Hprizm 'Magnetic Memory' Album Out 11/23 On Don Giovanni Records

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Out November 23rd on Don Giovanni Records, Magnetic Memory is a new full-length by NYC-based composer, producer, and performer Hprizm (aka High Priest, aka Kyle Austin).
A founding member of Anti-Pop Consortium, Prizm has consistently challenged the boundaries of hip-hop, collaborating and performing alongside a diverse cast of creative musicians, including Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, and Vijay Iyer.

Composed and recorded throughout last year, Magnetic Memory is guided by Prizm's desire to reconnect with a more traditional approach to sampling. That is to say, sampling as a primary element of composition. "History has moved on from seeing sound art as compositional," he explains. "I wanted to re-embrace that. I thought there was more to say."

In constructing Magnetic Memory's rhythms and atmospheres, Prizm chose to work within the technological constraints of his earliest days as a producer. "Not a lot of gear," says Prizm. "To make it more basement."
"At my point of entry, you couldn't do long-form sampling. You had to make something out of 9-12 seconds," he explains. "Thus, the focus is not on adapting hooks from identifiable songs, but snatching isolated moments to form the basis of instrumentation."
It's not about nostalgia. It's about applying old constraints to new technology in an effort to reconnect with a voice. Prizm is joined on the LP by New York City-based jazz musicians, James Brandon Lewis, Heru Shabaka, and Shawn Keys.

TRACKLIST:
Keep Pushing
Infusion
Resuscitate
Waking Them Up
G11 Forever
Break the Body Down
Up From the Flames
F08 Soul
Asia (Adrenaline)
What's Worth What
And Bet
After The Storm
Electric Ladyland