Urchin PR
New Member
Foggy Notions presents
PREFUSE 73 (WARP)
+ Diamond Watch Wrists (WARP)
Whelan’s, July 12, Doors 8pm
Tickets €14.50 plus booking fee from www.tickets.ie, City Discs, WAV Box-Office, [lo-call 1890 200 078] & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
“An endlessly fascinating maze of sound.” - Uncut
“Isn't so much a leftfield perversion of hip-hop as it is a restoration of the genre to its avant garde roots.” – The Wire
“Shows a range of emotional grappling usually foreign to instrumental hip-hop.” - Pitchfork
It’s hard to think of a name that carries as much weight in both hip-hop and avant-rock circles as Prefuse 73, who in the past year alone has been asked to remix TV On The Radio, Pelican, BLK JKS and Cornelius, not to mention his early collaborations with School of Seven Bells and Battles. These interactions have clearly helped to shape the evolving Prefuse 73 sonic aesthetic, which has expanded to include Guillermo Scott Herren’s twisted visions of prog-rock, “machine funk” and global psychedelia.
For latest album Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian, Herren rejected the idea of straight digital recording and instead went the much more intensive route of recording to analog Ampex tape, giving the album the sound of a lost tape of exploratory studio musicians from the not-too-distant past.
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 a pirate radio station equally enamored with Animal Collective and J Dilla, while “Simple Loop Choir” is anything but simple…an expansive robo-ballad, featuring a vocoded chorus of Herren’s voice and clouds of analog debris.
The uncommon reach of the album also serves as an oddly appropriate introduction and companion to Herren’s newest musical incarnation, Diamond Watch Wrists, and the album Ice Capped at Both Ends. Created with superstar drummer Zach Hill (Hella, Marnie Stern, etc.), DWW shows an entirely new form of Herren creations, organic songs featuring Guillermo’s plaintive vocals, guitar and studio wizardry, Hill’s singular drumming as well as previously unheard nods to 60’s European acid-folk, classic American singer-songwriters and krautrock.
These two albums are tantamount in their differences, but strong musical and emotional gravity unites them, which will make summer of 2009 a very interesting time for lucky concertgoers when Prefuse 73 and Diamond Watch Wrists take to the road together for a joint tour. Given the boundless scope of these two projects, there’s little telling what these live experiences won’t touch upon.
From Delarosa & Asora to Savath & Savalas, through to Prefuse 73 and Diamond Watch Wrists, there’s no way to underestimate the reach of Guillermo Scott Herren’s influence and 2009 appears to be a significant culmination of the artist’s most resounding material.
www.myspace.com/prefusion1973
www.prefuse73.com
www.warprecords.com
www.myspace.com/diamondwatchwrists
FOR MORE INFO, PHOTOS, INTERVIEWS ETC. CONTACT LEAH: [email protected]
Upcoming shows...
June 27, Goodtime John, Upstairs @ Whelan’s
July 10, Deerhoof, Whelan’s
July 12, Prefuse 73, Whelan’s
July 18, Adrian Crowley, Whelan’s
July 22, O’Death, Whelan’s
July 23, Mark Kozelek, Andrew’s Lane Theatre

PREFUSE 73 (WARP)
+ Diamond Watch Wrists (WARP)
Whelan’s, July 12, Doors 8pm
Tickets €14.50 plus booking fee from www.tickets.ie, City Discs, WAV Box-Office, [lo-call 1890 200 078] & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
“An endlessly fascinating maze of sound.” - Uncut
“Isn't so much a leftfield perversion of hip-hop as it is a restoration of the genre to its avant garde roots.” – The Wire
“Shows a range of emotional grappling usually foreign to instrumental hip-hop.” - Pitchfork
It’s hard to think of a name that carries as much weight in both hip-hop and avant-rock circles as Prefuse 73, who in the past year alone has been asked to remix TV On The Radio, Pelican, BLK JKS and Cornelius, not to mention his early collaborations with School of Seven Bells and Battles. These interactions have clearly helped to shape the evolving Prefuse 73 sonic aesthetic, which has expanded to include Guillermo Scott Herren’s twisted visions of prog-rock, “machine funk” and global psychedelia.
For latest album Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian, Herren rejected the idea of straight digital recording and instead went the much more intensive route of recording to analog Ampex tape, giving the album the sound of a lost tape of exploratory studio musicians from the not-too-distant past.
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 a pirate radio station equally enamored with Animal Collective and J Dilla, while “Simple Loop Choir” is anything but simple…an expansive robo-ballad, featuring a vocoded chorus of Herren’s voice and clouds of analog debris.
The uncommon reach of the album also serves as an oddly appropriate introduction and companion to Herren’s newest musical incarnation, Diamond Watch Wrists, and the album Ice Capped at Both Ends. Created with superstar drummer Zach Hill (Hella, Marnie Stern, etc.), DWW shows an entirely new form of Herren creations, organic songs featuring Guillermo’s plaintive vocals, guitar and studio wizardry, Hill’s singular drumming as well as previously unheard nods to 60’s European acid-folk, classic American singer-songwriters and krautrock.
These two albums are tantamount in their differences, but strong musical and emotional gravity unites them, which will make summer of 2009 a very interesting time for lucky concertgoers when Prefuse 73 and Diamond Watch Wrists take to the road together for a joint tour. Given the boundless scope of these two projects, there’s little telling what these live experiences won’t touch upon.
From Delarosa & Asora to Savath & Savalas, through to Prefuse 73 and Diamond Watch Wrists, there’s no way to underestimate the reach of Guillermo Scott Herren’s influence and 2009 appears to be a significant culmination of the artist’s most resounding material.
www.myspace.com/prefusion1973
www.prefuse73.com
www.warprecords.com
www.myspace.com/diamondwatchwrists
FOR MORE INFO, PHOTOS, INTERVIEWS ETC. CONTACT LEAH: [email protected]
Upcoming shows...
June 27, Goodtime John, Upstairs @ Whelan’s
July 10, Deerhoof, Whelan’s
July 12, Prefuse 73, Whelan’s
July 18, Adrian Crowley, Whelan’s
July 22, O’Death, Whelan’s
July 23, Mark Kozelek, Andrew’s Lane Theatre

