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Flashbulb, The - Flexing Habitual

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Catalog#:
SLR 104
Format:
CD, Mini-Album
Country:
Canada
Released:
28 Sep 2006
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Glitch, Breaks, IDM

Tracklist

1   Ninedump 2:43
2   Stretch Industry 2:52
3   Please Don't Remember 4:26
4   Chik Habit 2:35
5   Amen Iraq 2:40
6   Six Acid Strings 3:15
7   Bash 3:30
8   Birthday Colour 1:59
9   Lucid Bass III 4:55
10   Lawn Wake XI 2:25

Credits

Producer, Written-By - Benn L. Jordan
Violin - Greg Hirte

Notes

Some parts of the melody to "Chik Habit" was taken from a Mucca Pazza song.

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Review by hark_mall Nov 10, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
In response to the other comment, this album IS an EP. Also, Benn Jordan often plays with and collaborates with Mucca Pazza. Chick Habit is an old french folk song that was covered by many artists, most notably April March. The version on this album contains performances by Mucca Pazza.

For an EP that sits perfectly on a 12", I think this it's very accomplished. I've already witnessed tracks like Chik Habit and Amen Iraq serving perfection while being DJ'd at parties. Tracks like Ninedump and Lucid Bass III are challenging, and are served best with a pair of good headphones and a decent attention span. In my opinion the album is a great step in breakcore, it turns the limits up a notch without sacrificing the listener. The bpm never seems to get out of hand, and there's nothing in this record that deliberately sounds 'evil' or 'hardcore'. It's simply a huge array of sounds that are put together so tightly that it's hard to even imagine what the studio sessions must have looked like.
This is some next level stuff Benn!
Rated 3/5
Review by Schwenk Nov 06, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
So here it is, Benn's take on breakcore. After anticipating this release for several months, I was sorely disappointed when it came in the mail and I finally listened to it. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes long, It should have been an EP in the first place. The songs are too short, which means almost none of them afford any time for development. In addition to this, none of the songs have anything constant at all. Benn, it's okay to have the same snare hit on 2 and 4 once in a while! The album also features exhausting use of pitch shifting, which grows old after the first two tracks. Even the melody to the best track, Chik Habit, was lifted from a band called Mucca Pazza. Overall, the album sounds like it was recorded very hastily. It's enjoyable only if you lower your standards.

Sloppy job, Benn. Do better next time.