Prefuse 73 – Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives (CD) (2001) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Warp’s second 2001 release by a stateside producer (after Richard Devine’s Lip Switch) is one of the most enjoyable works of experimental techno heard in several years, a combination of tough, underground hip-hop and the fractured neo-electro of Warp favorites Autechre and Plaid. Scott Herren, the lone figure behind releases as Delarosa & Asora, Savath & Savalas, and Prefuse 73, constructs raw breakbeat tracks, cutting and splicing vocals, beats, and pianos over and over until what may previously have been a straight-ahead hip-hop rhythm track gets reconstructed into a symphony of deeply groovy musique concrète. Herren calls on the raw repetition of DJ Premier and the catchy finesse of Timbaland to create a collection of tracks that could appeal to fans of DMX just as well as AFX. Just slightly more experimental than the increasingly fractured productions you’d hear on a mainstream rap station, Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives is also much more fun than the notoriously academic cast of techno producers led by Autechre and Richard Devine.

Tracklist:

01 Radio Attack
02 Nuno
03 Life Death (feat. Mikah 9)
04 Smile In Your Face
05 Point To B
06 Five Minutes Away
07 Living Life (feat. Rec Center)
08 Eve Of Dextruction
09 Last Night (feat. Sam Prekop)
10 Cliche Intro
11 Back In Time
12 Hot Winter’s Day
13 Black List (feat. Aesop Rock & MF Doom)
14 Untitled (feat. Dose One)
15 Afternoon Love In
16 7th Message

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare