Biography
The Wideboys emerged in 1996 as an England-based electronic dance duo rooted in U.K. garage, with Jim Sullivan and Eddie Craig at its core. Operating out of Portsmouth, the pair had already logged separate experience in the scene—Sullivan behind studio consoles and Craig behind record-store counters—before joining forces. Their first joint production, “All I Wanna Do,” appeared on Union Jack Records in 1998; “Stand and Deliver” arrived the following year on Social Circles. From that point they maintained a steady stream of new material, most of it issued as 12-inch singles, though Garage Jams did release two double-LP installments of their Pirate Selectas series in 2005 and 2006.
Recognition arrived chiefly through remixing. An early overhaul of Once Waz Nice’s “What Could I Do” in 1998 served as their remixing debut, yet two Artful Dodger reworkings—“Re-Rewind” and “Woman Trouble,” both featuring Craig David—propelled them forward after the originals reached the U.K. Top Ten in 2000. Major pop assignments for Rihanna, Girls Aloud, and Pussycat Dolls soon followed. Demand intensified in the late 2000s, when the duo routinely handled dozens of pop singles annually. They also maintained a long-running association with Ministry of Sound, delivering numerous DJ-mix collections, the most prominent being the Addicted to Bass series launched in 2009.
Recognition arrived chiefly through remixing. An early overhaul of Once Waz Nice’s “What Could I Do” in 1998 served as their remixing debut, yet two Artful Dodger reworkings—“Re-Rewind” and “Woman Trouble,” both featuring Craig David—propelled them forward after the originals reached the U.K. Top Ten in 2000. Major pop assignments for Rihanna, Girls Aloud, and Pussycat Dolls soon followed. Demand intensified in the late 2000s, when the duo routinely handled dozens of pop singles annually. They also maintained a long-running association with Ministry of Sound, delivering numerous DJ-mix collections, the most prominent being the Addicted to Bass series launched in 2009.
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