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Anthony Whiting better known as Ant Whiting is a British songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer signed to
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. He has worked as a producer and songwriter with artists such as John Newman and
Rizzle Kicks Rizzle Kicks are a British hip hop duo from Brighton, England, consisting of Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens (born 25 January 1992) and Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule (born 1991). Their debut album, '' Stereo Typical'', was released in 2011. As o ...
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Biography

Whiting began his production and writing career with two tracks on
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's debut album ''
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'', including the singles "
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" & "
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." Since then Whiting has co-written & produced for a number of established artists, his biggest success to date has been with
Rizzle Kicks Rizzle Kicks are a British hip hop duo from Brighton, England, consisting of Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens (born 25 January 1992) and Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule (born 1991). Their debut album, '' Stereo Typical'', was released in 2011. As o ...
as the main co-writer and producer on the platinum selling UK No. 5 album ''
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'', where he delivered six tracks including two singles "
Traveller's Chant "Traveller's Chant" is the fourth official single taken from British hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks' debut studio album, '' Stereo Typical''. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2012. The track was produced by Ant Whiting. A music v ...
" and "Dreamer's." Whiting worked with
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writing for their follow up album (''
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'') out September 2013, where he wrote & produced the majority of their album alongside producer
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. Further releases in 2013 included cuts with
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(Island) and
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(Columbia), tracks for
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(Virgin), and co-writing with
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(Island). He also produced the John Newman debut album ''
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'', which peaked at No. 1 on the UK album charts. He also worked on the debut by
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Discography


Credits


Remixes


See also

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References


External links

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