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Paul White’s debut for R&S Record, Shaker Notes, saw him move away from the free-wheeling hip hop he made his name with, and into deeper and more emotionally compelling territory. The psych rock, jazz and soundtrack obsessions he hinted at on that LP are brought into brilliant focus on this new EP. Paul White’s Seagull Mansion is a loose group of South London musicians, including regular foil and 22a label head Tenderlonious, who created this illuminating pair of covers of songs from Shaker Notes in a Lewisham garden. 
‘Running On A Rainy Day’ is the revelation, a heart-breaking balearic pop gem gorgeously rendered, while ‘Honey Cats’ spaghetti western trip drags you further into their world and beyond. The session was beautifully filmed: watch the videos at: http://youtu.be/pfRNuPNdlbs and http://youtu.be/qr21eTsOyrw
New track ‘Walk Talk Feel’ features rising Australian talent Jitwam, whose otherworldly jazz vocal is a perfect match for the rock-solid 7/8 rhythm. Plus there’s a bonus track for the heads: ‘Follow It Through’ shows Paul White experimenting with the cutting edge of hip hop production once again. 
...Visits the Seagull Mansion marks the start of a busy year for Paul White as he readies music with Open Mike Eagle, Danny Brown, Jamie Woon and his new group Golden Rules (with Florida MC/singer Eric Biddines) among much more. For now though, let’s take a stroll through the corridors of the Seagull Mansion...

Walk Talk Feel Ft. Jitwam

from the upcoming album "Hella Personal Film Festival" (3/25)

vocals by Open Mike Eagle
produced by Paul White

About the upcoming album:
Open Mike Eagle might not have all the answers, but few artists in hip-hop, music, or American life are asking smarter questions. In a landscape governed by ceaseless babble, flashing lights, and hollow lies, Eagle harmonizes into the void so we don’t have to. 

On this descent into the digital trenches, Eagle teams up with British producer, Paul White for Hella Personal Film Festival. Released on Mello Music Group, the full collaboration finds White behind the SP-1200s, conjuring a psychedelic strain of soul-funk, booming drums, and 21st century crate-digging in tropical attics of the imagination. On the microphone, the Chicago-bred, LA-based, Eagle artfully breaks down the banalities and perils of the modern condition. 

Recorded in London, Eagle’s new album continues where his 2014 masterpiece, Dark Comedy left off.  It’s anxiety-riddled but whimsical, addicted to and scornful of social media, stuffed with old wrestling in-jokes and film snippets. Self-aware admissions blend into attacks on societal double standards. 

Known for alchemical solo work and collaborations with Danny Brown, Homeboy Sandman, and Mos Def, this is White’s first proper union with Eagle. The two artists bonded over the notion of diversity.  The process started out with rough demos, which White ended up finishing in post-production—playing guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, percussion and pieces of wood found in a forest. Its genius ultimately comes from the pair mining a deep vein of emotional content—a discussion of the things we feel that you don’t say. A movie that hits so accurately it’s almost uncomfortable.  

These are tense anthems for the vulnerable, consecrations to black people with rich internal lives, agnostic prayers for those grappling with pain. They’re emotional landmines leavened by the wry bleakness usually only found in great stand-up comedians. Eagle exists in the lineage of They Might Be Giants and Richard Pryor, Freestyle Fellowship and his longtime friend and collaborator, Hannibal Burress. 

Within the first act, the plot becomes clear. See “Admitting the Endorphin,” where Eagle raps, “I chase my poison tail and get so high that voices fail.”  These are the movies he’d make it he knew how to make movies. Surreal vignettes about waking up with burrito hangovers in hotels you don’t recognize, wondering if you remembered to charge your phone. Aesop Rock and Hemlock Ernst (Sam Herring of Future Islands) pop up as fellow travelers. 

No one is better than Eagle at capturing the nauseous disorientation of day-to-day life. The deluge of sports highlights, unread texts and Twitter notifications. The compulsive need to check your phone at red lights and pauses in conversation. But his incisiveness extends far beyond observational humor. “Smiling (Quirky Race Doc)” examines the slights and casual bigotry of daily interaction. “A Short About a Guy That Dies Every Night” is a morbid rumination on death. 

These are the returns after long dark nights of the soul. When the noises are loud, the lights are off, and the armor is pierced. Short films that loop over and over again, as soon as you close your eyes.  


Open Mike Eagle & Paul White - Check To Check

This Love

from the album "Hella Personal Film Festival"
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/hella-personal-film-festival/id1074380694?app=itunes

produced by Paul White
vocals by Open Mike Eagle
Shawn Lee: Drums, bass, guitars, keys, percussion & additional vocals.

artwork by Brad Beatson
Recorded at Office/Space Studios 
Shawn Lee's parts recorded by Pierre Duplan
Mastered by Daddy Kev @ Cosmic Zoo 

I chase my poison tail 
and get so high that voices fail. 
I heard that when you in a fucked up space no one can hear you signal help 
I tried to set 'em straight 
Tell them I self medicate 
All they saw's a glitchy video but then I never show my cards 
Instead I write for stealth 
blah blah blah I cry for help 
All this belly-aching's just to say my belly's hurtin after all 
It's all endorphins though 
Or maybe every Scorpio is predisposed to never feel as cold as the first time they felt a loss 

My addiction, my obsession, my admission, my rejection, I insisted, I accepted 
My prescription carried us away 
carried us away 

Pretend I didn't know who smoked up all the mistletoe 
you'd really be surprised how innovative I can get when left alone 
And once them cravings strike, 
I knew I should say goodnight 
Want for them endorphins got me saying everything except for that 
White knuckle rodeo and failing fills my holy holes 
Staring at my phone wondering how endorphins travel via screen 
As I feel my withdrawal 
I understand them 90's songs 
Rap music has ruined me, I always want to loop my favorite part 

day to day to day is ground zero I'm 20 years im 20 inches tall 
Today today my sky has fallen, I have no resolve 


My addiction, my obsession, my admission, my rejection, I insisted, I accepted 
My prescription carried me away 
carried me away

Open Mike Eagle & Paul White - Admitting The Endorphin Addiction

Rainmaker is Sarah Williams White's debut album, Of The New World and is a delightful introduction to Sarah’s intricate sound. i-D are pleased to share the remix courtesy of FYI who up the tempo of the track into a steady percussive groover that is as much house tinged as it is underground disco. Due out tomorrow, press play on this i-D premiere. 

http://i-D.co

Premiere: Sarah Williams White - Rainmaker (FYI Chris Remix)

Download: http://blrrm.tv/paulwhite

51mins-worth of spellbinding stuff from Paul White (@paulwhitebeats) — welcome back sir.


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Paul White Boiler Room London DJ Set

South London's Sarah Williams White delivers a soulful mix of subtle beats and layered harmonies, making number 6 in our 2016 Mix series a soothing moment.
@sarah-williams-white @firstwordrecords.

DIM062 - Sarah Williams White

We're playing live in London on Fri 3 June with Flako & more - tickets here: http://bit.ly/GoldenRulesLDN

To celebrate what may be our last show in the UK for a while we're dropping a special remix Paul White put together: 'Talkin' Bout' from our album gets a new beat: the one Paul made for Danny Brown & Freddie Gibbs' 'Return of The G Pt. 2'. Works pretty well, huh?

Talkin' Bout The G Pt.3

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Release date 5th July 2017
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At the end of June 2018, in the midst of world cup fever, I caught the overground south from Dalston Junction to visit Paul White, a producer whose work I’ve been a fan of for nearly a decade. First emerging as a leader of of the British beats scene of the late noughties releasing on One Handed Music alongside artists such as Bullion and Mo Kolours, Paul White’s take on instrumentals often sampled the weirder, dustier corners of his considerable record collection, from 70s Polish jazz fusion through to prog rock. Since those beginning, Paul’s frequently collaborated with MCs, first on his ‘Rapping With Paul White’ project, and later with Detroit’s Danny Brown, LA’s Open Mic Eagle, and as one half of Golden Rules, alongside Florida MC, Eric Biddines.

In recent years, Paul’s sound has moved away from sampling as he’s developed new ways of creating. Through re-learning various instruments including the piano and guitar, Paul’s embraced more traditional songwriting practices, albeit with an equally broad palette of influences, as his sophomore solo album ‘Rejuvenate’ demonstrates.

During Paul’s Sound Motives episode we discuss his journey in music from childhood influences and working with his rap heroes, through to prioritising an honest creative journey, in the face of commercial pressures to continue with the tried and tested techniques of his earlier work.

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