Hi,

I’m Lucky Paul aka Paul Taylor. I’m from New Zealand originally, I have lived in many places, I now am living in Los Angeles.

 

I do lots of things with sound and the way in which it is made but I’m a percussionist at heart. I have studied traditional music in cultures around the world for over a decade, including Brazil, India, and Korea.

 

I’ve also worked with many artists as a touring and recording drummer/percussionist including Feist, Crowded House, Jamie Lidell, Moses Sumney, Lianne La Havas, Marlon Williams, Aqualung, Beth Orton, Rodrigo Amarante, Mocky and Chilly Gonzales. And I have released my own music too.

 

I've spent a lot of time over the years utilizing technology to customize an approach to music making.  This has allowed me to make music with a very open and spontaneous approach.

 

I have developed an instrument which allows me to sample and loop sounds from whatever moment I find myself in. Whether that's from my surroundings, people I am playing music with, objects I come across, or just happenstance occurrences which interest me in a musical way.  I then add samples and synths as I go to make live electronic music created purely on the spot. 

 

Here is where I will start to release my creations. Not only the music I make, but also the sounds I create so you can take them and put them into your own music. I also develop devices with Max4Live and will be releasing ways in which you can play with the sounds I make.  If there is interest, I'll also make tutorials on how you can do this yourself.

 

Eventually, I hope to create an instrument much like the one I use myself for others to create their own sounds with.

 

Please follow along here, or any of my channels to stay up to date. Get in touch about anything you’d like to enquire about. 

 

 

Albums I've recorded on include --

Pleasure • Feist

Kidsticks • Beth Orton

Blood • Lianne La Havas

Jamie Lidell • Jamie Lidell

Matt Corby • Resolution EP

Live in Vienna • Chilly Gonzales 

Buen Soldado • Francisca Valenzuela

Marlon Williams • My Boy

Slow Ground EP • Lucky Paul

Elephant Island EP - Lucky Paul