Raf Riley

Raf Riley
Birth name Rafael Greifer[1]
Also known as The Grand Spectacular
Sabotage Party
Origin North London[2]
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboard
  • drums
  • bass guitar
  • synthesizer

[3]

Years active 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
Emergency Room (with Etta Bond) Odd Child
2013 Now That's What I Call Gangster Beats!! Odd Child
Meds (with Etta Bond) Odd Child

Singles

As lead artist

Year Song
2013 "Goblinz (The Wake)"
"Buckshot"
2014 "The Funeral" (with Etta Bond)
"Ammunition"
"King Richard's Revenge"
"COP KILLA 2k15"

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)
Non-album single Warner
2012 "Love Cards"
(Devlin featuring Etta Bond)
A Moving Picture Island
"Under the Knife"
(Labrinth featuring Etta Bond)
Atomic Odd Child
2013 "Free Weed for Single Mothers"
(Lunar C)
Good Times & Dead Brain Cells Insanity
"Yippy Yay Yippy Yo"
(Lady Leshurr)[13]
Mona Leshurr N/A
2014 "Wetter Than Tsunami"
(RiFF RAFF)
NEON iCON Mad Decent
"Everything 4 U"
(Elliphant)
Look Like You Love It
"Mark Your Territory"
(Etta Bond)
#CoolUrbanNewTalent Odd Child
"In the Morning"
(Etta Bond)
"King to Be"
(Etta Bond)
"Bubble"
(Etta Bond featuring Delilah)
2015 "The Fame"
(Avelino) (co-produced by AceKeyz)
#NextGen10 GRM Daily
"BodyRock"
(Bluey Robinson)
The Cool EP N/A

Remixes

Year Song Artist
2012 "Last Time" Labrinth
"Climax" Usher
"Treatment" (with Etta Bond) Labrinth
2013 "Playing with Fire" (with Etta Bond)[14] Plan B featuring Labrinth
"Overload" Random Impulse
"Are You Getting Enough?" Professor Green featuring Miles Kane
"Lifted" Naughty Boy featuring Emeli Sandé
"Year Round Summer" Lolo
"R U Crazy" Conor Maynard
"You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" (featuring Lunar C) James Arthur
2014 "Let It Be" (featuring Avelino) Labrinth
2015 "Higher" Sigma featuring Labrinth

Unreleased tracks

Year Song
2011 "Come Over" (with Etta Bond)
"Every Dream" (with Etta Bond)
2012 "Fight Til the Death" (with Etta Bond)
2013 "Raid on Heathrow" (with Jason Julian)
"Vomit" (with Etta Bond)
"Mr. Manly" (with Etta Bond)
2014 "Chronic 2014"
"Ghost on Toast"
2015 "Hiding Place"

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. 9 September 2010.
  7. "Sabotage Party: Silly Drake Noise". This Kid Is A Problem. 6 January 2013.
  8. "Twitter / professorgreen: i'm ahead of you on that :) ...". Twitter. 12 August 2013.
  9. "Twitter / professorgreen: Raf Riley needs to be listened ...". Twitter. 12 August 2013.
  10. "Twitter / TheDoctorLuke: so much great music out now... ...". Twitter. 12 August 2013.
  11. "Mike Skinner DJ Set @ Nest London 04.01.13 by Mike Skinner". SoundCloud. 6 January 2013.
  12. "iTunes – Music – Being A D******d's Cool by The Grand Spectacular". iTunes. 11 September 2010.
  13. "iTunes – Music – Mona Leshurr by Lady Leshurr". iTunes. 3 September 2013.
  14. "Emergency Room – Playing with Fire, Plan B Remix". YouTube. 3 January 2013.