Live Shows 2:

Scott Herren: APT, June 5th 2007, 1 set

Stumbling upon Scott Herren (aka Prefuse 73) spinning at New York's APT was a nice surprise. Herren is known today as one of the best electronic artists around. Although he is most known for his electro-hip-hop outfit as Prefuse 73, he also dons various other monikers for his wide array of side projects and collaborations. Among his other projects include albums under the names Piano Overlord (pure electronic experimentation), Delarosa and Asora (frenetic techno), and Savath and Savalas (brazilian electronic music). But on June 5th at APT, Herren was working as Prefuse 73, and spun his own brand of hip hop. Whereas his own albums tend to be a mix of his own electronic music spun around with hip hop beats and sometimes guest MCs on top, his live set made it a lot easier to see his influences in the genre. He began spinning some random records and slowly moved into remixing some acapellas including one great MF Doom remix. When the set began he seemed to be moving out of what the previous DJ had been spinning, but by the end of his set had transformed the music into his original style. Herren's live set displayed his skills of developing his own sound even when just spinning records, and added another side to an already multi-faceted artist.

7/10