I'm a big big fan of the work of Guillermo Scott Herren. The first moment I picked up the "Estrocaro" ep by Prefuse 73 I was a fan. This was followed by the great "Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives" LP and a steady stream of good material from there on in. His stuff has evolved over the years, but the Quality has remained high, despite how prolific he's been.This album came out in 2009, the same year as the "Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian", but limited to a Japanese release. Thus making it hard to get hold off and very much under the radar. So other than getting the old radar looked at, here is said album in all it's glory.
For this release, there's none of the usual smattering of guest MC contributions and the tracks are longer than the short sketches on the "Ampexian..." album. Where one of his other low key releases "Sleeping on Saturday and Sunday Afternoons" (credited to Guillermo Scott Herren and I'm sure a future subject of this blog) leans heavily on his Savath & Savalas work, this one is 100% Prefuse 73. It really is a highlight in his catalogue.
So, this wouldn't be a bad place for newcomers to start at all. Those unfamiliar should definitely track down the previously mentioned "Vocal Studies..." album and also its follow-up "One Word Extinguisher". This years "The Only She Chapters" is hot too. The Savath & Savalas opener "Folk Songs for Trains, Trees and Honey" is also worth hunting down.
Meditations on Meditations
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