Will Ashon
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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 in conjunction with Ninja Tune, signing and releasing albums by artists including Roots Manuva, Diplo, Speech Debelle and Wiley.[2]
His works of fiction include three novels titled Clear Water (2006),[3] The Heritage (2008)[4] and The Passengers (2022)[5] (all published by Faber and Faber). Strange Labyrinth, a non-fictional exploration of Epping Forest, was published in 2017,[6] and a collection of dialogues titled Not Far from the Junction, published by London independent publisher Open Pen.[7] He left Big Dada in February 2014.[8] In 2019 he returned to the subject of hip hop and released a "genre defying"[9] book about the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album entitled Chamber Music: Enter the Wu-Tang (in 36 Pieces).[10]
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