"...the latest episode - #3 therefore - features FluiD. ?the sonic art of juxtaposition? features a 30 minute showcase of sound which quite frankly can only be best described as some fantastically magnified peak into a insectoid lair, very eerie and at times disturbingly hollowed and dark, the arid ambient cascades, ripples of white noise interference and the achingly slow evolution of the aural textures much reminiscent at times of both Aidan Baker and Soriah yet on the other hand briefly revealing by way of the becoming gloom swept tide daubs suggesting perhaps someone has been tuning into long forgotten 70 Gwen Party cassettes. Whatever the case its consuming stuff, best viewed and experienced we feel in the cold harsh light of day preferably with the lights on and with the company of friends".

FluiD is the lovebaby of a guy named Christophe G. - according to the biography an "afrofuturist, anarchist, composer, cultural-activist, deviant, multi-instrumentalist, sound-scientist and vegan". Some people might recognise the name from past projects such as Re:Dux:Tion (check reviews elsewhere on this page) and Drug Of Choice. After FluiD submitted a track to our lovely F**k Em All - Volume 3 compilation, Christophe decided to continue the collaboration between FluiD and Death To Music Productions in the form of a free EP release. 'Unavoidable Abuses' came out in March 2009 and consists of five tracks.

'Death Imitates Art' is the opening track of this release. It consists of a repetitive guitar riff, gentle midtempo programming, subtile disturbing sampling and recogniseable keylines. The song sails from harsh riffing parts to atmospheric keybased intermezzo's and a few experimental passages. Although 'No In/Between' is the shortest track on the release, it still covers nearly five minutes. It kicks off with dark electro / ambient influenced tunes, to evolve into an accessable electro metal track when the guitars kick in. It consists of recogniseable riffing, future pop influenced keylines and easy going though powerful drumming. As well an essential part of this track is the repetetively snoaring bassline, taking care of a darker and more threatning atmosphere on the background. 'Slumber' is build on a bed of downtempo programming and wicked dark electronic sampling, while added powerful riffing and an experimental song structure showing small links with ambient, noise and even dubstep! The end of the song comes with cold keylines and gentle electronic sampling. 'Absinse Of Faith' was already featured on F**k Em All - Volume 3, and comes on this release with a slightly different version. It's a slow track, build on a heavy bassline and welladded though very experimental sampling. The keylines in this track are essentially welladded, as well the very limited amount of guitar sounds. 'Antiplagues' is the final track on the release already. In my opinion it's the best track on the release, because of its amount of variation and strong riffing. It opens with threatning electronic sampling, and switches from outbursting metal parts to electronic / ambient based parts to gentle midtempo bass-based parts, without losing any form of accessibility and experimentality.

With 'Unavoidable Abuses', FluiD doesn't bring you stuff you hear everyday. As the track by track review shows, many different elements and influences are hidden within the music. I've reviewed a few releases by zNo in the past on this webzine - FluiD can be compared to that, with the difference that FluiD is more accessable and delivers a higher quality. Try to mix Godflesh with imaginary crazy mindspins of an "afrofuturist, anarchist, composer, cultural-activist, deviant, multi-instrumentalist, sound-scientist and vegan" and you might get the idea. Download it for free on the Death To Music webpage and see for yourself. We should have more releases like these in the industrial metal scene.

Vote: 92 / 100

Review by: Gerardo