I think it was the re-imagining of Gabor Szabo’s “Mizrab” on the 2005 release, Impulse! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked that really grabbed by ear and first introduced to the music of Scott Herring a.k.a. Prefuse 73. Since then, I’ve enjoyed tracks here and there, especially his E.P., Prefuse 73 Reads the Books. This latest E.P., The Forest of Oversensitivity, is cool to my ear as water to the throat. For one, the songs are longer and sound complete compared to the glitchy pop bubbles he’s treated me to on other full CDs. Second, his interpretation of hip-hop and electronics still makes good use of melody, with or without vocals (although the vocals in the track, “Always Alone Choir”, continue to play in my mind long after the track is done). Five songs that are worth your pennies.
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