Yes, yes.
Add a third voice of support to growing praise of Prefuse
73's album...
Described as a "fantastic voyage through the altered states
of hip hop," Scott Herren states that Prefuse 73 is "way
more kick-you-in-the-head than my other material." Drawing
inspiration from pre-fusion jazz circa 1968-73, Prefuse
73's (get it?) music may be highly melodic, but it's
adjoining rhythms, while prone to inducing bouts of
head-nodding, are sharply angular, truncated, snipped, and
tweaked. The same might often be said of their vocals,
wherein an MC's smooth flow is deconstructed into
unintelligible clipped monosyllabic stutters. Invited
guests seem to fare better, however, as proven by excellent
tracks featuring The Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop and
underground hip hop phenomena Mikah 9 (Freestyle
Fellowship), Aesop Rock, and MF Doom. With a fresh sound
marked by beautiful melancholic melodies riding over
arresting stepped beats, Vocal Studies… has fierce staying
power and is essential listening for beatheads.
--- John Dennett <jgd3@mac.com> wrote:
> Just wanted to second Tim's rec on Prefuse 73. Cut-up
> hip-hop on Warp from
> a guy living in Georgia of all places. Hard to believe
> but easy to love...
>
> Cheers!
> John
>
> > anyways, recommended album this week is the
> new Prefuse 73
> > on Warp Records. nice mix of electronic beats with a
> hip hop
> > influence...
> >
=====
Marco Pringle, host of
the Fat Beat Diet - Thursday evenings, 10:30-Midnight
CJSW 90.9FM (Calgary) - in real audio at:
http://www.cjsw.com
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