Posted by Budgie at July 18, 2005 12:55 PM

Sold me? I thought I was getting this for free?

Part Two of the HoC Members Special sees Jimmy The Flid letting us get our hands on his current adventures into the realms of "clicky clicky hiss music", or as it is more commonly known Flid Music...

Jimmy sat in his lab and assembled some strange sound effects and emailed them to other producers asking them to remix or incorporate the noises in any way, shape or form that they fancied. The result is a 5 track EP of intense beats, fuzzy bursts of noise and speaker bursting electronica.

To top it off, if you see fit to burn them to a CD, he has provided us with the cover art. The front of the CD is the main picture above and the back artwork can be found here.

So download, burn it, play loud and enjoy...

Track : JIMMY THE FLID - "CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD"

First up is Jimmy's own incorporation of the noises he created. "Circular Firing Squad" is a static filled, buzzy electronic drum and bass-esque track with just barely a hint of a plucky string like melody trying to fight through it all. And hey, it lasts for 3 and a half minutes, that's 3 minutes more than his tracks usually run for! (sorry jimmy, couldn't resist the dig!)

Track : JIMMY THE FLID - "CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD (MOTHBOY REMIX)"

Mothboy on the other hand takes the static and electronic hum and wraps it around a heavy industrial style beat. When I mentioned above about the tracks being "speaker bursting", well, this track is definitely the main culprit as there is a huge bassline running the red all the way through this one... Excellent production on this with the beats being scuzzed up to match the ingredients Jimmy supplied.

Track : JIMMY THE FLID - "CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD (EMPIRE STATE HUMAN REMIX)"

Mr Spoilt Victorian Child dons his Empire State Human guise for this remix. I dread to think what the BPM is on this as the relentless, but muted, jackhammer beat pounds away good style. The way the track builds is quite interesting as it seems to create the impression that the track is about to explode at any minute. Even after the short breakdown you will be convinced the track is going to kick off, but yet it keeps on building and building adding more and more drum effects and frantic electronics to create a dense, swirling fear before dropping you into that plucky string sample I mentioned on track one. The finale made me grin. If the track had a visual equivalent, it would be like being chased through the woods ala Blair Witch only to be greeted in the clearing by Porky Pig stuttering "the-the-thats all folks!" and the Looney Tunes music kicking in...

Track : JIMMY THE FLID - "CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD (SOLIPSISM REMIXED)"

Solipsism transplants Jimmy's noises onto a dark ambient head nodder of a track. The first 3 minutes or so has Solipsism adding a glitchy, scratchy sounding beat and adds layers of his own trademark effects to it all. Then, towards the end, the beat veers off to a more sped up version of its former self, as if trying to shake off the deep production that lies on top of it.

Track : JIMMY THE FLID - "WHAT YOU SOLD ME"

This is the latest of Jimmy's tracks. If I was to list the amount of things he cut up and used in it then this post would be some size... The trick he has pulled off here is that even although there was a lot involved in putting this track together if still manages to sound quite minimal. On first listen, it had me scurrying into my CD pile to find my old Main albums, specifically "Hz". Ok, Main didn't use beats like this - a DIY mixture of clicks, bangs and a hint of castanets! - but the sounds and slight melody going on does remind me of their more quieter moments. "What You Sold Me" shows more structure than previous works by The Flid and again this one clocks in at 2 minutes 45! He must have needed a lie down after making it...!

Jimmy thanks and recommends the following people :

Go Visit : Jimmy The Flid
Go Visit : Mothboy and Mothboy @ 8bitrecs.com.
Go Visit : Empire State Human / Spoilt Victorian Child / The Phantom Carriage
Go Visit : Solipsism
Go Visit : Stephen Cairns (artwork)

Feel free to leave a comment about these tracks in The Pipe section of the forum

Ta,
Budgie