Wilma Archer

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Wilma Archer
Birth nameWill Archer
Also known as
  • Slime
Born1991 (age 32–33) [1]
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Occupations
  • Multi-instrumentalist
  • record producer
Years active2010–present
Labels
  • Weird World

Will Archer (born 1991), [1] formerly better known by his stage names Slime, [2] and now Wilma Archer, is an English record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Newcastle upon Tyne. [3] He is based in London. [4]

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Early life

Will Archer was born in 1991 in Newcastle upon Tyne. [1] [5] He studied sound art and design at the London College of Communication. [1]

Career

In 2015, Archer released his debut studio album, Company, under the moniker Slime. [6] [7] It includes guest appearances from Selah Sue and Jeremiah Jae. [8]

In 2017, he released a single, "Like a Hunger", under the moniker Wilma Archer. [9]

He is one half of the duo Wilma Vritra along with Pyramid Vritra. [10] The duo's debut studio album, Burd, was released in 2019. [11] A second record, entitled Grotto, followed in 2022.

On 3 April 2020 he released his studio album, A Western Circular, under the moniker Wilma Archer. The album featured MF DOOM, [12] Samuel T. Herring, [13] Sudan Archives, [14] and Laura Groves. [13]

Since 2020, Archer has worked closely with Nilufer Yanya as both co-writer and producer, contributing to her 2019 debut album Miss Universe and the Feeling Lucky? EP that directly followed its release, and has since become much more extensively involved in the subsequent studio albums, 2022's Painless and My Method Actor from 2024.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

EPs

Singles

Productions

Remixes

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References

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  11. ↑ Fulton, Nick (3 April 2019). "Odd Future Member Pyramid Vritra and Producer Wilma Archer Talk Using Music to Vocalize Their Darkest Days". Billboard . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Renshaw, David (20 January 2020). "MF Doom jumps on U.K. artist Wilma Archer's "Last Sniff"". Fader. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  13. 1 2 3 Roberts, Christopher (18 February 2020). "Wilma Archer Shares New Song "Decades" Feat. Laura Groves & Future Islands' Samuel T. Herring". Under the Radar. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "In Conversation: Wilma Archer". Clash. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  15. ↑ "This Alt Pop Tune Has The Heady Rush Of Your First Summer Crush". The FADER. Retrieved 9 April 2020.


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