PREFUSE 73 ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM AND EPS THIS SPRING ON NEW LABEL TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD.
RIVINGTON NÃO RIO TO DROP MAY 12, TO BE PRECEDED AND FOLLOWED BY EPS IN APRIL AND JULY
LISTEN TO "INFRARED" (FT. SAM DEW) HERE:
It has been four years since Guillermo S. Herren released anything significant from his most famous and respected moniker, Prefuse 73, a veritable eternity for the prolific producer. As if to make up for lost time, 2015 will see the release of not one, but three major works from Prefuse 73. The core release of this triad, the new full length Rivington Não Rio is due May 12 via Temporary Residence Ltd. After several albums that saw Herren progressively drift away from the beatmaking prowess that made him synonymous with emotionally resonant, damaged hip-hop, he's found himself reinvigorated. As Herren puts it, "I've come back to hyper focusing, immersing myself in the sounds, rhythms, and formations that created Prefuse 73 in the first place. Recently, I've found a new life in the whole process of refining what I've created over the years as Prefuse. Right now I'm at my most confident and comfortable since 05/06."
It shows. Rivington Não Rio revels in the kind of compassionate complexity that marks Prefuse 73's greatest works, with a profound new element added to the mix: patience. Herren's ability to marry the manic to the melodic has always been uncanny, but here it feels downright magical as the songs inhale with his trademark sense of urgency then exhale in longer, more revealing breaths. The prismatic textures that have long been a staple of Prefuse 73 are bound to beats and melodies with the spirit of hip-hop and the subtlety of modern minimalism. The album's guests treat the material with a hushed respect: Roc Nation songwriter and Jessie Ware collaborator Sam Dew turns "Infrared" into a sublimely soulful, dimly-lit portrait of inverted R&B; Milo & Busdriver's vicious, rapid-fire verses contrast a pastoral downbeat to brilliant effect; and elsewhere, Pinback's Rob Crow and Latin electronic-folk crooner Helado Negronavigate splintered tropics with passive grace.
As a stand-alone album, Rivington Não Rio ranks extraordinarily high in the Prefuse 73 canon. As a centerpiece to an epic triptych that includes the Forsyth Gardens (out April 28) and Every Color of Darkness (out July 14) EPs, it's a new peak from a pioneer who appears to only just now be hitting his prime. For an artist who has played an undeniably integral role in the careers of so many influential artists, it's not just refreshing to hear him return to top form...it's revelatory.
PREORDER RIVINGTON NÃO RIO ON ITUNES
WATCH A TEASER OF NEW PREFUSE 73 MUSIC HERE:
RIVINGTON NÃO RIO TRACKLIST
1. Señora 95 (Intro)
2. Applauded Assumptions
3. Quiet One (feat. Rob Crow)
4. Through A Lit And Darkened Path (Pts. 1+2)
5. Inside
6. Infrared (feat. Sam Dew)
7. Jacinto Lyric Range
8. 140 Jabs Interlude (feat. Milo & Busdriver)
9. See More Than Just Stars (feat. Helado Negro)
10. Mojav Mating Call
11. Open Nerve Farewells
