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Chicago, United States (1999 – present)
Benn Jordan is an idm musician operating under many pseudonyms. Since 1999 his most widely distributed and eclectic music has been released under the name of The Flashbulb, whose songs mostly fall under the idm/breakcore genre. Other names Benn operates under are Benn Jordan, Q-Bit, Flexe, Dr. Lefty, Acidwolf, Human Action Network, DJ ASCII, Lucid32, Dysrhythmia, chr15tpunch3r, Sixty Six Ex, rapemachine and rnd16.
Born in 1978 and raised in the sketchy Ashburn district of South Chicago, Benn Jordan began playing jazz-influenced guitar before reaching the age of attending school. Without any proper musical training, his awkward style of inverted guitar playing and composition knew few restrictions and eventually panned out into full blown albums recorded on tape machines in his bedroom in the mid 1990’s. Being a one man band, Jordan grew quite fond of electronic instruments, which for a period of a few years dominated his compositions as he gained worldwide notoriety as an avant-garde electronic musician using the name “The Flashbulb”.
In more recent years (and 30-something album releases later), Jordan has focused his efforts on writing more cinematic pieces and using an instrumental style closer to his roots. On the other side of releasing music and touring, Jordan has become a sought after film and television composer, most notably writing for Dove’s viral “Evolution” campaign, and branding trademark melodies for companies such as General Mills and Toyota.
Born in 1978 and raised in the sketchy Ashburn district of South Chicago, Benn Jordan began playing jazz-influenced guitar before reaching the age of attending school. Without any proper musical training, his awkward style of inverted guitar playing and composition knew few restrictions and eventually panned out into full blown albums recorded on tape machines in his bedroom in the mid 1990’s. Being a one man band, Jordan grew quite fond of electronic instruments, which for a period of a few years dominated his compositions as he gained worldwide notoriety as an avant-garde electronic musician using the name “The Flashbulb”.
In more recent years (and 30-something album releases later), Jordan has focused his efforts on writing more cinematic pieces and using an instrumental style closer to his roots. On the other side of releasing music and touring, Jordan has become a sought after film and television composer, most notably writing for Dove’s viral “Evolution” campaign, and branding trademark melodies for companies such as General Mills and Toyota.
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| FULL TRACK Warm Hands In Cold Fog | 2:43 |
| Interior, SD | 2:51 |
| Merrit Renewing | 2:55 |
| FULL TRACK Summertime (Dark) | 1:19 |
| FULL TRACK That Missing Week | 3:52 |
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m1a100 wrote:
Flexing Habitual [2]
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fransson wrote:
Lawn Funeral EP is pretty nuts aswell
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fransson wrote:
YouAreInvited: The most breakcore-ish he ever done is Flexing Habitual and Red Exentions of me.
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m1a100 wrote:
@fsharptrit0n: No, the album will be released Friday, February 10th.
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YouAreInvited wrote:
What's the most breakcore-ish release? I really love the three albums I have of his but I especially love tracks like Binedump and Lawn Wake II
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fsharptrit0ne wrote:
is the digital release dropping today?
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Godsaveshella wrote:
I read this in personal life about Benn Jordan on wiki : "Jordan has been diagnosed with depression and depersonalization disorder" Really? -___-
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fakszirak wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/tag/queen%20of%20pop yhm ..
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mushroomsseason wrote:
prolific mind
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m1a100 wrote:
Also, a message from Benn Jordan's Facebook: The manufacturers for "Opus At The End Of Everything" have frustratingly gone beyond their promised completion time. Shipping for all preorders will now be on Friday, February 10th.
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m1a100 wrote:
"Opened my eyes to a whole new direction in music for me" - That's for sure! I never liked acid techno, as example, but his songs on Human Action Network opened my ears for acid sounds.
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OinNBN wrote:
The most awesome and epic and crazy and melodic and addicting idm I've ever heard
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fsharptrit0ne wrote:
you're the best benn, new album is so close
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Fraansen wrote:
The Lucid Bass tracks are perfect for relaxation. :)
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holycoma wrote:
<3
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moksha-medicine wrote:
Opened my eyes to a whole new direction in music for me. Forever grateful.
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IIIridium wrote:
Співіснування елементів різних стилів в його творчості вражає
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m1a100 wrote:
Yeah... now I understand hahahaha.
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G-Man_ wrote:
Hey guys don't be picky :P His most relevant stuff is there amirite?
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YouAreInvited wrote:
The two Lucid Bass tracks are absolutely amazing.
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Open Interview – Ask The Flashbulb
2 Nov 2011 | from theflashbulb.net/2010
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