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Background

Paper Dragon are a band from Bristol, UK, specialising in electronic dance music, and a hybrid of sub-genres (i.e. house, techno, jungle, dnb). The founding members are Kris Burton, Bruce Turner, Jonathan Savage, and Ruth Royall (who departed in 2022). There is a range of musicians that have worked and performed with the band expanding their sound and repertoire. They are self-managed with their own label: Our Space, and publish with Sentric and SATV.

Paper Dragon have had streaming success with tracks - Forget the Rain, Be Free, Loving You, Cut the pressure, Chimera, Strawberries, and worked with a range of artists and collaborations including Fred V and Grafix, Emba, The Vanguard Project, Coastal, Sakura, Euphonic and Dazee, Kravitz.

Paper Dragon’s music has been used on TV, such as Chimera which features on Sherwood and Closer. Other credits have been on BBC Natural History and Discovery Channel: Wild Alaska. Alaska, Earth's Frozen Kingdom. The Wonder Of Animals. Backshall's Deadly Adventures; Natural World: Florida: America's Animal Paradise; Gangs Of Lemur Island; Earth's Great Rivers; The Sonoran Desert Arizona. The Home Game. Hairy Bikers Mediterranean Adventure; Morning Live; Country file; Saturday Kitchen Best Bites; The Instant Gardener; Flat Pack Mansions; World's Weirdest Events; Naked And Marooned With Ed Stafford; Naomi's Nightmares Of Nature; BBC Wales Investigates; Crimewatch Live; Beginning And End Of The Universe; Monty's Hageverden.

History. The three founding members have a history in music production and performance. Kris Burton joined [|Abbey Road] in 2004 as an engineer, producing with an extensive range of artists (working with [|U2], [|Kate Bush], [|Massive Attack], [|Rick Rubin], [|Brian Eno], [|Oasis], [|Pink Floyd], Paul McCartney, [|Florence and the Machine] and others). After 7 years [|Underworld] asked Burton to work for them full-time, working on scores with [|Danny Boyle], facilitating the music for the [|2012 Olympics], and various studio and live productions.

Bruce Turner was taught guitar at a young age by [|John Parish] which inspired him to work in music, and a long performance career. Working as a session player in Bristol, Turner worked with drum and bass veterans [|D* Minds], [|TC] and MC Jakes. This included headlining major festivals and venues around the UK and Europe, performing Live on [|BBC Radio 1]’s 1 In The Jungle. Turner has worked with Andy Vowelles of [|Massive Attack] as a sound designer. Turner has worked as course leader of Masters degree in ‘Innovation in Sound’ at dBs Institute, Bristol. Academically Turner has a PhD in Sound and Biomechanics.

Jonathan Savage began working at Real World studios, after this as Music Technical Demonstrator at Bath Spa University. From here Savage migrated to management, and worked as Tour manager for a range of artists, such as [|Mount Kimbie], [|Koan Sound], |Fred V and Grafix, [|Cinematic Orchestra], [|Jadu Heart], [|and The Brand New Heavies]. He also worked as artist manager for Ruth Royall, and continues to work with Toronto is Broken, Axel Boy. In this time Savage has been closely affiliated with [|Hospital Records], [|Warp Records], [|Shogun Audio], Viper Recordings. He runs live events, managing The Central Warehouse in Bristol, and Stages at [|Boomtown] and [|Glastonbury Festival].

Discography Singles New Religion Paralysed Closer Forget The Rain As I am

EPs Birds of Paradise Be Free Self Control Loving You New Religion Send Your Love Circuits Chimera Collateral Reach Pin Drop Landslide

Albums Amplified Nostalgia Strawberries Holding On Say My Name Sound of Rhythm Cut The Pressure Lost In The Moment Remixes

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