Prefuse 73 - Preparations
Warp
The most exciting thing about listening to music, for this writer, is having no idea how it was made. In the mid 90s Aphex Twin was making music that sounded like it came from another planet, but these days it’s harder than ever for musicians to create that sense of wonder. Prefuse 73 has managed it pretty consistently over seven years or so, but sometimes at the expense of listenability – previous albums have suffered from being overlong and padded out with needless experiments. Here he’s hit his stride without really altering the formula. An old school hip-hop influence is combined with disparate samples: orchestral strings, slide guitar and found, twisted vocals, just in the first song.
Words_Niall Harden
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