Raf Riley

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Raf Riley
Birth name Rafael Greifer[1]
Also known as The Grand Spectacular
Sabotage Party
Origin North London[2]
Genres
Instruments
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Years active 2011 (2011)–present
Labels
Associated acts

Rafael Greifer,[1] better known by his stage name Raf Riley is a record producer and rapper from North London.[2] He is a member of ExR alongside Etta Bond,[4] and is signed to Odd Child Recordings[3] and has released on Diplo's Mad Decent label.[5] Riley is also known for his comedy production; alongside Reuben "Dangerman" Dangoor, Riley is one half of The Grand Spectacular. Their 2010 single "Being A Dickhead's Cool" became a viral video, receiving over nine million YouTube views.[6] Riley and Dangerman are also part of the comedy rap trio Sabotage Party alongside Ray Knotts, in which he raps as well as produces.[7] Dangerman also designs and directs all Odd Child Recordings artwork and ExR videos.

Professor Green has confirmed that he's been working on new material with Riley.[8][9] Raf's also had support from Labrinth, Diplo, Naughty Boy, Dr. Luke[10] and Mike Skinner[11] among others.

Discography

EPs

Year Album Label
2012 Dog Unit Mad Decent
2012 Emergency Room (with Etta Bond) Odd Child
2013 Now That's What I Call Gangster Beats!! || Odd Child
2013 Meds (with Etta Bond) Odd Child

Singles

As lead artist

Year Song
2013 "Goblinz (The Wake)"
2013 "Buckshot"
2014 "The Funeral" (with Etta Bond)
2014 "Ammunition"

As The Grand Spectacular

Year Song
2010 "Being A Dickhead's Cool"[12]

As Sabotage Party

Year Song
2013 "Silly Drake Noise"

Production credits

Year Song Release Label
2011 "Tear it All Down"
(Mz. Bratt) 		TBA Warner
2012 "Love Cards"
(Devlin featuring Etta Bond) 		A Moving Picture Island
2012 "Under the Knife"
(Labrinth featuring Etta Bond) 		Atomic Odd Child
2013 "Free Weed for Single Mothers"
(Lunar C) 		Good Times & Dead Brain Cells Insanity
2013 "Yippy Yay Yippy Yo"
(Lady Leshurr)[13] 		Mona Leshurr N/A

Remixes

Year Song Artist
2012 "Last Time" Labrinth
2012 "Climax" Usher
2012 "Treatment" (with Etta Bond) Labrinth
2013 "Playing with Fire" (with Etta Bond)[14] Plan B featuring Labrinth
2013 "Overload" Random Impulse
2013 "Are You Getting Enough?" Professor Green featuring Miles Kane
2013 "Lifted" Naughty Boy featuring Emeli Sandé
2013 "Year Round Summer" Lolo
2013 "R U Crazy" Conor Maynard
2013 "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" (featuring Lunar C) James Arthur

Unreleased tracks

Year Song
2011 "Come Over" (with Etta Bond)
2011 "Every Dream" (with Etta Bond)
2012 "Fight Til the Death" (with Etta Bond)
2013 "Raid on Heathrow" (with Jason Julian)
2013 "Vomit" (with Etta Bond)
2013 "Mr. Manly" (with Etta Bond)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Raf Riley - Dog Unit preview and artist intro". Inyourspeakers Media. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Raf Riley: Get Familiar". SoulCulture. Retrieved 14 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Raf Riley". Red Bull GmbH. Retrieved 14 August 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Raf Riley". This Kid Is A Problem. Retrieved 14 August 2013. 
  5. ↑ "HI! Magazine >> Supafly duo return with new single Happiness". Hi! Magazine. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Being a D**khead's Cool - YouTube". YouTube. 2010-09-09. 
  7. ↑ "Sabotage Party: Silly Drake Noise". This Kid Is A Problem. 2013-01-06. 
  8. ↑ "Twitter / professorgreen: i'm ahead of you on that :) ...". Twitter. 2013-08-12. 
  9. ↑ "Twitter / professorgreen: Raf Riley needs to be listened ...". Twitter. 2013-08-12. 
  10. ↑ "Twitter / TheDoctorLuke: so much great music out now... ...". Twitter. 2013-08-12. 
  11. ↑ "Mike Skinner DJ Set @ Nest London 04.01.13 by Mike Skinner". SoundCloud. 2013-01-06. 
  12. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Being A D******d's Cool by The Grand Spectacular". iTunes. 2010-09-11. 
  13. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Mona Leshurr by Lady Leshurr". iTunes. 2013-09-03. 
  14. ↑ "Emergency Room - Playing with Fire, Plan B Remix". YouTube. 2013-01-03. 
Etta Bond
Discography
Extended plays
  • "Emergency Room"
  • "Meds"
Promotional singles
  • "Boring Bitches"
  • "Resolve"
  • "Big Girl's Vogue"
Featured singles
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