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| Ahu Mixes Paul White Compiled by Ahu. |
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| "Super-creative, prolific and just plain dope, Paul White is my favourite new producer. Dark, trippy, mesmerising beats by the dozen, and this is just the start. Watch out world..." Alex Chase, Stones Throw UK, Itch FM They say money talks, and wealth whispers, and in my experience, a similar type of theory applies to beatmakers. Whilst some hustle their game daily on myspace and thrust beat tapes with familiar rhodes passages and All The Breaks drums under your noses, it's often those heads that quietly, humbly and methodically refine their art behind closed doors without sharing it beyond their drinking buddies that tend to really knock your head off with the bedroom bangers. Paul White is the ultimate example of this softly spoken, silently soldiering on breed of b-boy. Upon hearing Beat tape #8, I felt as though I'd been hit in the temple with a slice of lemon wrapped around an asteroid, to pimp Douglas Adams. It felt like uncorking that forbidden bottle of port that your next door neighbours gave your folks three decades ago, on a hazy winter's afternoon after finishing the roast. Forboding, ancient, as strong as the day it was distilled and the kind of thing that knocks you for six for a few hours, and even a few days. Paul's studio is like a shrine to all that is sacred amongst the cognescenti. Obscure library records sit quietly next to the Human League, polish jazz and british psych rock masterpieces, whilst the MPC, SP1200, s950 and other classic drum machines survey the scene. But the magic lies in Paul's ear and ability to pick out the odd, the humourous, the soulful and raw, the retro futuristic moments of the records his crates hold. And his ability to twist them, roughen them and render them totally unfamiliar. Despite the fact that you'll probably find some of them next to the port, behind the gramaphone.. dig? In this featured special, Ahu, istanbul's finest beatmakingsingingdj and one half of "Dolly" (with Flying Lotus), compiles, mixes and cuts together selected highlights from Paul's vast beat catalog. Thanks to Alex Obeah and Charles II for the headsup on Mr White, Ahu for the mix, and Mr White for the music and continuing inspiration. P.E.A.C.E. Beatnick, march 2007 Tracklisting TBA Mix artwork by Mr Benson | MySpace |
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