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PREP w/ Social Cig

Music
Friday, April 29
7 - 9 pm
Cost: Free
PREP and Social Cig take on the Terrace at Memorial Union.

About PREP:
In 2015 the four members of PREP came together to cut deep grooves that mine contemporary R&B and electronica while hearkening back to the soft, sheer sound of the late ’70s and early ‘80s—what some listeners have retroactively dubbed yacht rock. The love for that style united vocalist-lyricist Tom Havelock, keyboardist Llywelyn Ap Myrddin, drummer Guillaume Jambel, and producer Dan Radclyffe. PREP is pop music that feels tip-of-the-tongue familiar even though you’ve never heard it before. The freshness of fusing well-worn genre tunes with modern sounds is a product of the distinct backgrounds that make up the group. Llywelyn has a classical music education in composition and piano; Guillaume moonlights as a house producer and DJ; Dan produces hip-hop; and Tom works as a pen-for-hire songwriter in the pop music world. The unique pleasure of a brief wallow in melancholy—what you hear on new stand-out tracks like “Speaking Silence" and "Over” — that’s PREP. This May the group will depart on a headlining tour throughout the US.

About Social Cig: 
Milwaukee DIY project of Parker Shultz, the group has become a mainstay in the MKE live music scene.

About PREP:
In 2015 the four members of PREP came together to cut deep grooves that mine contemporary R&B and electronica while hearkening back to the soft, sheer sound of the late ’70s and early ‘80s—what some listeners have retroactively dubbed yacht rock. The love for that style united vocalist-lyricist Tom Havelock, keyboardist Llywelyn Ap Myrddin, drummer Guillaume Jambel, and producer Dan Radclyffe. PREP is pop music that feels tip-of-the-tongue familiar even though you’ve never heard it before. The freshness of fusing well-worn genre tunes with modern sounds is a product of the distinct backgrounds that make up the group. Llywelyn has a classical music education in composition and piano; Guillaume moonlights as a house producer and DJ; Dan produces hip-hop; and Tom works as a pen-for-hire songwriter in the pop music world. The unique pleasure of a brief wallow in melancholy—what you hear on new stand-out tracks like “Speaking Silence" and "Over” — that’s PREP. This May the group will depart on a headlining tour throughout the US.

About Social Cig: 
Milwaukee DIY project of Parker Shultz, the group has become a mainstay in the MKE live music scene.

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