Our Past, Our Present and Our Future

http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jul/14/dj-spooky-civil-rights-unbound/

Mowno Magazine review of Duality

"...Originally from Los Angeles where he created many musical projects kept very confidential, Christophe G. aka FluiD then moved to Chicago. Follower of a wide musical mix ranging from techno to metal to jazz, noise, hip hop, dub or industrial, the musician / producer displays here as a guideline only special affection for a dark universe, cold, almost apocalyptic, the same one found in Techno Animal or Sand, and we still hear from Scorn, Dub Trio, The Bug, or Dalek. In 10 tracks, FluiD reduces to smithereens the musical chapels for forging, composition after composition, a very personal and exciting, we woke up again in this recurrent excitation in the 90s. When most hip hop producers amused us with brilliance to rival most rock bands (the introductory 'DH-1' and 'AIC'). Low stripping, mammoth beats, noisy guitars with coarse and prickly arrangements are the pillars of this release; promising that the listener sees itself, gradually over the second half. There, halfway, we say that FluiD would fit on a label Jarring Effects of tempering, to give a history lesson inspired to house producers including hip hop that too often proves too clean and shy. So, it is rather early Picore, to which we found a few similarities; industrial dub ('Iron Communique' feat. Black Saturn), that we must seek affiliation. But again, when it was thought to have identified the thing, the Chicagoan took the time to reveal the diversity of his work, let down the pressure via a 'Dread Futures'. Wiser and hovering, is the more electro 'Disrupting The Ghost', decorated with oriental vocal samples and resumes the metal of concrete heights 'Froz'n II'. Tearing at the same time throughout the end of this disc with softening more and more present. What remains is an excellent craftsman, FluiD has made his yard a beautiful monument recommended for all fans of experimental music accessible..."

Mathieu
Reprinted courtesy of Mowno
(p) (c) 2011
http://www.mowno.com/tag/fluid/

PAS - Reconstruction (ALRN023)

Brooklyn, NY collective, PAS has just released 'PAS - Reconstruction' (ALRN023) on Alrealon Musique. Reconstruction features contributions from Alrealon Musique artists, Black Saturn, John 3:16, LAX, Zilmrah and myself.  The 8 song release sees PAS construct new tracks from the sonic debris of the aforementioned artists.

You can purchase Reconstruction directly from Alrealon Musique via our new store -
http://www.alrealon.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=30

Listen to the track, 'Here Ing Voices', which features myself and Dave Tamura -

PAS - Here Ing Voices by Alrealon Musique

Chilean blog, Absenta Musical  has posted a review of 'Reconstruction',  here is the translation:

"When you close your eyes while listening to this album, thousands of images come into your mind. Each album, each soundtrack and each song reflects a different imaginary world. Most of the time, these images are related to the artwork/video work associated with the music, sometimes, it’s the music itself that creates these images.

When you listen to this new album by the collective from Brooklyn called PAS, it evokes strange and frightening images, as scary as the names of the tracks; these 8 tracks aren’t for everyone, of course. The most bizarre song (and maybe one of the strongest here) refers to a constant disillusion with some surprise (in the most positive sense of the word). The different rhythms and audio frequencies used in this album manage to get the listener's attention. In this way, we can say that ‘Reconstruction’ is more accessible than we could've imagined. It would have been easy for PAS to produce an extreme and obscure album. Instead, they have the desire to communicate with us. From one track to another, abstract elements take over more concrete sounds, for instance, listen to the two tracks ‘Sound of Thought in Motion’ and ‘Here Ing Voices’. In my opinion, they are both excellent tracks, creating dark and psychedelic images.

Elusive sounds and noises (I think my dogs could hear them sometimes) make reference to the real world and to a ‘reconstruction’ of the 90’s electronic dance scene. I’m thinking about acts like Eat Static or Sabres of Paradise mixed with the evil of albums by Thrill Kill Kult and Sheep on Drugs. The artists we mentioned can even be references for this album.

Another good thing about this album is that each track is unique and personal. The eight tracks (yes, unfortunately, only 8) can then only be interpreted by PAS and the associated artist that contributed to the track. You have the choice between tracks you are going to listen in your bed staring at infinity and songs you are going to dance on. This mix between these two types of tracks is spontaneous and natural and couldn’t have been otherwise. It gives this album its interesting side. Refreshing and original, this project isn’t another of these pop albums in which the direction and the time are given or the reason why and how this project can be..."

Cristobal Moya
reprinted courtesy of Absenta Musical
(p) (c) 2011
http://www.absentamusical.com/2011/02/pas-reconstruction.html

Watch a video of PAS and FluiD from their performance @ Spark - Festival of Electronic Music and Arts (Oct. 2010) -


PAS/FluiD live at Spark Festival 2010 from PAS Music on Vimeo.


Be sure to catch PAS on their upcoming European Tour.
For tour dates and other info, please check, the following:

MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/pas-music
Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/pas-music
Reverbnation - http://www.reverbnation.com/pasmusic

New review of Duality by Chroniques Electroniques

The artist is called FluiD aka Christophe G. aka The post-human cyborg: subduxtion, and the album is named 'Envisioning Abstraction: the Duality of FluiD', that sets the tone. Activist and guerilla sound experimentator FluiD, is a composer from Chicago, author of several short releases and nebulas collaborations. He has released his first album, rocky, dirty and exultant on the Swiss label Alrealon Musique. Voluntarily, the question of the artwork will not be raised.

Industrial-Dub, oppressive rock, hip-hop and noise, the American kneaded it all, stretching rampage and conscientiously. Moments of tense calm aerate this set, and allow the properly scary atmospheres to penetrate the listener. Terrifying and riddled with interference. Hovering the ground like unhealthy clouds, and the battering imperturbability of a military march. If Scorn is the major influence, you can also imagine Ez3kiel and Lucidstatic, gathered around a drum, then visiting, completely torn, abandoned factories. Despite the variety of inspirations and the appearance of an orgiastic celebration of the end of the world, FluiD is far from being lost in an unnecessary mess. The chemistry between the low, viscous, noisy guitar and the industrial triturations, belies a steady and heady, rhythmic flow. We hang in caves of tacky rust, exaggerated by the lack of light and shadows, vibrations fall like the repeated shaking of the dust of the lowlands.

Voices occur sparingly. The oscillating flow between rap and vengeful metal screams of Black Saturn eady electrify the already burning 'Iron Communique'. A sample of Arabic singing, wails on 'Disrupting The Ghost'.

 'Sublimation In The Zero Hour', perfectly illustrates the tension load contained in the entire album. Throughout this unstoppable rise, driven by a synthesizer annunciator. Then a slamming, colossal bass and we swim in full dub, dark and dirty. Then, a ringing psyche guitar completes its course with a background of acute noise; the end of a post-rock taste of the Apocalypse, it appears washed. Also of note, 'Dread Futures', the only real piece dub, (and a nugget like no other), the cataclysmic 'AIC', and the final 'Parallel States'.

A breath of fresh air that album. Behind the Duality of disturbed weather, the technical mastery and consistency which FluiD demonstrated is obvious. Dub manufacturers can rely on new blood, healthy and neurotic.

Manon Torres
http://www.chroniqueselectroniques.net/article-fluid-duality-66900750.html
Reprinted courtesy of Chroniques Electroniques
(p) (c) 2011

Beyond the Noize reviews Duality

French blog, Beyond the Noize has published a review of 'Envisioning Abstraction: the Duality of FluiD' (ALRN008). The review is in French, here is a translation of the review -

"This is the first album by the artist/producer/arranger from Chicago and he managed to rock the boat. First of all, he clearly and proudly shows his diverse influences. This album also exhibits an uncompromised aesthetic combined with beautiful textures. FluiD’s album - whose artwork fits well with our website banner, but doesn’t quite go well with what we are used to see - is an Industrial-Dub Manifesto. The influences are clearly presented here: Mick Harris and Scorn, Justin Broadrick (especially Techno Animal and 'Love and Hate in Dub' by Godflesh). Rare vocals are added here. One track, 'Disrupting the Ghost' uses a vocal sample, while another one features an Oddatee-type voice, 'Iron Communique'.

Overall, the tracks are sticky and dark, with Dantesque bass lines coupled with noisy guitars and gloomy keyboards parts. FluiD combined nicely built ambient parts with dark passages and repetitive loops of crackling machines. But the whole stuff is handled by the cleaned and emphasised rhythm: rolling bass lines
and iterative drums machine. A few melodic escapes and a couple of keyboards lines color the background to attenuate the amount of swampy sounds 'Sublimation In The Zero Hour' and make the music even sicker. FluiD manages to evoke the suffocating atmosphere of the Tricky’s, 'Angels With Dirty Faces' era
while FluiD repeats Industrial-Dub litanies at the confluence of hip hop 'Absence' style, version 3.0. We wish him to tour with Dälek, and even Picore, and we hope he's going to collaborate with new artists that will make FluiD’s music even more unique and essential".

Reprinted courtesy of Beyond the Noize (p) (c) 2011
http://beyondthenoize.blogspot.com/2011/02/fluid-duality.html

Exclaim! Magazine reviews Duality

Canadian magazine, Exclaim! recently published a review of 'Envisioning Abstraction: the Dualtiy of FluiD' (ALRN008).

Here is an excerpt from the review -

"As Dälek languishes in comfortable semi-obscurity, Scorn gets slower and dubbier, and Techno Animal masterminds Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin spin away at their respective projects, the industrial/hip-hop/experimental crossover that these groups once championed becomes harder and harder to find. Chicago, IL. based one-man army FluiD is intent on changing that, filling a void a select, devout few will be very pleased to see occupied..."

You can read the entire review here.

3 by 3

Verse:

The Jesus Lizard - Liar
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
One Day as a Lion - One Day as a Lion

Chorus:

Helmet - Meantime
Pitch Shifter - Pitch Shifter vs...(The Remix War)
Tricky - Angels with Dirty Faces

Bridge:

Trojan Dub Massive - Chapter Two
Sunn O))) - Pentemple
Om - Pilgrimage

Live @ Foundation

Video from my set at Foundation, Kansas City, MO., 2010.

FluiD vs. Jason Wayne Sneed

FluiD vs. Jason Wayne Sneed

This Sat., Feb. 5, 2011 at Swing State.

Lake Villa, IL.

10:00 pm

Come celebrate the release of my new CD

'Envisioning Abstraction: the Duality of FluiD'.

Joining me onstage will be Chicago bassist,

Jason Wayne Sneed.