{"id":3388,"date":"2015-05-18T15:29:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T19:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2015-06-02T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T18:32:47","slug":"prefuse-73-rivington-nao-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/prefuse-73-rivington-nao-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Prefuse 73 <br>Rivington N\u00e3o Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prefuse_73-rivington.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3389\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prefuse_73-rivington.jpg\" alt=\"Prefuse 73, Rivington Nao Rio\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prefuse_73-rivington.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prefuse_73-rivington-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Now that we\u2019re halfway through the second decade of the 2000s, it seems appropriate to look back at the early part of the century with some amber-colored lens fondness. In the world of electronic music, it felt like some new exciting style or variation was dropping every week. The 800-pound gorilla of that time was Guillermo Scott Herren, better known as Prefuse 73. While his 2001 debut, <i>Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives<\/i>, was a critical and commercial success, his 2003 follow-up, <i>One Word Extinguisher<\/i>, was the album that shifted the landscape. The glitchy, cut-up approach made Prefuse 73 one to watch, and Herren capitalized on that momentum with a fairly steady stream of records under his Prefuse 73 alias, as well as with his band, Savath y Savalas, and a host of other collaborations and one-offs. But while there were some subsequent classic moments spread around, none of his other records were as front-to-back top-notch as <i>One Word Extinguisher<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Though not as prolific as he once was, Herren has continued to work under the Prefuse 73 moniker and has now released his eighth studio full-length, <i>Rivington N\u00e3o Rio<\/i> (Temporary Residence Ltd.). While the record doesn\u2019t grab you by the throat, there\u2019s no mistaking the fact that Herren seems revived and refreshed in a way that seemed missing from past outings. It isn\u2019t <i>One Word<\/i> Part Two but there\u2019s a focus and playfulness in the songs and construction that keeps the proceedings buoyant. It\u2019s not just a display of technique\u2014there are proper songs throughout\u2014and instead of just cutting up vocals, Herren invited guests along. Rob Crow of Pinback, Busdriver, Milo, Sam Dew, and Helado Negro all take a turn on the mic, and as a result, the album is split between skewed sunshine pop and soul-kissed songs, with \u201c140 Jabs Interlude,\u201d featuring Milo &amp; Busdriver, being the one nod to Prefuse\u2019s hip-hop leanings. With the instrumental songs taking a somber, mellow approach, it\u2019s almost an even split between the introverted and the extroverted.<\/p>\n<p>The production style on <i>Rivington N\u00e3o Rio<\/i> is much less glitchy and ADD than that with which Prefuse 73 is most commonly associated. There are certainly those style elements, but Herren is generally comfortable with letting the tracks breathe. But if things seem like they\u2019re getting a bit stagnant, he makes a well-placed edit or shift in mood, so some cuts seem like a bunch of different songs strung together like a mini-score. With the entire record coming in under 45 minutes and most songs barely breaking five minutes, the \u201cextended\u201d run time is relative. If nothing else, it just highlights Herren\u2019s ability to draw in the listener and keep things focused. In a way, this record is a distillation of everything that has preceded it. While Herren is a man that doesn\u2019t stay in one place for too long, here\u2019s hoping he stays on this path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we\u2019re halfway through the second decade of the 2000s, it seems appropriate to look back at the early part of the century with some amber-colored <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,1269,823],"class_list":["post-3388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-prefuse-73","tag-temporary-residence-ltd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prefuse 73 Rivington N\u00e3o Rio - The Agit Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/prefuse-73-rivington-nao-rio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prefuse 73 Rivington N\u00e3o Rio - The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Now that we\u2019re halfway through the second decade of the 2000s, it seems appropriate to look back at the early part of the century with some amber-colored\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/prefuse-73-rivington-nao-rio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-18T19:29:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-02T18:32:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/prefuse_73-rivington.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dorian S. 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