Fxbip shatters preconceived notions of nonsensical experimentation and instead focuses on unique (even if a bit turbulent) concrete sound collages that bend, flex, and splinter with a punctuated sheen.
Subtle vocal bursts, acid glitching, scorched drums and ravaged rhythms
So many labels continue to release the goods and we can barely keep up—maybe that’s a good issue to have. Chiseled sonic sculptures are shaping the current and next generation of experimental electronic music enthusiasts. Abstrakt Reflections, Acre, Component, Evel, Kaer’Uiks, Schematic, Section 27, Touched Music, and several others hold the proverbial IDM and braindance torch for an audience that appreciates such creative diversity. Concrete Collage is at the top of our list and their focus on abstract electrical conduits is just as active and explosive. Fxbip’s Choke and Ame Polaire is a double release recently issued as light and dark versions of each other—a sort of yin yang dualism whereby the multi-talented Montreal-based musicians’ role is to display leftfield broken beats and fluid breakcore. Subtle vocal bursts, acid glitching, scorched drums and ravaged rhythms (found on Ame Polaire) are countered by Choke‘s more expressive and upfront drill’n bass sparks amid hundreds of found sounds and kinetic electronics. Fxbip ultimately shatters preconceived notions of nonsensical experimentation and instead focuses on unique (even if a bit turbulent) concrete sound collages that bend, flex, and splinter with a punctuated sheen.
Choke and Ame Polaire are available on Concrete Collage.
