Prinzhorn Dance School

Musical Group

Forfans of minimalist post-punk, no-wave and dance-punk; listeners who like stark, rhythmic songwriting and dfa-adjacent releases.
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The Profile

Prinzhorn Dance School is an English post-punk duo formed by Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn. Their self-titled debut was released in 2007 on DFA Records. They are known for minimal, brutalist arrangements, hypnotic basslines and terse dual vocals.

Debut album 'Prinzhorn Dance School' released in 2007 on DFA Records. Duo members named Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn. Musical style frequently described as minimalist post-punk and no-wave.

The available review praises Prinzhorn Dance School's austere, minimal post-punk and no-wave approach, highlighting hypnotic bass, martial drums and terse dual vocals. The debut self-titled album (2007, DFA) is described as brutalist, minimalist and rhythmically memorable. Short, skeletal songs create stark urban images.

Notable Quotes

❝ This is how the Prinzhorn Dance School operates, developing a concept of music of brutal simplicity, indebted to a self-indulgent post-punk and no-wave aesthetic, leaving no escape.