Browse by Artist: PREFUSE 73

Artist:	PREFUSE 73
Title:	The 92 Vs. 02 Collection
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	WAP 156CD

"Scott Herren's marriage of electronic glitch and hip hop rhythms combined into a seductive sound that caught the ears and imagination of both camps, making Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives one of Warp's most critically lauded and most consistent sellers throughout the year. MCs, divas and even telephone messages were julienned into staccato bursts and served over a serving of downtempo instrumental tracks that were at times, heavy in mood or joyously playful. Since then, Scotty's been hard at work producing tracks for a number of MCs, remixes and simultaneously cranking out a new Prefuse album and one for his alter ego, Savath and Savalas (out on Hefty later this year). But, this is no odds 'n' ends catalog filler. The 92 VS 02 Collection shows a more self-assured creator expanding his palette and honing his craft. Tracks like 'Desks Pencils Bottles' show that inspiration can come from anywhere, you've just got to know where to look."

Artist:	PREFUSE 73
Title:	Hideyface (feat. Ghostface & El-P)
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	WAP 186EP

"Collaborations are a dime-a-dozen in hip-hop these days so when one comes along that makes the heads perk up their ears, it's no small event. When one of those involves Ghostface (aka Tony Starks aka Pretty Toney) it turns into an international hip-hop riot. On the flipside, whenever hardcore fans of funky leftfield electronic music hear the name Prefuse 73 (aka Scott Herren aka Savath & Savalas), they seem to break into a collective headspin. So let's see what happens when you combine the Wu-Tang's Ironman with Warp's boom-bap wizard and throw in Def Jux mastermind El-P as a key player. We're thinking it might just be the most tweaked and freaked gangsta party you've ever heard."

Artist:	PREFUSE 73
Title:	Read the Books E.P.
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	WAP 189CD

"A collaboration made in indie heaven. The wunderkind of subterranean jeep beats, Prefuse 73 meets the electro-acoustic critic's darlings The Books for an MPC-punching, Banjo-destroying, head-nodding psych-hop. After reaching instant-classic status with their second album The Lemon Of Pink, Massachussetts' The Books have managed to infuse their avant-folk with skewed electronic beats and devilishly tweaked samples. This, of course, puts them in a perfect place to go up against the master of tweaking and freaky beat making. Fresh off collaborations with Ghostface, Aesop Rock and Blonde Redhead on his latest album Surrounded By Silence, Prefuse 73 brings his patented trunk rattling digi-crunk to the table. Prefuse 73 Reads The Books continues the evolution of Scott Herren's Prefuse alias into the most versatile and visionary post-hip-hop producers in the world."

Artist:	PREFUSE 73
Title:	Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	WARP 083CD

"Prefuse 73, unlike Brazil 66, is the work of a lone gun; a super-sharpshooter by the name of Scott Herren, though he's often mistaken for post-rock jazzbo Savath & Savalas (LP of Hefty last year) and digital subverter Delarosa & Asora (recent EP and LP on Schematic). On Vocal Studies... melancholy pre-fusion jazz passages (hence the name) are infused with punctuating vinyl drops while being brought to a boil over simmering beats and electronic glitchwork. Guest MC spots (from the likes of Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Mikah 9 and Sam Prekop) are deconstructed and re-animated into percussive instrumentation. Make no mistake about it, Prefuse 73 is where Scott Herren's passions truly flower. Vocal Studies... draws together elements from his alter-egos to craft a devastating blend of downtempo instrumental hip hop that opens a new vista for the genre to explore."

Artist:	PREFUSE 73
Title:	One Word Extinguisher
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	WARP 105CD

"Prefuse 73, also known as musical wiz kid Scott Herren, drops the highly anticipated follow up to 2001's seminal Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives. The new LP, titles One Word Extinguisher, features an eclectic mix of futuristic, next-level productions. The Prefuse sound is undeniable and exceeds even the highest expectations. He is a multi-instrumentalist (seen clearly in his Savath + Savalas incarnation where he plays guitars/bajosexto/guitarron/concertina/harmonium/cello/tamborine, drums, all strings and vocals) and that element of his talent seeps in deep with this new record. Herren is viewed by many other producers and DJs as a true innovator. He is on some way otherlevel with what he is doing now and the results are stunning and quite accessible."

Artist:	PREFUSE 73
Title:	Surrounded by Silence
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	WARP 129CD

"So, hip-hop it is, albeit an alien strain made by a mind just as influenced by Sun Ra, Battles and folk music as it is by Jadakiss, Kanye West and the Def Jux crew. In this context, Surrounded By Silence is an opus that connects everything about hip-hop that is left-of-center to some of it's most popular and recognizable elements. A tag team made up of the Wu-Tang's Ghostface and ex-Company Flow MC El-P? Got it. Def Jukie Camu Tao rocking a radio-ready flow over a wickedly chopped beat? It's in there."

Artist:	PREFUSE 73
Title:	The Only She Chapters
Label:	WARP RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WARP 208CD

"With The Only She Chapters, Guillermo Scott Herren takes an even more exploratory approach to his methodical chaos. An impressive cast of contributors and unique recording process have helped form a body of music far closer in scope to the most esteemed modern compositional works rather than a record built fundamentally around beats and loops. As the sounds within took shape, so did a defined female influence and unifying presence. Says Guillermo, 'The process features all women vocalists and voices and the music was recorded very differently from how I normally work.' The vocalists here include Zola Jesus, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Angel Deradoorian and the late Trish Keenan of Broadcast amongst others - all offering their entirely distinct textures and incantations to the already unorthodox musical tapestry and the idea of the albums - female symbol has extended to collaborators on the visual front as well, enlisting illustrator Yuko Michishita and photographer Angel Ceballos. In addition to the unique approach in galvanizing likeminded contributors (including the 'sequencing and eliminating' guidance of friend and collaborator Tyondai Braxton), the musical method employed is remarkable as well, using contact microphones - most often used to record hollow bodied classical instruments, but in this case used for much more, including piano, prepared guitars, woodwinds and cellos - on most of the songs. When meshed with the arsenal of electronics, it embellishes the acoustic sounds with vibrations created from the acoustic instruments in tandem with the female vocals at hand."

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