Paul White and the Purple Brain

VINYL FORMAT. Packaged in a deluxe "paste-on" jacket. First 1000 sets will include a bonus 12" from Paul White featuring Guilty Simpson! An inventive showcase of what's possible when armed with just a sampler, a few studio toys and a fertile imagination, Paul White and The Purple Brain is the intriguing sophomore album from South London producer Paul White. Twenty-five psychedelic hip hop tracks that will be enjoyed by fans of Broadcast, Madlib, Dungen and Caribou. A collaboration of sorts, the entire record is based around and inspired by the work of little-known Swedish psych-rock guru ST 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 and 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.