Will Ashon

Will Ashon (born 1969) is an English writer and novelist, former music journalist and founder of the Big Dada imprint of Ninja Tune records.[1]

Will Ashon
Born1969 (age 51–52)
Leicester, England
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Journalist, record label executive, novelist
LabelsBig Dada
WebsiteBig Dada Recordings

Ashon was educated at Countesthorpe Community College and Balliol College, Oxford.[1] In the mid-1990s he worked as a music journalist specialising in hip hop for publications including Trace, Muzik and Hip Hop Connection.[2] In 1997 he started the record label Big Dada Recordings in conjunction with Ninja Tune, signing and releasing albums by artists including Roots Manuva, Diplo, Speech Debelle and Wiley.[2]

He published two novels with Faber and Faber, Clear Water (2006)[3] and The Heritage (2008)[4] and a work of non-fiction with Granta, Strange Labyrinth, in 2017,[5] "an anarchic hymn to the scruffy edgeland of Epping Forest".[6] He left Big Dada in February 2014.[7] In 2019 he returned to the subject of hip hop and released a "genre defying"[8] book about the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album entitled Chamber Music: Enter the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces).[9]

References
  1. Marianne Brace (15 February 2008). "Will Ashon: a thoroughly modern novelist". The Independent. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  2. "Well Deep release page". Big Dada website.
  3. Hawes, James (22 July 2006). "Review: Clear Water by Will Ashon". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. Ashon, Will (2008). The Heritage. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571231041.
  5. "Strange Labyrinth - Granta Books". Granta Books. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. Day, Jon (23 April 2017). "Strange Labyrinth by Will Ashon review – summoning the spirits of Epping Forest". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  7. "Will Ashon on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. "'Genre-defying' second book from Ashon to Granta | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  9. Ashon, Will (November 2018). Chamber Music: Enter the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces). Granta Books. ISBN 9781783784035.


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