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The Failing Institute of Drums & Other Percussion
Electronic · 2021 · 16 tracks · 41m

The Failing Institute of Drums & Other Percussion

Prefuse 73

Rhythmic fragmentation. Dusty, tape-saturated beats and ghostly jazz samples create a dense, urban atmosphere for deep focus.

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It's like a jigsaw puzzle of a hip-hop beat that was left out in the rain.

A restless, late-night meditation on rhythm and mechanical decay.

The Failing Institute of Drums & Other Percussion · vs · Prefuse 73
Percussion+2.9σ

The instrumentation foregrounds percussion far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 41m
01
Enter as the Birds Do
2:18
02
The Man & Who He Really Is Pt.3
5:00
03
Taped Up Low Hum
4:03
04
Twin Statues
3:26
05
The Initial Repetition
2:40
06
All Yesterdays
4:16
07
Kaligo Pt.1
1:06
08
Marimba Mansions
3:15
09
Evening Finale
1:21
10
Everyone Exit With the Birds
1:38
11
The Man & Who He Really Is Pt.4
2:16
12
Afternoon Drifts
2:44
13
Remembering the Past Through This Riot
2:46
14
Remembering the Past Through This Riot Pt.2
1:40
15
Kaligo Pt.2
0:54
16
Escape With the Birds
1:57
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the percussion on track 3 dissolves into a thick layer of tape hiss before the bass returns.
The sudden transition from the frantic rhythmic complexity of track 2 into the ambient drift of track 4.
The haunting, bird-like vocal chirps that bookend the album, creating a sense of cyclical isolation.
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