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The Failing Institute of Season No.2
Electronic · 2021 · 15 tracks · 48m

The Failing Institute of Season No.2

Prefuse 73

Surgical sampling and tape-saturated grit. Fragmented hip-hop beats reconstructed into a hazy, late-night architecture of glitch and warmth.

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It's like a hip-hop beat tape that got left in the sun and then put through a paper shredder.

A focused, late-night meditation on the intersection of digital error and analog warmth.

The Failing Institute of Season No.2 · vs · Prefuse 73
Contemplative+1.4σ

Contemplative saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 48m
01
Lonesome Intern
3:15
02
Estate Pt.2
2:31
03
Ascended
4:24
04
Delegate Pt.1
4:21
05
Sine Games
3:29
06
Delegate of a Delegate
3:07
07
Parto Pia
2:28
08
Allergen
1:10
09
Estate No.1
3:53
10
Windfall Intermission
3:04
11
Overheads
5:12
12
Pure Floss
1:16
13
Good Days
2:58
14
P.Pulse
3:13
15
Ensemble Tascam
4:38
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden shift in 'Lonesome Intern' where the percussion snaps from a loose shuffle into a rigid, glitchy lock-step.
The way 'Ensemble Tascam' closes the album with a thick, tape-hiss heavy atmosphere that feels like a machine slowly powering down.
The haunting, melodic vocal fragments in 'Ascended' that float just out of reach behind a wall of syncopated kicks.
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