Delloreese Patricia Early, known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. Reese's long career began as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You Know?". In the late–1960s, Reese hosted her own talk show, Della, which ran for 197 episodes. She also starred in films beginning in 1975, including playing opposite Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Elliott Gould in Expecting Mary (2010). She achieved continuing success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which Reese played the leading role of Tess.
Scott Herren is a producer who has been based in Atlanta, Barcelona and New York City. Herren releases music under the aliases Prefuse 73, Delarosa & Asora, Ahmad Szabo, and Piano Overlord, and is also part of the groups Savath y Savalas, Sons of the Morning, Fudge, Risil, and Diamond Watch Wrists.
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives is a 2001 studio album by Guillermo Scott Herren, the first released under the name Prefuse 73. The album was released in June 11, 2001 on Warp. The music was created by Herren alone, with some tracks featuring guest vocals from MCs Mikah 9, MF Doom and Aesop Rock as well as vocalist Sam Prekop from The Sea and Cake. Inspired by Miami bass and early 90s hip hop, Herren had been recording music with his Music Production Center (MPC) for Schematic Records, a label known primarily for intelligent dance music (IDM). After working with various local hip hop artists making what he described as "very boring rap beats", Herren was inspired to take his music in a more left-field direction.
One Word Extinguisher is the second studio album by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp on May 6, 2003. It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.
Extinguished: Outtakes is an EP by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp in 2003. It peaked at number 14 on Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Surrounded by Silence is the third studio album by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp on March 21, 2005.
Zachary Charles Hill is an American multi-instrumentalist and visual artist. He is best known as the drummer and co-producer of the group Death Grips and math rock band Hella as well as the alternative dreamrock band Team Sleep. His intense, high bpm drumming style is his key hallmark.
Linda Perhacs is an American psychedelic folk singer, who released her first album, Parallelograms, in 1970 to scant notice or sales. The album was rediscovered by record enthusiasts and reissued numerous times beginning in 1998, growing in popularity with the rise of the New Weird America movement and the Internet. In 2014, she released a second album titled The Soul of All Natural Things.
Security Screenings is an EP by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp Records in 2006.
Prefuse 73 Reads the Books E.P. is a collaborative EP by Prefuse 73 and The Books. It was released on Warp in 2005. "Pagina Ocho" features a vocal contribution from Claudia Maria Deheza. Prefuse 73's third studio album, Surrounded by Silence, includes "Pagina Dos" from the EP, as well as many other collaborations with artists other than The Books. The EP peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Kenny Jenkins, better known by his stage name Diverse, is an American rapper. An underground hip hop artist, he has received critical acclaim "from knowledgeable heads worldwide".
School of Seven Bells was an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2007. It originally consisted of Alejandra Deheza, her sister Claudia Deheza and Benjamin Curtis. Claudia Deheza left the group in 2010, and Curtis died of lymphoma in 2013. Using demos of songs Curtis had written prior to and during his illness, the band's fourth and final album, SVIIB, was completed posthumously and released in February 2016.
Preparations is a studio album by Prefuse 73. It was released on Warp Records in 2007.
William Benjamin Bensussen, better known by his stage name The Gaslamp Killer, is an alternative hip hop producer and DJ based in Los Angeles, California.
The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73 is a four-track collaboration EP with Guillermo Scott Herren pressed on randomly colored vinyl 12" so that no two look alike. Limited to 1000-2000 copies, self-released by band and only sold at select record stores. Some copies were hand assembled and autographed by vocalist Wayne Coyne. The song "Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee" was later released on The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends.
Elvin Estela, better known by his stage name Nobody, is an American hip hop producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a resident DJ at Low End Theory. He has collaborated with 2Mex, Abstract Rude, Freestyle Fellowship, Busdriver, and Mystic Chords of Memory. He has also been a member of Blank Blue and Bomb Zombies. Better Propaganda listed him as number 73 on "Top 100 Artists of the Decade."
Mtendere Mandowa, better known by his stage name Teebs, is an American record producer and visual artist from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the My Hollow Drum collective. He is also one half of the duo Sons of the Morning.
The Only She Chapters is a 2011 studio album by Guillermo Scott Herren under his alias of Prefuse 73.
The '92 vs. '02 Collection is a 2002 EP by Guillermo Scott Herren released under the alias of Prefuse 73. It was released by Warp in 2002.
Rivington Não Rio is a studio album by American producer Guillermo Scott Herren under his alias of Prefuse 73, released by Temporary Residence Limited in 2015. Rivington Não Rio was Herren's first album since 2011's The Only She Chapters, after which he was told by his label that they would not be accepting more material from him. After the release, he spent his time away from music and then later collaborating with other artists and attempting to start a new label called Yellow Year.
