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Juggling almost as many alter-egos as he does genres, and collaborating with everyone relevant and her cousin and Ghostface (who transcends relevance), the absurdly prolific Scott Herren arguably holds the title of indie's postmodern Renaissance Man. While not reigning as Piano Overlord or nursing his "baby" Savath & Savalas, Scott enjoys putting on a little song-and-dance routine called Prefuse 73.

Come late February, the legendary Warp Records will unveil Security Screenings, Herren's latest opus under the Prefuse moniker. Described by its progenitor as "merely a transition" rather than a follow-up to this year's Surrounded By Silence, Security will be Herren's paean to airport security and the "immense amount of respect and care" they've shown him in the post-9/11 era. Tricorder reading: acerbic sarcasm.

Described in his press release as "a masterclass in sliced-up breakdance noise rock," Security will feature collaborations with kindred souls Four Tet and TV on the Radio's Babatunde Adebimpe. While the collabo-heavy Surrounded By Silence employed extensive vocal work from guest stars, Security sees Herren returning primarily to "the type of intricate instrumental material that slayed fans in the first place." So prepare to be slain by the following cuts, glitch-hoppers:

01 The Letter: "P"
02 With Dirt and Two Texts-- Afternoon Version
03 Illiterate Interlude
04 Keeping Up With Your Quota
05 No Special Bed
06 Weight Watching
07 When the Grip Lets You Go
08 Always It's Gonna Be Like That
09 Creating Cyclical Headaches [ft. Four Tet]
10 Awakening to a...
11 With Dirt and Two Texts-- Later Version With Love
12 No Origin
13 One Star and Three Stripes
14 Mud in Your Breath
15 Breathe
16 Matrimonioids... (for: Elivin + Susana Estela)
17 We Leave You in a Cloud of Thick Smoke and Sleep Outro [ft. Babatunde Adebimpe]

King Herren has a couple bookend December dates lined up, including a gig tomorrow night in the NYC and a new year's bonanza supporting Sound Tribe in the dirty south:

12-01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
12-31 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle ^

* with Icy Demons, Daylight's for the Birds
^ with Sound Tribe Sector 9