Bullion & Paul White
May 1st, 2009 by sparky
Bullion & Paul White will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
Bullion – Biography
Promo’s of Bullion’s hip hop reworking of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds have been causing quite a stir. The J Dilla-meets-sixties-surf sound is unique and refreshing – we suspect you’ll be hearing a lot more of it and it’s 23 year old producer after this weekend…
Paul White – Biography
A talented library producer with BBC and Channel 4 credits to his name, Paul White crafts his distinctive psychedelic nuggets at his South London rooftop studio, The Skylight. Paul’s earliest transmissions took the form of a series of mesmerizing beat tapes: rapid-fire scrapbooks of rough-edged artifacts passed between small circles of music-lovers.
A couple of sought-after 7”s and a handful of remixes later and Paul’s was the name to drop amongst the cognoscenti, from old-schoolers such as Ashley Beedle and Danny Breaks to new kids on the block like Gaslamp Killer. Amongst his most vocal champions are the BBC’s Mary Anne Hobbs, Benji B and Gilles Peterson – the latter featured Paul in his ‘Beat Generation’ special amongst the pick of the new breed. In print, Dazed & Confused enthused that he “embodies all that is good about a new generation of producers” while FACT magazine have tipped Paul as a key practitioner in the renaissance in instrumental hip-hop.
This last phrase is perhaps a key to distinguishing Paul from much of the pack: while he appeals to lovers of prog rock, of electronica, of a multitude of bass-heavy hybrids, there’s something unmistakeably ‘hip-hop’ in his approach and his sound.
Bullion & Paul White will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
