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Paris Zax

American record producer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 13, 2024
Entity authorityQ17142202
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Paris Zax is an American underground hip hop producer based in Los Angeles, California. He has produced tracks for Busdriver, Blackbird and Shape Shifters, among others. He released the solo debut album, Unpath'd Waters, on Alpha Pup Records in 2005.

Discography

Albums

Unpath'd Waters (2005)

Productions

Metfly - Wiggin' Out (2000)

Shape Shifters - "Mos Eisley" from Planet of the Shapes (2000)

2Mex - "Making Money Off God" from B-Boys in Occupied Mexico (2001)

Busdriver - "Imaginary Places", "Along Came a Biter", "Gun Control", "Opposable Thumbs", "Unplanned Parenthood" and "Post Apocalyptic Rap Blues" from Temporary Forever (2002)

Metfly - "Truthfullness" from The Legacy (2003)

Existereo - "Moments of Momentum", "Fire Side Chatz" and "Demigod" from Dirty Deeds & Dead Flowers (2003)

Neila - "Land of Look Behind" from For Whom the Bells Crow (2004)

Blackbird - Bird's Eye View (2005)

Busdriver - "Unemployed Black Astronaut", "Avantcore", "Map Your Psyche", "Note Boom" and "Sphinx's Coonery" from Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)

Subtitle - "Seventies Western Crime Scene Pt. 1" and "Seventies Western Crime Scene Pt.

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