So, the new Prefuse 73 then...

There is now :p

"Afternoon Love-In" on Vocal Studies... is beautifully soulful.

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Okay, after about a dozen listens now, I am loving it.

i really like the new album. might be my favourite thing hes done actually. always tried to get into what he used to do but never really 'got' what the fuss was about.

this is actually prob his most 'soulful' album too, but without losing his quirks.

ive yet to have anything he's done grab at anything other than a "hmmm, impressive" level. it doesn't seem to inspire any strong emotions, even excitement, and he tends to disrupt or cut short his grooves before they really take (which is the point maybe). but i will check this out and hopefully be more than just hmmm impressed?

was he always doing the cutting the tracks short thing? this one seems to do that a lot more than anything i remember of his before.

this guy is too prolific

uprock narratives wouldn't sit still for more than 30 seconds, iirc, and was playing with all these diff textures, so that it was almost exhausting to listen to the who thing. OWE seemed a little smoother on that count, and "reads the books" forced him to do more with less but was kind of boring as a result. it's weird because if you described what he does i would be like "yes, that's exactly what i want to hear" but in practice it just feels like an exercise in skill or something. i should probably go back and listen again, because it's been a few years...

What was the album where it was a continuous mix? Extinguished? I think that's still my fave, even though it was supposedly album outtakes because it somehow works as a mixtape where the tempo completely varies every few minutes.

i think this might actually be his best album though after repeated listening its not quite as consistently 'dreamlike' as first thought

What was the album where it was a continuous mix? Extinguished? I think that's still my fave, even though it was supposedly album outtakes because it somehow works as a mixtape where the tempo completely varies every few minutes.

― mh, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 13:39 (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

think it was the extinguished outakes record

So is it worth checking back in with this stuff then? I checked out after Surrounded by Silence.

Vocal Studies level was never reached again imo. Something about the way that record SOUNDS, it's just

I've never been too excited by what I've heard of his, but I'm curious to hear the forthcoming one with assorted female vocalists.

Vocal Studies level was never reached again imo. Something about the way that record SOUNDS, it's just

― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:43 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

His "Failing Institute" series has been lovely stuff. Feel like it's flown under the radar, but Herren's put out four album length releases since last September. They're all surprisingly great on their own, with each record so distinctly focused on its theme. Obviously stylistically he's far removed from his early 00's era, but it's felt like he's been meandering a lot over the years and I've been let a bit cold on more things than not. On these releases there's still some of that, but in a way more playful and entertaining way. He sounds a bit revitalized here and the timbrel focus of each theme feels like a fun example of "creativity within constraints".

https://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-drums-other-percussion
https://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-the-human-voice
https://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-the-contras
https://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/album/the-failing-institute-of-the-sampled-source

thanks for flagging this! 'Drums & Other Percussion' is hitting the spot right now and looking forward to exploring the others

This sounds like my kind of deal, excited to check these out