Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Sam Prekop

Who's Your New Professor

(Thrill Jockey Records/Headz, THRILL-JP 20/HEADZ 41) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Something (3:48)
  2. Magic Step (2:40)
  3. Dot Eye (4:36)
  4. Two Dedications (4:26)
  5. Chicago People (2:42)
  6. Little Bridges (2:58)
  7. A Splendid Hollow (2:38)
  8. C + F (4:29)
  9. Neighbor to Neighbor (1:34)
  10. Density (4:48)
  11. Between Outside (2:47)
  12. Ninety Nine (3:07)
  13. North South (3:33)

Tracks 12 and 13 are bonus tracks included in the Japanese edition only.


All songs by Sam Prekop

Sam Prekop: vocals, guitar, piano
Josh Abrams: acoustic and electric basses, acoustic and electric pianos
Rob Mazurek: cornet
Archer Prewitt: guitar, piano
Chad Taylor: drums
John McEntire: synthesizer, percussion

Recorded by Tim Iseler and John McEntire at Soma Electronic Music Studio, Chicago, summer 2004
Mixed by John McEntire in summer 2004
Arrangements by Josh Abrams, Rob Mazurek, John McEntire, Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, and Chad Taylor
Photos and artwork by Sam Prekop
Design by Sheila Sachs and Sam Prekop
Includes liner notes (in Japanese) and song lyrics (in English, with Japanese translations by Taihei Shii and Mika Yoshimoto

Released in February 2005
Originally released on Thrill Jockey Records (THRILL 146)