| Prefuse 73 / Prefuse 73 Reads the Books |
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| Album: | Prefuse 73 Reads the Books | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Prefuse 73 | Added: | Jul 2005 | |
| Label: | Warp Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-07-31 | Pull Date: | 2005-10-02 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Oct 2 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Aug 14 | Aug 7 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 18, 2006: | Deep in the Groove Pagina Dos | 4. | Sep 12, 2005: | Plastic Fantastic Lover Pagina Ocho | |
| 2. | Oct 06, 2005: | Trip Over Zero Pagina Cinco | 5. | Sep 08, 2005: | Trip Over Zero Pagina Dos | |
| 3. | Sep 26, 2005: | Plastic Fantastic Lover Pagina Ocho | 6. | Sep 01, 2005: | Trip Over Zero Pagina Cinco |
| Album Review |
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| Captain Dee Reviewed 2005-07-30 | ||
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Prefuse 73 (Scott Herren), glitchy instrumental hip-hop producer turned indie superstar, remixes and reinterprets folk-tronica indie darlings The Books (most of the source material from their album Lemon of Pink). The result: The Books’ banjo, strings, folksy cut-up/collage aesthetic in a textured, complex (but well-organized), head-nodding Prefuse 73 glitch-hop framework. I‘m a big Prefuse 73 fan (well, his older stuff) and a big Books fan... so why is this boring?!? I by no means think this is "bad", it just fell short of my (high) expectations. But my own opinions aside, maybe you will like this better than me...? Certainly worth a listen. Favorite Tracks: 2, 5 Quiet FCC on Track 6 - Captain Dee, July 2005 1. Short intro (0:09) *2. This was featured on the new Prefuse album (Surrounded by Silence). Snappy beat, banjo-strumming loop, breathy vocal texture. Nice groove here. (2:30) 3. Audio collage (esp. the intro) vibe. Loopy off-kilter melody, sampled Spanish, guitar fuzz, hollow bangs. (2:35) 4. Interlude. Blippy, high-pitched noise over quiet pulsing banjo/strings. (0:56) *5. Now we’re talking. Plodding, slow hip-hop beat. Blues-y banjo riffs, cut-up strings melody. Strikes me as a soundtrack for early century railroad construction or something. (5:20) 6. FCC: Almost indecipherable "fucking" at 2:17. Wooden/clapping beat, metallic clangs, layers of noise fuzz and oooh-ing vocal texture. (5:00) 7. Snare-heavy beat, clashing (almost off-key) melody. Drone-y. (2:31) 8. Same patchwork, fuzzy aesthetic. This time, full, crooning female vocals. Very dream-y vibe. (3:50) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Pagina Uno. Introduccion | 5. | Pagina Cinco | |||
| 2. | Pagina Dos | 6. | Pagina Seis | |||
| 3. | Pagina Tres | 7. | Pagina Siete | |||
| 4. | Pagina Cuatro | 8. | Pagina Ocho |