{"id":687,"date":"2007-09-03T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=687"},"modified":"2007-09-03T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T15:30:06","slug":"prefuse-73-the-class-of-73-bells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=687","title":{"rendered":"prefuse 73 &#8211; the class of 73 bells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>(feat. school of seven bells)<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">feels like ages since <STRONG>prefuse 73,  <\/STRONG>aka&nbsp;<EM>guillermo scott herren, <\/EM>graced his presence in the  <EM>to review pile. <\/EM>especially as in 2005, he was releasing records  virtually every week and collaborating with anyone with a spare hour to  fill.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">this comeback single is the first release from his  forthcoming album, <EM>preparations, <\/EM>and as to be expected, expect the  unexpected. <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a well trodden clich\u00c3\u00a9 perhaps, but  one that stands loud and proud with the ongoing experimental nature of  <STRONG>prefuse 73<\/STRONG> music. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for the lead track, the beat is pure straight up  modern multi-layered hip hop laced with cut up samples, orchestrations (of which  make for a dominating factor on the accompanying album according to the details  provided), with vocal overdubs&nbsp;by various folks from the <STRONG>school of  seven bells <\/STRONG>giving the result a kind of twisted urban take on the  <STRONG>mediaeval baebes<\/STRONG> vibe. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">strange, but ever so bewitching.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>smoking red (featuring john stanier)<\/EM> is a  mess of clatter funk beats, processed vocal cut ups, and the usual crash course  in sample overload under which are the makings of melody and structure.  <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">then for <EM>en blanco <\/EM>the beat is as  straight forward as a <STRONG>dj shadow<\/STRONG> classic, low slung, and funky  as hell, the mess of digital noise that surrounds the addictive loop would have  made the <STRONG>bomb squad&nbsp;production<\/STRONG> crew&nbsp;proud back in &#8217;88  and naturally sounds vital in 2007.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">an excellent way to build up peoples expectations  for the forthcoming album, that&#8217;s for certain.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.warprecords.com\">warp records<\/A>&nbsp;&#8211; &#8211; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/prefusion73\">myspace<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(feat. school of seven bells) feels like ages since prefuse 73, aka&nbsp;guillermo scott herren, graced his presence in the to review pile. especially as in 2005, he was releasing records virtually every week and collaborating with anyone with a spare hour to fill. this comeback single is the first release from his forthcoming album, preparations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-singles-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}