John Paul Davis
My name is John Paul Davis. I write poetry, build things on the web with code, make music and visual art. I love making things. This website is mostly about the things I make and do.
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Lyrically exploring coming of age & mortality while musically delighting in the wide feast of their influences, the band defies genre to yield this triumph
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Just A Suggestion -
The band add live drums & acoustic instrumentation to their bewitching cocktail of loops, grooves, noise & harmonies on this songs of love, growth & political anxiety.
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Passageway -
The inventive DJ weaves trippy, crisp, haunted beats, a fitting container for the veteran MC's matchless wordplay, spellbinding storytelling & incisive philosophizing.
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Revisions -
This retrospective captures the essence of the band, the earworm melodies, the delightfully intricate arrangements, the melancholy & melodrama, all of which made them global superstars
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New York Lines -
The duo stretch the limits of what's possible on handpan & hammered dulcimer, displaying both dazzling inventiveness & mature, sensitive interplay on this dynamic, intriguing album.
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Say Summer Without Saying Summer -
Gabriel continues his project of blending electronic beats with a wide palette of instruments & playing styles from all over the world, as he meditates on birth & death.
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No Parking -
The band treat the studio like an instrument, exploring, dissecting & manipulating their sound while leaning into gorgeous, soaring melodies & meditating on love & mortality.
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Time Travel -
The band harness their unique, rowdy, devil-may-care energy, matching it with dynamic production & offbeat, yet insightful lyrics for a jubilant & gorgeous romp
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An Education In Light -
On their debut, the band showcase their penchant for infectious melodies, memorable riffs, & mature songwriting as they don't just channel their influences, but transcend them.
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Momentary Canopy -
The singer-songwriter turns both inward – toward her own strength & weirdness – & outward – to the natural world, on this quiet album that relies mostly on her angelic voice & acoustic guitar.
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Later That Day -
The famed producer invites friends from across his career to contribute to this spiritual, haunting, cinematic album of instrumentals blessed by his evocative pedal steel playing.
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Scattered Coins -
Playing solo piano renditions of songs from across his matchless career along with an Ellington cover, Ibrahim contemplates & celebrates his ancestors, literal & musical.
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Clearly Not Blue -
The pianist delivers a dynamic, sublime, virtuosic performance of the composer's first longform work for piano, paired with 40 speakers playing 1-bit electronics.
