Prefuse 73 is one alias under which electronica and hip-hop artist Scott Herren releases music. Based out of Atlanta and signed to Warp Records, he first released music under the Prefuse 73 moniker with 2001's commercially and critically successful Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives. In 2003 he released another full-length album, One Word Extinguisher, as well as a collection of outtakes, Extinguished. He is particularly known for his unique take on the glitch style, which has attracted both a rock and hip-hop audience.

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	Gridface: Prefuse 73 feat. Ghostface and El-P: "HideYaFace" (557 words) Prefuse 73 is one alias that Scott Herren goes under. Granted Prefuse 73 is inspired by hip hop, but not so much dirty rude rapping. Its all in the beat for him and it is rare to hear a Prefuse 73 track with any distinguishable vocals at all. The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Prefuse 73 Pushes Hip-Hop Bounds (734 words) Prefuse takes his name from an era of music his alter-ego “holds dear”—the pre-fusion jazz of 1968 to 1973. Also influential for Herren are “80s edit records” and hip-hop, primarily from the years between 1988 and 1995. Describing the Prefuse sound is an invitation to catastrophe; most focus primarily on the novelty in how he cuts up instruments and vocals. Prefuse 73, breaks new ground with his newest album Extinguished, which was the basis for his performance at the Paradise last week.
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