Surrounded By Silence [Audio CD] Prefuse 73
Surrounded By Silence [Audio CD] Prefuse 73
Surrounded By Silence [Audio CD] Prefuse 73
Surrounded By Silence [Audio CD] Prefuse 73

Surrounded By Silence [Audio CD] Prefuse 73

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Tracklist
1 I've Said All I Need to Say About Them (intro)
2 Hideyaface featuring Ghostface and EL-P
3 Bad Memory (interlude one)
4 Ty Versus Detchibe featuring Tyondai Braxton
5 Expressing Views is Obviously Illegal
6 Pastel Assassins featuring Claudia + Alejandra Deheza
7 Pagina Dos featuring The Books
8 Silencio Interlude
9 Now You're Leaving featuring Camu
10 Gratis (Pedro versus Prefuse)
11 We Go Our Own Way featuring Kazu (Blonde Redhead)
12 Mantra Two featuring Tyondai Braxton
13 Sabbatical With Options featuring Aesop Rock
14 It's Crowded featuring Claudia Deheza
15 Just the Thought featuring Masta Killa + GZA
16 La Correccion Exchange featuring D.J. Nobody
17 Hideyaface Reprise (Reminder Version)
18 Morale Crusher featuring Beans
19 Minutes Away Without You
20 Rain (Edit Interlude)
21 And I'm Gone featuring Prefuse (versus Piano Overlord versus Broadcast versus Cafe Tacuba)
Surrounded By Silence should have been re-titled Bedroom Producer Gone Wild. What’s not to adore about laptop sound alchemist Prefuse 73 (Scott Herren), who, like RJD2 and Diplo, crafts rare soundscapes that Bjork fans, backpack rap dukes and Pluto natives adore. But what happens when such sonic experiments go slightly awry? Unlike Vocal Studies, where there appeared to be some cohesive links between tracks, Prefuse goes a bit collabo crazy here, with over a dozen multi-genre guest vocalists and emcee’s, with mixed results. When the unlikely duo of Ghostface and El P jump on "Hideyaface", they sound unfocused over Herrens audio clutter, as does the Masta Killa and GZA fuelled "Just The Thought". Was Surrounded Herren’s license to indulge his inner RZA or Def Jux (Aesop Rock and Beans also guest)? Perhaps. But when Herren sticks to what he does best, that is, building brilliant found sound collages, and digitizing any thing he can get his hands on, the results are gorgeous; "Expressing Views Is Obviously Illegal" carries that distinctly Prefuse-esque boom bip, as does "Pagina Dos" with it’s seductive banjo playing parts. When he teams his beats up with New York electro indie rock scenesters Claudia and Alejandra Deheza from On!Air!Library! on "Pastel Assasins" or Blonde Redhead’s Kazu in "We Go Our Own Way", the tracks breathe much better. An uneven yet stimulating listen.-- Dalton Higgins