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![]() Archer playing with Nilüfer Yanya in 2024 | |
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Birth name | Will Archer |
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Born | 1991 (age 33–34) [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
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Years active | 2010–present |
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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]
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]
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 Nilüfer 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.