Fxbip :: Beyond EP (Xephem)

8-bit breaks are crunched, deformed, and plastered against voice snippets, acidic squelches, and chiseled video-game moments. Basically, the whole kit and caboodle is discovered on Beyond by Montreal’s drill’n bass technician Fxbip.

Delving headfirst into harmonious braindance rhythms without skipping a beat

Going a more traditional route, if one can say that about Fxbip’s vast and spastic output, here we find Montreal’s drill’n bass technician delve into more melodic tendencies on Beyond. Shredding breaks, bass and crumpled electronic mayhem into digestible bite-size pieces, this five pack EP delves headfirst into harmonious braindance rhythms without skipping a beat. The pace at which Fxbip unleashes his tracks is astounding—flickering drums aside, there are emotive and orchestral strands that manage to slice their way through each piece. 8-bit breaks are crunched, deformed, and plastered against voice snippets, acidic squelches, and chiseled video-game moments. Basically, the whole kit and caboodle is discovered on Beyond—breakneck percussion is punctuated by the artists’ ability to strike just the right chords in a blistering exp-electronic amalgam. Between X4, Concrete Collage, Pr0gramma, and now Xephem, we are not seeing any signs of Fxbip slowing down.

Beyond is available on Xephem. [Bandcamp]