Whitearmor

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Whitearmor
Birth nameLudwig Tomas Walther Rosenberg
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)Music producer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, songwriter
Instruments
  • DAW
  • synthesizer
  • guitar
  • piano
  • drums
  • keyboard
Years active2010-present
Labels
Member of

Ludwig Rosenberg (born 25 May 1993), professionally known as Whitearmor (often stylized in lowercase or as White Armor), is a Swedish music producer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and songwriter. He is best known for being a member of the Swedish music group and artist collective Drain Gang (along with Bladee, Ecco2K, Thaiboy Digital and Yung Sherman). His musical style has been described as softly textured and fluid. [1] [2]

Contents

Aside from producing a lot of Drain Gang's and adjacent artist Yung Lean's music he has released several solo singles as well as a full-length instrumental album in 2022, In the Abyss: Music for Weddings. He has also collaborated with musicians such as Gud, Mechatok, Xavier Wulf, Uli K, and Working on Dying.

He is also one half of music duo VilloVilduVeta together with Swedish musician Joakim Benon, a member of the Swedish band JJ.

Early life

Ludwig Tomas Walther Rosenberg was born on 17 May 1993 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He grew up listening to a wide range of artists including Bob Marley, Slipknot, and various Atlanta trap artists like Waka Flocka Flame. As a teenager, he began playing drums in an indie-rock band before becoming interested in and producing electronic and hip-hop music. [1]

Music career

Rosenberg began uploading music to the internet in 2010 under the names DJ Creep and DJ Cannabiz [3] before adopting the name Whitearmor in 2012. [4] While most of his music from this time has since been removed from the internet, some tracks have survived, including "Tony Hawk" (with Ken Burns & Malcolm S.), [5] "THC Bliss", [6] "Enya #6", [7] and "Downer". [8] In 2011, he released Rippin Private Bowls, an instrumental hip-hop cassette under Nymph Tapes. [9] Thought to be lost to time, the tape was eventually ripped and uploaded to the internet on 6 May 2021. [10]

In 2013, Whitearmor co-founded the Swedish music collective Drain Gang along with fellow Swedish musicians Bladee, Ecco2K, Thaiboy Digital and Yung Sherman. [1] Whitearmor's earliest publicly available collaboration with a fellow Drain Gang member was the 2012 single Oxygen, which he produced for Bladee. [4] On 12 August 2013, the group released their debut compilation GTBSG Compilation, with Whitearmor working on 10 of the 12 songs featured. [11] In addition to his work with the rest of Drain Gang, Whitearmor is also a close collaborator of the Swedish music collective Sad Boys, who are close collaborators of Drain Gang. Sad Boys is a group that consists of rapper and singer Yung Lean and producers Gud and Drain Gang member Yung Sherman. [1]

In 2019, he formed the music duo VilloVilduVeta with Swedish musician Joakim Benon, with their debut song Nästan being used in the 2019 Sad Boys/Converse "One Wish" campaign. [12] They released their debut album Längtan får vingar on 2 July 2021. Whitearmor co-produced and wrote the entire album with Benon and also served as the project's mixing engineer. [13] Later that year in October, they released the single Nikita. [14]

In 2020, he worked with Yung Lean on Lean's side project Jonatan Leandoer96 (stylized in lowercase), contributing guitar, synthesizer and additional vocals to Leandoer96's single Evil from the album Blodhundar + Lullabies. [15]

In 2022, Whitearmor released his debut studio album In the Abyss: Music for Weddings. The album was composed, produced, performed, and mixed entirely by Rosenberg. Mastering of the album was done by Robin Schmidt, an audio engineer who has been a frequent collaborator of Whitearmor and the rest of Drain Gang as a mastering engineer. [16] It contains elements of ambient and new age, being described as soothing, uplifting and accessible, likening to mid-80s Haruomi Hosono. [17]

He also took part in the 2022 Drain Gang tour that spanned 23 performances in North America and Europe, which included an additional performance at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spain. [18]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Remixes

Production credits

ReleaseYearArtist(s)Production Credits
Unknown Death 2002 2013 Yung Lean
  • 09. "Emails"
  • 10. "Deathstar // Getting Benjamins"
  • 11. "Heal You // Bladerunner"
GTBSG Compilation Drain Gang Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 02. "Bladeecity" (produced by Josh Diamond)
  • 06. "Hold Me Down Like Gravity" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
  • 08. "Diamondz" (produced by Curtis Heron & DJ Smokey)
Gluee2014 Bladee
  • 02. "Safehouse" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
  • 03. "Ebay"
  • 04. "Shadowface"
  • 05. "Spellbound"
  • 09. "Unreal"
Unknown Memory Yung Lean
  • 03. "Sunrise Angel"
  • 10. "Volt" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 11. "Leanworld"
Into DustBladeeSingle produced by Rosenberg.
Tiger(also known as ส) Thaiboy Digital Single produced by Rosenberg.
Tiger(also known as ส) Thaiboy Digital Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 01. "Haters Broke" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 08. "Yr So Beautiful" (produced by Yung Sherman)
  • 09. "Vän" (co-produced with Gud)
Warlord 2016Yung Lean
  • 04. "Afghanistan" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 06. "Fire"
  • 08. "Eye Contact"
  • 12. "Shawty U Know What It Do" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
Eversince Bladee Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 09. "Sugar" (co-produced with Rip)
  • 10. "Wrist Cry" (co-produced with Hitkidd)
AvPBladee & Thaiboy DigitalEntirely produced by Rosenberg.
Frost God Yung Lean
  • 04. "Cashin"
  • 06. "Kirby" (co-produced with Acea)
  • 07. "Head 2 Toe" (co-produced with Acea)
  • 08. "Get It Back"
D&G2017Drain GangEntirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 02. "Black Boy" (co-produced with Rip)
  • 07. "Can't Trust" (co-produced with Woesum)
  • 13. "Scarecrows" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
  • 17. "Climbing" (co-produced with Gud)
Stranger Yung Lean
  • 04. "Silver Arrows" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 07. "Salute/Pacman"
  • 08. "Drop It/Scooter" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 09. "Hunting My Own Skin" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 10. "Iceman"
Working on DyingBladee
  • 07. "Gatekeeper" (co-produced with F1lthy)
Red Light 2018BladeeEntirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 02. "Golden Boy" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
  • 03. "Westfield" (co-produced with Rip)
  • 04. "Fake News" (co-produced with Rip)
  • 12. "College Boy" (co-produced with Gud)
Sunset in Silver CityBladeeEntirely produced by Rosenberg.
ExileBladeeEntirely produced by Rosenberg.
Poison IvyYung LeanEntirely produced by Rosenberg.
IcedancerBladee
  • 07. "Close" (co-produced with PJ Pipe It Up and Rip)
Trash Star2019BladeeSingle produced by Rosenberg.
Total EclipseYung Lean
  • 01. "2 Cups"
AppleBladeeSingle produced by Rosenberg.
Trash Island Drain GangEntirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 07. "Acid Rain" (co-produced with Mechatok)
  • 08. "You Lose" (co-produced with Lusi)
Legendary Member Thaiboy Digital
  • 05. "IDGAF" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 09. "Beijing" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 10. "Spinnin" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 11. "Baby (Legendary Member)" (co-produced with Gud & Woesum)
E Ecco2K
  • 06. "Cc" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 07. "Calcium"
  • 08. "Sugar & Diesel"
  • 09. "Don’t Ask"
  • 13. "Life After Life"
Starz 2020Yung LeanEntirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 06. "Dance In The Dark" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
  • 09. "Hellraiser" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
  • 12. "Iceheart" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
Opium DreamsYung Lean & BladeeSingle produced by Rosenberg.
333 BladeeEntirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 04. "Hero of My Story 3style3" (co-produced with Lusi)
  • 08. "Reality Surf" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 09. "Noblest Strive" (co-produced with Mechatok)
  • 11. "Oh Well" (co-produced with Lusi)
  • 15. "Only One" (co-produced with Joakim Benon)
Blodhundar & Lullabies jonatan leandoer96
  • 13. "Evil" (guitar, synthesizer, additional vocals)
Crest 2022Bladee & Ecco2KEntirely produced by Rosenberg.
Stardust Yung Lean
  • 03. "Gold" (co-produced with Fredrik Okazaki & Woesum)
  • 05. "All the things" (co-produced with Woesum, Jack Donoghue & Fredrik Okazaki)
I'm FreshThaiboy DigitalSingle produced by Rosenberg.
Spiderr BladeeEntirely produced by Rosenberg except:
  • 07. "Disaster Prelude" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 12. "She's Always Dancing" (co-produced with Joakim Benon)
Back 2 Life Thaiboy Digital
  • 12. "Never Change"
Victorious // Bullets2023Bladee & Yung LeanEntirely produced by Rosenberg.
RequiemBladeeEntirely produced by Rosenberg.
TL;DR2024Bladee, Ecco2K, Thaiboy DigitalSingle produced by Rosenberg.
Cold Visions Bladee
  • 10. "I Don't Like People (Whitearmor Interlude)"
  • 18. "Terrible Excellence" (co-produced with F1lthy, 100yrd and Gabriel Schuman)
  • 30. "Cold Visions (Outro 2)" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)

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