Guillermo Scott Herren was born in
Miami,
Florida, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. His father is
Catalan and his mother is
Irish and
Cuban. At an early age his parents encouraged him to play piano and other instruments; his mother "forced" Herren to play a wide variety of instruments, even going so far as to teach him the
Suzuki Method in order to "keep him out of trouble". Growing up, Herren's musical tastes branched out and he became interested in hip-hop, punk rock, and electronic music. He began his career DJing at MJQ, a small night club in Atlanta, and then began working in commercial studios producing hip-hop tracks for
Dirty South rappers. However, Herren wanted to create his own music and started collecting second-hand instruments and
drum machines during this part of his career. He eventually moved to New York City to go to college; there he began recording his first major release,
Sleep Method Suite, under the name of
Delarosa and Asora. The album was released in 1997. In 2000, Herren released the album
Folk Songs for Trains, Trees, and Honey under the name
Savath & Savalas. Herren first released music under the name
Prefuse 73 with 2001's commercially and critically successful
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives. A year later, a 4-track
EP ''
The '92 vs. '02 Collection was released. In 2003, Herren released the album One Word Extinguisher, one of his best known Prefuse 73 albums to date. A companion album, Extinguished: Outtakes'' was released afterwards showing off some of the production "outtakes" and remixes that were omitted from the initial release. 2005 saw the release of
Surrounded by Silence, Herren's third album as Prefuse 73. The album featured more collaborations with a variety of musicians, including rappers both underground and mainstream. Herren's next Prefuse 73 release,
Security Screenings, was released in 2006; though as long as a full-length, the release was touted as an EP. On August 8, 2007, the fourth Prefuse 73 album,
Preparations was announced and it was released on October 15, 2007. The album is sold with a bonus full-length disc titled
Interregnums, featuring songs that were more ambient and contemplative than usual Prefuse 73 material. Along with partners Peter Rentz, Carolina Chaves, Ben Loiz, Carlos Niño, and Paz Ochs, Herren started the
Eastern Developments Music label. In June 2008, Herren announced the formation of a new collaborative project,
Risil, which includes members of
Sunn O))),
Hella,
School of Seven Bells,
Pivot, and others. On June 24, 2009, the supergroup released their debut LP, entitled
Non Meters Volume 1. Herren also released a new Savath & Savalas album, entitled
La Llama, earlier in March of the same year, and a new Prefuse 73 LP entitled
Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian. In 2009, under the name
Diamond Watch Wrists, he and
Zach Hill contributed a cover of a
Pivot song to the
Warp20 (Recreated) compilation. The group later released the album
Ice Capped At Both Ends. Herren released three sets under the name Prefuse 73 in 2015: two EPs (
Forsyth Gardens and
Every Color of Darkness) and an album,
Rivington Não Rio. ==Discography==