John Samels, better known by his stage name Paper Tiger, is a hip hop producer and DJ from Minneapolis, Minnesota, who is currently based in

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. He is a founding member of the indie hip hop collective

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History

Paper Tiger released the 7-inch vinyl single, ''Cloquet'', in December 2009. His first solo album, ''Made Like Us'', was released in July 2010. It features vocal contributions from

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and Maggie Morrison of Digitata. Chris Riemenschneider of '' Star Tribune'' described the album as "a moody, sometimes dark but also surprisingly elegant and cinematic collection, recalling

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's best stuff." He released ''Summer EP'' in August 2012 and ''Beat Tape'' the next month. ''Prefix'' premiered the track "Gold Pass" and ''

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'' premiered a video for the track "The Fortunate Wayfarer." In 2016, Paper Tiger released ''In Other Words Part One'' in April and ''In Other Words Part Two'' in July, with each containing four songs. It features vocals from Dessa and Aby Wolf. Samels is also a founding member of the Doomtree project SHREDDERS, as well as Cloquet, an indie electronic music project with J.Gundersen. In addition to artistic music output Samels creates the original music score for film and television including the HBO documentary Rock and a Hard Place. Besides producing, Samels also works as a Designer / Art Director in Brooklyn, New York.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Made Like Us'' (2010) * ''In Other Words (Album)'' (2017) * ''Shredders (Dangerous Jumps)'' (2018) * ''Cloquet (Self Titled)'' (2018) * ''Shredders (Great Hits)'' (2019)

EPs

* ''False Hopes 11: Paper Tiger'' (2007) * ''Summer EP'' (2012) * ''Beat Tape'' (2012) * ''In Other Words Part One'' (2016) * ''In Other Words Part Two'' (2016) * ''In Other Words Part Three'' (2017)

Singles

* ''Cloquet'' (2009)

Mixtapes

* ''Doomtree Standards Mixtape'' (2010)

Productions

- "551" from '' False Hopes'' (2005) *

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- "Dreamsleep" and "No Homeowners" from '' Lights Out Paris'' (2005) * P.O.S - "Low Light Low Life" from ''

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'' (2009) * Sims - "Pay No Mind Redo" from ''False Hopes XIV'' (2009) * Dessa - "The Chaconne," "Go Home," "The Bullpen," "Crew," and "Alibi" from ''

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'' (2010) *

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- "Dwnsze" from '' Snaxxx'' (2012) * F.Stokes - ''Fearless Beauty'' (2013) * Dessa - "Warsaw", "Call Off Your Ghost", and "The Lamb" from ''

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'' (2013) * F. Stokes - "Can't Call It" and "Summer Coldest" from ''Liquor Sto' Diaries'' (2014) * Sims - "A Bad Flying Bird", "Icarus", "Flash Paper", and "Gosper Island" from More Than Ever (2016)

Remixes

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- "Chain My Name (Paper Tiger Remix)" (2013) *

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- "Dimitri Mendeleev (Paper Tiger remix)" (2014) * GAYNGS - "COLOGNE & WATER (PAPER TIGER REGRIND)" (2011) *

- "Prizefight (Paper Tiger Remix)" (2009) * Sun Gods to Gamma Rays - "You Thought You Had It All (Paper Tiger Remix)" (2014) * J.Gundersen - "Balcony (Paper Tiger Remix)" (2014)

References

External links

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