VI by five Bubble criteria

five Bubble criteria (fBc) is a bleed Air side project. A mix of experimental rock, spoken word, sparse electronics, tape effects. Lo-Fi.

"Five Bubble criteria deal in a kind of dissolving fantasy Americana built on twanging guitar lines that melt into broken AM radio white noise chatter. On "Reservoir", the addition of a spoken narrative by Chip Perkins moves the sound away from abstract, doomy ambience towards denatured horror commentary, like a video game that has swapped the living dead for the citizens of Twin Peaks. As the record closes, its style changes again, "Vays-Rays" concocting a wobbly jangle that sounds a bit like if Nouvelle Vague had covered the Smashing Pumpkins. If it's completely odd, it's also completely brilliant."

(Spenser Tomson in The Wire, November 2022)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CjTpuUzNfSB

"The bleed Air side project takes on a Labradfordian-mindset of tape splicing and spoken word cacophonies; transient noise bursts & out of body hilarity ensues."

(Tabs Out cassette podcast, Jan 2023)
https://tabsout.com/?p=28610

Tracklist

1.	Merkteken 1-1 (featuring Modelbau)	3:05

2.	Inert Gas	3:40

3.	Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper (featuring Robin Barnick)	8:42

4.	Reservoir (featuring Chip Perkins)	5:26

5.	Bolding	4:41

6.	Vays-Rays	3:42

Videos

Credits

released September 2, 2022

'Merkteken 1-1' features an original recording by Modelbau for ‘Aether Aleatorica’ (SPT23), complemented by fBc on electric bass guitar and effects.

Voice and lyrics on 'Reservoir' by Chip Perkins.

Voice on 'Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper' by Robin Barnick. Spoken Words excerpts of Einstein's annus mirabilis papers, published in Annals of Physics in 1905 (public domain).

Digital to Analogue to Digital (DAD) mastering by Robin Barnick.

Recorded and produced in 2022.

Photograph and design by bleed Air.

License

License varies by track. See the invidual track pages for details.