Work had to go on pause when White fell pregnant with twins, the final touches put in place just before she gave birth while supposedly on bed rest. The bulk of it was recorded in just two short weeks, White putting lyrics to Dre’s pre- prepared beats. “My music has always been very grounded in reggae and dancehall and afro-Caribbean – so it was like, ‘let’s do a mixtape in this sort of zone.’” “I wanted to do something light and quick,” White tells me. But 'I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions' is in contrast rather, and consciously, spontaneously produced, resulting from a project with Mixpak Records’ Dre Skull out of a shared loved for Afrobeats and dancehall, to form a modern day mixtape. Her previous three have been meticulously put together by White. Now the singer back with a fourth record.
She appeared on albums from Jay-Z and Drake, toured with Bjork, Coldplay, David Byrne, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers plus, she produced and wrote for artists from Lily Allen to Christina Aguilera. Beyond her own output, Santi White found time to work with dizzying array of artists from across the spectrum: Kanye West, Beastie Boys, N.E.R.D, Diplo. Since that debut, 2012’s 'Master of My Make-Believe' and 2016’s '99¢' further played with influences from pop to electronica, new wave to reggae.