Prefuse 73, Yeasayer’s Drummer Team Up for Epstein Remix Album

So you want to hear what hip-hop can be? Take one last listen to 50 Cent and his mainstream compatriots, because once you listen to Prefuse 73 and Jaytram (the drummer of Yeasayer) reinterpret the work of Epstein, none of that stuff will matter much.

Born Roberto Carlos Lange, the NYC artist/producer has been making experimental hip-hop under the moniker Epstein for years. He’s most notable as a member of Guillermo Scott Herren‘s Savath and Savalas, and also produced Bear In Heaven‘s latest record Beast Rest Forth Mouth.

Earlier this year, Epstein released When Man Is Full He Falls Asleep, his first full-length on Asthmatic Kitty Records. After the album was out for a bit, Epstein asked his friends Prefuse 73 and Yeasayer drummer Jason Trammell to go through a back catalog of Epstein tracks, producing an album’s worth of re-imagined material.  The result is genuinely unprecedented and impossibly smart.

We have two MP3s to give away from the remix project, plus the record is available for download on Epstein‘s Bandcamp as a pay-what-you-want price.  Not bad, right? Happy Holidays!

Prefuse 73/Epstein – “Seite Campanas De La Serenidad”:

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Jaytram/Epstein – “You Know They Out”:

Tracklisting:

01 haunted hotel beat – Jaytram
02 learning dream – Jaytram
03 Joy me – Jaytram
04 you know they out – Jaytram
05 sleep watching clouds – Jaytram
06 passing threw – Jaytram
07 Moda de hormigón – Prefuse 73
08 Enfermo abrazos – Prefuse 73
09 Un montón de flotando – Prefuse 73
10 Temporal tempo – Prefuse 73
11 Mar del Enfermo abrazos – Prefuse 73
12 Cuando nos escondemos – Prefuse 73
13 Seite campanas de la Serenidad – Prefuse 73

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Prefuse 73/Jaytram/Epstein (Asthmatic Kitty)
Release Date:  December 13th, 2010
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