Hip-hop heads might know him best from his beats for MCs like Danny Brown, Homeboy Sandman, and Open Mike Eagle, but he’s maintained that profile in parallel with his own top-billed work — stuff that takes the already outre psych / prog / post-punk source material he favors and brings it into the forefront. Paul White & the Purple Brain is one of those who else would think of this? concepts, the producer building off the obscure but expansive ’90s discography of psychedelic Swede S.T. Mikael for a beat record dripping with lysergic intrigue.

– Nate Patrin