The Failing Institute of Drums & Other Percussion — Prefuse 73

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

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 41m

Enter as the Birds Do

2:18

The Man & Who He Really Is Pt.3

5:00

Taped Up Low Hum

4:03

Twin Statues

3:26

The Initial Repetition

2:40

All Yesterdays

4:16

Kaligo Pt.1

1:06

Marimba Mansions

3:15

Evening Finale

1:21

Everyone Exit With the Birds

1:38

The Man & Who He Really Is Pt.4

2:16

Afternoon Drifts

2:44

Remembering the Past Through This Riot

2:46

Remembering the Past Through This Riot Pt.2

1:40

Kaligo Pt.2

0:54

Escape With the Birds

1:57

Moments Worth Listening 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.

Where This Album Departs

How does The Failing Institute of Drums & Other Percussion sound next to the rest of Prefuse 73's catalogue?

Percussion+2.9σ

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

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