Paul Ruxton, Creative Director and Producer
Talking
House Creative Director and Producer Paul Ruxton began
his career as keyboardist for the seminal Fresno punk/new-wave band The
Directions, which later morphed into Procession,
one of the most popular central California bands of all time. After years
of reigning in the Central Valley, Procession moved to the Bay Area,
changed its name to Monky House, and quickly became
a club favorite in San Francisco. When Monky House disbanded in the early
90s, Paul retreated to the studio alone, and emerged with the underground
release Relaxin' with Picklehead, a DIY, sample-heavy affair
which pre-dated the work of sonic-collage artists such as DJ
Shadow by almost half a decade.
Equally talented in the visual realm, Ruxton spent the 90s and early 00s dividing his time between music and design work: leading and producing a soul-jazz ensemble, playing and touring in rock and funk bands, composing and producing for multiple TV and film projects, designing dozens of entertainment-related websites, and devising CD/multimedia packages and concert merchandise for various musical artists.
As a producer, arranger, session player and designer for Talking House, Ruxton has worked with many of the top artists in the SF Bay Area, including Mud, The Matches, Austin Willacy, The Trophy Fire, Panda, Scissors For Lefty, Kerry Gulbranson, Push To Talk, Cold Hot Crash, Poor Bailey, Bray, Built For The Sea, Joan Jeanrenaud, Donald Bailey, elephone, and The Hundred Days.
Currently in charge of creatively guiding Talking House through the 21st century entertainment/multimedia galaxy, Ruxton's visual and sonic expertise can be experienced in virtually all of our projects.
Paul's Commercially Released Album Credits
2008
- A Lifetime in the Middle of the Ocean - The Trophy
Fire
Package design, art direction
Talking House Records - Canister - elephone
Package design, Hammond B3 track 4
Talking House Records - Strange Toys - Joan Jeanrenaud
Package design, art direction
Talking House Records - Yearbook - Mud
Producer, orchestra arrangement tracks 2 and 10, horn arrangement track 8, package design
Talking House Records - A Band In Hope - The Matches
Producer, performer track 9
Epitaph Records
2007
- A Foggy Holiday: Carols From The SF Scene, Vol.1 -
Various (compilation)
Executive producer, producer tracks 4, 6 - 14, keyboards tracks 7 - 14 and string arrangement track 11, package design and illustration
Talking House Records - Here's To Love (B-Side to "Salty Eyes",
Europe only) - The Matches
Co-producer, piano
Epitaph Records - Dracula - Bray
Package design and illustration
Talking House Records - SF x SXSW - San Francisco Comes To Austin Live 2007 -
Various (compilation)
Package design
Talking House Records - Should've Known (Advance Single) - Mud
Producer on tracks 1 and 2, package design
Talking House Records - Eucalyptus Fields of Sugar Cane - Jason DEBO
Hammond B3 on track 8, package design
Talking House Records - SF x SXSW - San Francisco Comes To Austin 2007 -
Various (compilation)
Producer on track 3, package design
Talking House Records
2006
- Road Of Bones - TS Leach
Keyboards on tracks 1 and 5, package design
Talking House Records - About The Soul - Ed Wiley, Jr.
Package design
Talking House Records / Swing Records - Witness - Derek Lassiter
Songwriter on track 5
Beevine Records
2005
- twenty haiku - pc muñoz
Hammond B3 on track 1, package design
Beevine Records / Talking House Records - High School Reunion - Various (compilation)
Keyboards on track 19 (pc muñoz)
American Laundromat Records
2004
- california - pc muñoz and the amen corner
Keyboards on tracks 1 - 10, package design
Beevine Records
2003
- Nothing But Good - Mercy
Keyboards on tracks 1 - 8 and 10, bagpipe arrangement on track 9, package design
2002
- a good deed in a weary world - pc muñoz and
the amen corner
Keyboards on tracks 1 - 8 and 10, package design
Beevine Records
2001
- two - pc muñoz and the amen corner
Keyboards on tracks 1, 2 and 3, package design
Beevine Records
1998
- the trouble i'd bring you - pc muñoz
Keyboards on tracks 4, 6 and 14
Beevine Records
1993
- Relaxin' With Picklehead - Picklehead
Producer, songwriter, arranger, programmer, keyboards, package design
Self Released
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