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Prefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian

Review by Finn Scott-Delany

Whether it’s Afrika Bambaataa bringing Kraftwerk to the New York ghetto, or Kanye West sampling Daft Punk for the Chicago club sce»

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prefuse 73 (aka guillermo scott herren) is one of the most renowned producers of avant-rock and hip hop around today. over the past 12 months he's remixed the likes of tv on the radio, pelican, blk jks and cornelius, as well as having collaborated in the past with battles and school of seven bells. inspired by the analogue recording process, herren wraps beats around psychedelia to create a 49 minute aural odyssey through avant-rock, hip hop and beyond. from the drum machine prog of ''parachute panador' to the driving noise jam ''violent bathroom exchange', it's easy to deduce that prefuse 73 is comfortably stretching out musically. 'nature s uplifting revenge' sounds as if broadcast from from a pirate radio station equally enamored with animal collective and j dilla, while 'simple loop choir' is anything but simple...an expansive roboballad, featuring a vocoded chorus of herren's voice and clouds of analogue debris. on warp records.

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