Réunion (album)

Réunion
Studio album by The Flashbulb
Released October 12, 2005
Recorded July 15, 2005—September 8, 2005
Genre Experimental/Free Jazz
Length 49:29
Label Sublight
Producer Benn Jordan
The Flashbulb chronology

Kirlian Selections
(2005)
Réunion
(2005)
Flexing Habitual
(2006)

Réunion is an album by Benn Jordan, released on October 12, 2005, under his nickname, The Flashbulb. This album is a mix of easy-going IDM and ambient music. The recording of this album was temporarily delayed because of a shortage of Quantegy 2-inch tape in 2004/2005.

Production

Fresh off the long, arduous production of Kirlian Selections, Benn originally envisioned taking a break from music. This all changed when he received an offer in the summer of 2005:

After spending forever making Kirlian Selections (which could’ve been a double or triple CD had I not had to answer to a record label at the time), I was gassed out from music making. I was even more tired of computer crashes and “visually” making music. A few days later a friend who owned an old studio was opening a new state of the art studio and offered to let me essentially live in the old studio for the summer. It had no air conditioning, and smelled of dead rats. But I had this large amount of rusty musical instruments and tape machines at my disposal. So I just sort of haphazardly went there to play around, and a month later I had another album finished. I can’t remember when or how I made most of the tracks, all I know is that the heat wave and some strange possessed motivation kept me awake through the night and morning for over half the time I was there...in interviews when asked what my favorite album I’ve made is, I always say “Réunion”, simply because of this. It was like I blacked out, woke up, and a solid record was finished. More importantly, I couldn’t write another Réunion even if I tried.
Benn Jordan

Track listing

  1. "My Summer Fan" – 1:33
  2. "French Pissing" – 3:01
  3. "Little Tuesday" – 2:43
  4. "Oaklawn UFO" – 3:22
  5. "Friends Under Coils" – 2:33
  6. "Sangari 7" – 2:30
  7. "Wish" – 1:30
  8. "Walking Irrevocable" – 4:36
  9. "Addict Swelling" – 2:59
  10. "God is Speaking" – 3:46
  11. "Interior, SD" – 2:51
  12. "Summertime (Dark)" – 1:19
  13. "Alice's Garden" – 1:54
  14. "Going Brown Again" – 4:14
  15. "Follow My Tracks" – 3:43
  16. "Untitled Tapes" – 3:52
  17. "Merrit Renewing" – 2:55

The song "Going Brown Again" is an updated remake of "Brown #12" from Jordan's first album as The Flashbulb, .

Personnel

Written, performed, produced, artwork and photography by Benn Jordan

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