Lucky Paul

I’m Lucky Paul aka Paul Taylor. I’m from New Zealand originally, I have lived in many places, and now am living between Los Angeles, wherever my mobile studio campervan happens to be living, and whatever tour I am playing on. 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, Jamie Lidell, Moses Sumney, Lianne La Havas, 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. Eventually, I hope to create an instrument much like the one I use myself for others to create their own sounds with.