City Pages
September 15, 2009
PAPER TIGER @sgld Cross Colors
Paper Tiger
Biography
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
The Word
If I could play records in my sleep…
September 09, 2009
Diesel just did a line of bed sheets with some crazy gear on it. Kinda nerdy yes, but I’m not too mad at it.
New Skateboard Graphics
September 09, 2009
My friend Namdev Hardisty recently put out a new book about the current state of skateboard graphics,
I like this…
September 09, 2009
This is a series of icons made using the same Cap height and baseline restrictions based off Helvetica Neue Bold 75.
MPLS
September 04, 2009
After 14 slices of Pizza, 96 train rides, and many many good times later, I have returned back to beautiful South Minneapolis.
Feels great to be home.
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