PAPER TIGER @sgld Cross Colors
Paper Tiger
Producer | DJ
It is 1996. You are in a rusted-out Corolla with a crossfader apoxied to the dashboard. Killsadie, De La Soul, and Lifter Puller are maxing out the speakers. The window does not go down, no AC. He is singing, and smiling like a motherfucker. Welcome to Paper Tiger’s car.
Paper Tiger is Doomtree’s live DJ, our resident graphic designer, and one of our esteemed producers. Paper grew up with music at home, as the son of Minneapolis rocker Johnny Rey. As a teenager, Paper was friend to P.O.S, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan and MK Larada. After high school, the four lived in the now [in]famous Doomtree House—a den of creativity, beer cans, stencils, trash, and neighborhood concern.
As a producer, Paper Tiger’s style reveals his varied tastes. Listen for the influences of mid-school rap, electronic music, his friends. His snares snap, and his samples are distinguished by unusual textures and treatments. The music he makes ranges from the beautiful lamentations like Canonade (from his False Hopes release) to club-fire bangers like Game Over with Mike Mictlan, or Low light / Low Life off "Never Better" by P.O.S.
As a graphic artist, Paper keeps the Doomtree website, posters, and flyers on point. Sunglasses, skateboards, sneakers, NYC, Helvetica—all true of Mr. Tiger.
His 7-inch, Cloquet, was released at Blowout 5.
His first full length album "Made Like Us" is slotted for a 2010 release.
Solo Projects
False Hopes 11: Paper Tiger
Made Like Us
Ok, So i am starting a new tradition here at doomtree.net.
Its called the 20 MIN MIX, It is going to be a series of quick mixtapes that
i will be posting whenever I get a chance to make a new one.
20 Minutes, nothing fancy, its just whatever I am in the mood for at a given time, sort of thing
The first installment is 80’s Electro. Back in the day breakdancin’ stuff, with a few notable jams,
and …
The homie Abjekt did a nice little write on one of his favorite albums.
Thanks buddy we all appreciate it.
I am really confused as to what time it is right now, but it feels great to be home.
I really wasn’t expecting it to like like the middle of January when I got here though… Minnesota.
Things are going great here in the UK. The bands we are touring with; King Blues, and Imperial Leisure, are awesome dudes, and the shows have been great.
A few things I have picked up in Europe so far.
1. Water.
In Germany, everyone drinks sparkling water, (Note: they do not know what club soda means). If you ask for still water, they will get very confused and ask something like, “You mean from the sink?” They don’t get it….
So, after about 19 hours of travel, I am in Germany. Sinzig Germany to be exact.
European Tour beigins tomorrow. For now, I just have no clue as to what time it is.
Not really, but check these commercials from 1993.
We ARE living in the future. Well that’s all great, meanwhile ATT can seem to fix the problem of my phone dropping the call every time I use my phone in my apartment. Great.
Thanks a ton, why don’t I give you a hundred dollars a month? Sounds fair.
Visit the Prizefight Website and watch the music video set to new remixes by Paper Tiger, Digitata, Medium Zach + Mux Mool and Julian Fairbanks. Switch seamlessly between each version of the song and share the video with the friend.
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