Prinzhorn Dance School

Prinzhorn Dance School is the musical moniker for Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn. They work from a disused church in the UK where they make all of their music, visual art and film/ video. Their debut album came out on the new york label dfa records, released in the UK by EMI. It prompted the british guardian newspaper to describe them as "the least commercially viable group ever signed to a major label." Prinz and horn do make music that is sparse, original, uncompromising and idiosyncratic. But never for the sake of it. Following the debut, they toured the UK and Europe. In 2008 they played a great show headlining the Experimental Circle Tent at Offset Festival. In the same year, their song "You Are The Space Invader" was used as the soundtrack to the HBO Cinemax trailer for the movie Transformers, while the Sunday Telegraph included Prinzhorn Dance School's debut album in a "best 120 albums of all time" list. January 2012 finally sees the release of their long-awaited second album "Clay Class" on James Murphy's DFA records and Cooperative Music. By adding melodies, the Prinzhorn Sound clearly developed without loosing their very own and dark undertone. The first single "Seed, Crop, Harvest" already promised the album to be great. And "Clay Class" kept the promise. Between the global economic meltdown and lack of prospects, the character of Prinz and Horn's music is more contemporary than ever giving an insight into how growing up in 21st century Britain is actually like. Infectious hooklines, call and response parts as well as other details refine the music and make "Clay Class" a record to entrance sceptics and re-convert the converted.




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