Preparations

Electronic · 2007 · 30 tracks · 1h 43m

Preparations

A sprawling 30-track odyssey of surgical hip-hop edits and lush, modern classical arrangements. Warm analog grit meets cold digital precision.

It's like a hip-hop record that's been put through a paper shredder and then glued back together with beautiful orchestral music.

A restless, intricately detailed journey through urban soundscapes and fractured memories.

Preparations · vs · Prefuse 73

Restless+0.6σ

Restless saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 30 Tracks · 1h 43m

01

For Her Non-Place

5:51

01

From the East Intro

0:32

02

Preparation One

0:45

02

Beaten Thursdays

3:44

03

Thorough Light

3:45

03

Aborted Hugs

1:29

04

The Class of 73 Bells

4:58

04

Spacious and Dissonant, Part 2

6:50

05

Pitu

5:18

05

Girlfriend Boyfriend

3:22

06

Smoking Red

2:55

06

Preparation Two

0:49

07

Over Ensembles

4:28

07

Prog Version Slowly Crushed

3:32

08

The Last

4:40

08

Noreaster Cheer

2:31

09

Let It Ring

3:09

09

Sunbeamstress

2:10

10

Humidity Interlude

1:35

10

17 Seconds Interlude

1:01

11

I Knew You Were Gonna Go

4:01

11

The Ground We Lift

3:24

12

Preparation Three

0:55

12

Pomade Suite Version One

5:46

13

Spaced + Dissonant

4:15

13

Let It Ring Ensembles

4:21

14

Preparation Outro Version

5:02

14

Out We Will Go

2:15

15

Prepared as It Was

5:04

15

Recycled Suite

5:07

Moments Worth Waiting For

The way the bells in 'The Class of 73 Bells' shimmer against the heavy, stuttering percussion

The sudden transition from the frenetic beats of the first half to the sparse, orchestral 'Interludes'

The haunting, slowed-down vocal fragments in 'Girlfriend Boyfriend' that feel like a fading memory

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