darkstar for a few words.

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and backing this on the flip is a remix courtesy of Detroit based Kyle Hall… audio here

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Taken from FACT magazine…

Grime star, Rolex-wearer and prodigious grumbler Wiley doesn’t half talk a lot of nonsense, so when he describes an interview as his “last ever”, you know you’ll probably be reading a new one in a matter of weeks.

Still, that’s what Wiley says in a rather cranky Q&A in the London edition of Time Out this week.

“I don’t walk to talk to no one anymore,” he tells Tamara Gausi. “I’m 30 years old. I’ve got children. Why the hell do I want to talk to journalists whose job is to just make me look bad…People think I’m mad. I understand why, but I’m not mad. I am actually quite sane.”

Paranoia aside, Wiley confirms that he’s working on a new Roll Deep record, and that that a new solo album is due September 21. He also says he’s helming an album by Roll Deep-affiliated Brazen and a track called ‘She Likes To’ (“featuring the top MCs I like in the country”), and has remixed the new Roisin Murphy single, ‘Demon Lover’.

When quizzed on his success and that of his peers, Wiley is as cagey and erratic as ever, and generous in his praise of old mucker and sometime enemy Dizzee Rascal.

“I know it’s a compliment [to be called 'The Godfather of Grime'], but why ain’t Dizzee the Godfather? He was doing this before me…”

He’s a little more dismissive of the achievements of Kano, Lethal B and Tinchy Stryder:

“Lethal ain’t got a Number Two, neither has Kano. And I weren’t doing press when I got a Number Two. So f*** them – not in a bad way – but f*** them.

“People keep ringing me: ‘Wiley, you’re nothing, Tinchy is ahead of you. You’re reh reh.’ [...] The world’s just mad. Like, ‘Tinchy Stryder is Number One, so  you’re no one.’ What do you mean I am Tinchy Stryder. I literally am him. I picked him up at 12 and took him around the world until now he’s 20-something. People ringing me and saying, ‘Dizzee is ahead of you.’ He always been ahead of me. He’s Number One, he’s a millionaire: good boy.

“It’s competition time. It’s not about friends any more. Dizzee showed us all that.”

“I’m 30 now,” he concludes. “So you’re not going to see me rapping with Calvin Harris, because that’s not really what I’m about. I actually want my own respect. I don’t just do this, I love this. More than they do. And I will accomplish all I want to do by 35. After that I’ll sit down.

You can read the full issue in the current (September 3-9) issue of Time Out London. Wiley performs at Deloitte Ignite at London’s Royal Opera House on Saturday 5 September.

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Why did you choose Perlon to put the album out? Was this always the plan before the record was written?

I like Zip and trust him. I like Perlon’s approach generally. There’s no hype and the emphasis is on the music. I had a lot of tracks and asked Zip if he liked any of them. He said that he liked quite a few. I was pleased about that as I wasn’t too confident. He chose the ones he liked best and then I had a listen and then tweaked them a bit.

Your recent live sets have seen you play a little slower than before. Is that the same case with the material on Three EPs?

Well, some of the tracks are slower, some aren’t. I suppose that the major difference is not speed but style. They aren’t so dance floor orientated.

Are there any artists in particular that have been influencing your work of late?

My finger is hardly on the pulse of modern music as you know! I have been buying a lot of stuff that Honest Jon’s is putting out these days.

Do you ever think you’ll run your own label again, or is Skull Disco the final nail in the coffin in that respect?

I don’t honestly know. If so, it would have to be something worthwhile with fresh ideas.

You’ve been getting to grips with playing live over the past couple of years. Are the performances something that has fed back into the tracks on the record?

Yes, actually it has.

There’s currently a rich sea of artists residing in Berlin. Are any future collaborations on the cards?

I have already worked together with Jürgen Böttcher (Strawalde).

Is there any reason why the record is called Three EPs? Was the original plan to release each vinyl separately?

This is because I don’t see it as an album. Album seems a bit over the top and would do well to have a concept behind it. With this I just like the tunes and hope that others will too.

interview taken from RA

Tracklist
A1 (No More) Negative Thoughts
B1 Let Go
B2 It’s Time For Love
C1 Mountains Of Ashes
C2 There’s A Slow Train Coming
D1 Moon Over Joseph’s Burial
E1 Asha In The Tabernacle
F1 Trembling Leaf
F2 Something Has Got To Give

Perlon will release Shackleton’s Three EPs on October 12th, 2009.

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f*cking AMEN………XLR8R mag cathes up with Sir Kode 9 on where he is at, Hyperdub turning 5, his book and beaurocracy. Amongst other things…

A true OG.

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There is also quite an in-depth feature with Kode 9 in May’s issue of Wire with Derek Walmsley

if you missed kode 9′s hyperdub showcase on bbc 1xtra a couple nights back you’ll be pleased to know that the playback will be available for 7 days here

new tracks from burial, darkstar, ikonika, and kode himself plus info on a forthcoming 5x 12″ box set, double compilation CD, multiple hyperdub albums and a vague clarification on when to expect his long awaited book on sonic warfare – this is essential listening.

** Kode9 Live In The Studio – Hyperdub Label Showcase **

Samiyam – Return (Hyperdub)
Kode9 – Black Sun (Hyperdub)
Cooly G – Love Dub (Refix) (Hyperdub)
Ikonika – Sahara Micheal (Hyperdub)
2000F & JKamata – You Don’t Know What Love Is (Hyperdub)
Dark Star – Digital (Hyperdub)
Burial – Untitled (Hyperdub)
LV – Take Away (Hyperdub)
Burial – Untitled (Hyperdub)
Kode9 – Too Far Gone (Hyperdub)
Terror Danjah – Sonar (Aftershock)
Lemon D – Manhattan Melody

download link: 7 days and counting… CLICK HERE