I web logged in the winter about Prefuse when he dropped his latest LP, here. And now he has just released an EP of two remixes from that full length, b/w three new compositions. The Forest Of Oversensitivity EP is a succession of the same ideas and motifs that, despite being well-executed, require multiple listens to soak into the brain juices. "Relief Choir" finds Prefuse chopping the B.T. Express "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" break, slowed down, slotted between a slinky octave-jumping bassline, flourished cymbals, and echoed snare rolls. A "choir" of voices sing amid the signature glitchy acoustic guitar plucks, and somehow it all melds into a cohesive whole. Like a lot of Prefuse tracks, the conceit here is smart and morose--and like his best work, this is just as disarming. He apparently recorded Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian to Ampex tape, and one would assume the same applies to this EP (the circumambient reverb certainly sounds tape-ish). Prefuse is becoming Madlib-esque in his prolificity it seems, and as a long time fan, I'm not complaining. Go grab this EP asap!
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New Music: Prefuse 73
I web logged in the winter about Prefuse when he dropped his latest LP, here. And now he has just released an EP of two remixes from that full length, b/w three new compositions. The Forest Of Oversensitivity EP is a succession of the same ideas and motifs that, despite being well-executed, require multiple listens to soak into the brain juices. "Relief Choir" finds Prefuse chopping the B.T. Express "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" break, slowed down, slotted between a slinky octave-jumping bassline, flourished cymbals, and echoed snare rolls. A "choir" of voices sing amid the signature glitchy acoustic guitar plucks, and somehow it all melds into a cohesive whole. Like a lot of Prefuse tracks, the conceit here is smart and morose--and like his best work, this is just as disarming. He apparently recorded Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian to Ampex tape, and one would assume the same applies to this EP (the circumambient reverb certainly sounds tape-ish). Prefuse is becoming Madlib-esque in his prolificity it seems, and as a long time fan, I'm not complaining. Go grab this EP asap!
