White Williams

White Williams

Infobox musical artist |
Name = White Williams


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Birth_name = Joseph Williams
Alias = White Williams
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Instrument = Vocals
Synthesizer
Laptop
drums
Genre = Indie electronic
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 2006 - Present
Label = Tigerbeat6
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White Williams is the music project of Cleveland-based musician Joe Williams.

Background

Williams's music career began in 1999 as a fifteen-year-old drummer for Ohio area bands Oblongata (Cleveland), Machete (Cincinnati), Mr Mad Man (Cincinnati) and USA Crypt Cincinnati). During this time in Cleveland, his band opened for the likes of Melt Banana, Sightings, Pink and Brown, Lighting Bolt, Black Dice and The Rapture. William's later gravitated towards an electronic and pop sound after touring in 2002 and 2003 under the name So Red with Greg Gillis's Mashup project Girl Talk.

Williams spent the next two years recording "Smoke" while traveling between Cincinnati, New York, Cleveland, and San Francisco. During this time he also earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Digital Design from the prestigious University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. [cite web|url= http://wm05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=WHITE|WILLIAMS&sql=11:anfuxq8dld6e~T1/=November 20, 2007|title= AMG Allmusic, White Williams - Overview]

Utilizing guitars and synthesizers, "Smoke" was primarily recorded on William's laptop in various sublet apartments. Williams's record label describes the album's sound as "unapologetic pop that flirts with the vacuous nostalgia of the American dream; engaging ambiguous and schizophrenic instruments with impressionistic lyrics, driven by a casually heterosexual backbeat." [cite web|url= http://www.tigerbeat6.com/index.php?id=2_1/=November 20, 2007|title= Tigerbeat6 Artist Biography – White20Williams]

"Smoke"'s cover art, featuring transsexual night life celebrity Sophia Lamar, was inspired by a story Williams heard about a girl from Cincinnati. The girl was upset and bawling over her relationship with her boyfriend. As she described in agonizing detail her predicament, she smoked a marijuana water pipe.

Members

*Joseph Williams - vocals, melodica, synth, laptop
*Hayes Shanesy - guitar, vocals
*Tyler - bass guitar
*Cale Parks - drums
*Andriu Strasser - art

Discography

* "New Violence EP" (September 25, 2007)
* "Smoke" (November 6, 2007)

External links

*
* [http://www.tigerbeat6.com Tigerbeat6] Official website.

References


* [http://wm05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll/ AMG Allmusic, White Williams - Overview]
* [http://www.tigerbeat6.com/index.php?id=2_1/ Tigerbeat6, Artist Biography – White20Williams]
* [http://www.dazeddigital.com/incoming/white-williams/ Dazed Digital – Interview With White Williams]
* [http://larecord.com/interviews/2008/01/25/white-williams-drew-carey-raps-for-cleveland/ January 2008 Interview] with L.A. Record


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