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Whitearmor

{{Short description|Swedish musician & music producer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Whitearmor

| birth_name = Ludwig Tomas Walther Rosenberg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|5|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| genre = {{hlist|Ambient|cloud rap|synthpop|trap|experimental hip hop}}

| occupation = Music producer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, songwriter

| instrument = {{hlist|DAW|synthesizer|guitar|piano|drums|keyboard}}

| years_active = 2010-present

| label = {{hlist|Year0001|Trash Island}}

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Drain Gang|VilloVilduVeta}}

}}

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.{{cite web |last=Yalcinkaya |first=Günseli |date=13 June 2022 |title=Whitearmor: ‘Everything I’ve ever wanted to say has been in the melodies’ |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56278/1/whitearmor-drain-gang-music-for-weddings-interview |access-date=25 January 2024 |website=Dazed Digital}}{{cite web|title=Crest|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bladee-ecco2k-crest|access-date=3 January 2024|date=23 March 2022|first=Nadine|last=Smith|website=Pitchfork}}

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 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.

Music career

Rosenberg began uploading music to the internet in 2010 under the names DJ Creep and DJ Cannabiz{{Cite web |date= |title=DJ CANNABIZ's sounds on SoundCloud |url=https://soundcloud.com/djcreep |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111045843/https://soundcloud.com/djcreep |archive-date=2011-11-11 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=SoundCloud}} before adopting the name Whitearmor in 2012.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIoK_aidP3I |title=BLADEE - OXYGEN |date= |last= |access-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519054708/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIoK_aidP3I |archive-date=2014-05-19 |via=YouTube}} 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.),{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipMrg0edjBM |title=Bladee - Tony Hawk ft.Ken Burns & Malcolm S. |date= |last= |access-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617204247/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipMrg0edjBM |archive-date=2020-06-17 |via=YouTube}} "THC Bliss",{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd2zqFQIpAM |title=THC BLISS |date=2011-04-07 |last= |access-date=2024-07-30 |via=YouTube}} "Enya #6",{{Cite web |date=2011-10-07 |title=DJ CANNABIZ- Enya #6 |url=https://soundcloud.com/thc-bliss/dj-cannabiz-enya-6 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=SoundCloud}} and "Downer".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF2nh3BjkFg |title=(old whitearmor) DJ CANNABIZ - Downer - |date= |last= |access-date=2024-07-30 |via=YouTube}} In 2011, he released Rippin Private Bowls, an instrumental hip-hop cassette under Nymph Tapes.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-14 |title=»Love knows no borders« (dagens outfit) |url=https://nmfhu.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/love-knows-no-borders-dagens-outfit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730185300/https://nmfhu.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/love-knows-no-borders-dagens-outfit/ |archive-date=2024-07-30 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Ny musik för hållbar utveckling |language=sv-SE}} Thought to be lost to time, the tape was eventually ripped and uploaded to the internet on 6 May 2021.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-05-06 |title=DJ Cannabiz - Rippin Private Bowls (C30 Cassette rip) |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/sadboys/comments/n6daze/dj_cannabiz_rippin_private_bowls_c30_cassette_rip/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506182409/https://www.reddit.com/r/sadboys/comments/n6daze/dj_cannabiz_rippin_private_bowls_c30_cassette_rip/ |archive-date=2021-05-06 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Reddit}}

In 2013, Whitearmor co-founded the Swedish music collective Drain Gang along with fellow Swedish musicians Bladee, Ecco2K, Thaiboy Digital and Yung Sherman. Whitearmor's earliest publicly available collaboration with a fellow Drain Gang member was the 2012 single Oxygen, which he produced for Bladee. On 12 August 2013, the group released their debut compilation GTBSG Compilation, with Whitearmor working on 10 of the 12 songs featured.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-12 |title=GTBSG compilation |url=https://www.mediafire.com/file/a1cz27fwdrh7db2/GTBSG_compilation.zip/file |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101022202/http://www.mediafire.com/file/a1cz27fwdrh7db2/GTBSG_compilation.zip/file |archive-date=2020-11-01 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=MediaFire |language=en-US}} 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.

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.{{Cite web |last=Dwyer |first=Ross |date=2019-08-21 |title=Yung Lean's Sad Boys Has A Converse One Star Dropping Soon |url=https://sneakernews.com/2019/08/21/yung-lean-converse-one-star-sad-boys-release-date/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219214604/https://sneakernews.com/2019/08/21/yung-lean-converse-one-star-sad-boys-release-date/ |archive-date=2019-12-19 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Sneaker News |language=en-US}} 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.{{cite web |date=2 July 2021 |title=Längtan Får Vingar |url=https://year0001.bandcamp.com/album/l-ngtan-f-r-vingar |access-date=25 January 2024 |website=Bandcamp}} Later that year in October, they released the single Nikita.{{Cite web |title=VilloVilduVeta - Nikita {{!}} YEAR0001 |url=https://year0001.com/label/cases/yr0152 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208084706/https://year0001.com/label/cases/yr0152 |archive-date=2021-12-08 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Year0001}}

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.{{Cite web |title=jonatan leandoer96 - Evil {{!}} YEAR0001 |url=https://year0001.com/label/cases/yr0108 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523173757/https://year0001.com/label/cases/yr0108 |archive-date=2020-05-23 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Year0001}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Whitearmor - In the Abyss: Music for Weddings {{!}} YEAR0001 |url=https://year0001.com/label/cases/yr0160 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614211113/https://year0001.com/label/cases/yr0160 |archive-date=2022-06-14 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Year0001}} It contains elements of ambient and new age, being described as soothing, uplifting and accessible, likening to mid-80s Haruomi Hosono.{{cite web|url=https://www.analogplanet.com/content/review-explosion-post-malone-070-shake-merzbow-whitearmor|title=Review Explosion: Post Malone, 070 Shake, Merzbow, & Whitearmor|author=Lui, Malachi|date=15 June 2022|access-date=2 June 2024|website=AnalogPlanet.com}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/10/05/drain-gang-tour-dates-bladee-ecco2k-thaiboy-digital--whitearmor|title=Bladee, Ecco2k, Thaiboy Digital and Whitearmor announce Drain Gang world tour|website=The Fader|first=Salvatore|last=Maicki|date=5 October 2021|access-date=25 January 2024}}

While as of 2025 Rosenberg has not made any official statement, most of his close musical collaborators have officially cut ties with Stockholm-based record label Year0001 in November 2024.{{cite web|url=https://mixmag.net/read/sad-boys-drain-gang-artists-year0001-split-news |title=Sad Boys and Drain Gang artists announce departure from YEAR0001 |author=Hinton, Patrick |date=8 November 2024 |access-date=23 March 2025 |website=Mixmag}}

Discography

=Albums=

  • 2022 – In the Abyss: Music for Weddings

=Singles=

  • 2014 – downer
  • 2014 – uu
  • 2014 – i kno
  • 2020 – Frutta e Verdura (with Gud)
  • 2020 – Karma
  • 2021 – Sunset Beach (with Mechatok)
  • 2022 – Even The Score (with LUCY (Cooper B. Handy))

=Remixes=

  • 2017 – Finding People - White Armor Remix (Croatian Armor){{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/whitearmor-croatian-amor-finding-people-remix/|title=Whitearmor's Croatian Amor Remix Is a Crushing Ambient Ballad|author=Joyce, Colin|date=10 May 2017|access-date=2 June 2024|journal=Vice}}

=Production credits=

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!Release

!Year

!Artist(s)

!Production Credits

Unknown Death 2002

|rowspan=2|2013

|Yung Lean

|{{smalldiv|

  • 09. "Emails"
  • 10. "Deathstar // Getting Benjamins"
  • 11. "Heal You // Bladerunner"}}
GTBSG Compilation

|Drain Gang

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 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)}}
Gluee

|rowspan=5|2014

|Bladee

|{{smalldiv|

  • 02. "Safehouse" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)
  • 03. "Ebay"
  • 04. "Shadowface"
  • 05. "Spellbound"
  • 09. "Unreal"}}
Unknown Memory

|Yung Lean

|{{smalldiv|

  • 03. "Sunrise Angel"
  • 10. "Volt" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 11. "Leanworld"}}
Into Dust

|Bladee

|style="text-align:left;" |Single produced by Rosenberg.

Tiger (also known as ส)

|Thaiboy Digital

|style="text-align:left;"|Single produced by Rosenberg.

Tiger (also known as ส)

|Thaiboy Digital

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 01. "Haters Broke" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 08. "Yr So Beautiful" (produced by Yung Sherman)
  • 09. "Vän" (co-produced with Gud)}}
Warlord

|rowspan=4|2016

|Yung Lean

|{{smalldiv|

  • 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

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 09. "Sugar" (co-produced with Rip)
  • 10. "Wrist Cry" (co-produced with Hitkidd)}}
AvP

|Bladee & Thaiboy Digital

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg.

Frost God

|Yung Lean

|{{smalldiv|

  • 04. "Cashin"
  • 06. "Kirby" (co-produced with Acea)
  • 07. "Head 2 Toe" (co-produced with Acea)
  • 08. "Get It Back"}}
D&G

|rowspan=3|2017

|Drain Gang

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 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

|{{smalldiv|

  • 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 Dying

|Bladee

|{{smalldiv|

  • 07. "Gatekeeper" (co-produced with F1lthy)}}
Red Light

|rowspan=5|2018

|Bladee

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 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 City

|Bladee

|style="text-align:left;" |Entirely produced by Rosenberg.

Exile

|Bladee

|style="text-align:left;" |Entirely produced by Rosenberg.

Poison Ivy

|Yung Lean

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg.

Icedancer

|Bladee

|{{smalldiv|

  • 07. "Close" (co-produced with PJ Pipe It Up and Rip)}}
Trash Star

|rowspan=6|2019

|Bladee

|style="text-align:left;" |Single produced by Rosenberg.

Total Eclipse

|Yung Lean

|{{smalldiv|

  • 01. "2 Cups"}}
Apple

|Bladee

|style="text-align:left;" |Single produced by Rosenberg.

Trash Island

|Drain Gang

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 07. "Acid Rain" (co-produced with Mechatok)
  • 08. "You Lose" (co-produced with Lusi)}}
Legendary Member

|Thaiboy Digital

|{{smalldiv|

  • 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

|{{smalldiv|

  • 06. "Cc" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 07. "Calcium"
  • 08. "Sugar & Diesel"
  • 09. "Don’t Ask"
  • 13. "Life After Life"}}
Starz

|rowspan=4|2020

|Yung Lean

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 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 Dreams

|Yung Lean & Bladee

|style="text-align:left;" |Single produced by Rosenberg.

333

|Bladee

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 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

|{{smalldiv|

  • 13. "Evil" (guitar, synthesizer, additional vocals)}}
Crest

| rowspan="5" |2022

|Bladee & Ecco2K

|style="text-align:left;"|Entirely produced by Rosenberg.

Stardust

|Yung Lean

|{{smalldiv|

  • 03. "Gold" (co-produced with Fredrik Okazaki & Woesum)
  • 05. "All the things" (co-produced with Woesum, Jack Donoghue & Fredrik Okazaki)}}
I'm Fresh

|Thaiboy Digital

| style="text-align:left;" |Single produced by Rosenberg.

Spiderr

|Bladee

| style="text-align:left;" |Entirely produced by Rosenberg except:{{smalldiv|

  • 07. "Disaster Prelude" (co-produced with Gud)
  • 12. "She's Always Dancing" (co-produced with Joakim Benon)}}
Back 2 Life

|Thaiboy Digital

|{{smalldiv|

  • 12. "Never Change"}}
Victorious // Bullets

| rowspan="2" |2023

|Bladee & Yung Lean

| style="text-align:left;" |Entirely produced by Rosenberg.

Requiem

|Bladee

| style="text-align:left;" |Entirely produced by Rosenberg.

TL;DR

| rowspan="2" |2024

|Bladee, Ecco2K, Thaiboy Digital

| style="text-align:left;" |Single produced by Rosenberg.

Cold Visions

|Bladee

|{{smalldiv|

  • 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)}}
Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!!

|2025

|Skrillex

|{{smalldiv|

  • 18. "KORABU" (co-produced with Skrillex, PARISI and Varg2)}}

References

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