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paul white - paul white and the purple brain - now again - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Hip Hop - Instrumentals

1 Crazy Science Intro

2 Gentle Freak

3 Pride

4 Fire Soul

5 Ancient Treasure

6 Marshen Signals

7 Bom Bom

10 Music Trip Interlude

11 Fly With Me

12 Body Spirals Pt II

13 Alone Again

14 Promises

15 Mushroom Forest

16 My Guitar Whales

17 Organ Therapy

18 Comedy Hour

19 Mind The World

20 Purple Brain Interlude

21 Let It Out

22 Bingo

23 Ride With Me

24 Every Breath

25 Professional Criminals

An inventive showcase of what’s possible when armed with just a sampler, a few studio toys and a fertile imagination, Paul White & The Purple Brain is the intriguing sophomore album from South London producer Paul White – his first for Now-Again. Well recommended!

A collaboration of sorts, the entire record is based around and inspired by the work of little-known Swedish psych-rock guru S.T. Mikael. Heavy on Eastern influences and otherworldly concerns, Mikael’s music ranges from searing electric guitar-led dirges to dreamlike ballads to ghostly atmospheric experiments and has been issued in tiny quantities since the 1990s on the Subliminal Sounds label.

Paul White & The Purple Brain is a remarkably diverse album that defies easy categorization. Which suits him and his “home” label One-Handed Music (in collaboration with whom Now-Again releases this album) just fine. Praised as someone who “embodies all that is good about a new generation of producers” (Dazed & Confused), Paul White has won over fans of left-leaning sounds and interesting hip-hop, including Diplo, Mary Anne Hobbs, Benji B and Gilles Peterson.