History Music / TheFlashbulb

* SofterAndSlowerCover: ''Kirlian Selections'' features a quieter, more somber version of "California Dreaming" by The Mamas & The Papas.

--> ''Skiddly doo bop bop bow! I need tums in my belly, 'cause I ate too much jelly!''

** "Lawn Wake" is a series of breakcore tracks that made its first appearance in ''Red Extensions of Me'', starting with "Lawn Wake I, II, and III." Around that same time Benn would release an EP called ''Lawn Funeral'', which features an edit of the first Lawn Wake, as well as the next song "Lawn Wake IV (Black)". A year later would see the next one, "Lawn Wake IX"[[note]](Yes, is is the actual sequence of Lawn Wake songs) [[/note]] in ''Kirlian Selections'', and then another year later we would see the final song in the series, "Lawn Wake XI", featured in ''Flexing Habitual''.

* {{Chiptune}}: ''DJ Ludwig NES Supercom'' as a straight example from his Flexe album ''Programmable Love Songs''.

** Downplayed with ''Vicious Circle'', which is a rather loud and almost aggressive tribal-style song that suddenly plays in-between the more mellow ambient/rock tracks of ''Soundtrack to a Vacant Life''.
** Played straight in ''Kirlian Isles II'', where towards the end of the track a few muffled and echoed shouts suddenly turn into very loud, distorted screams. May also count as SensoryAbuse.
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Played with in ''Imperfect Song at a Gig That Never Existed'', where the entire time you hear a crowd cheering and screaming happily at the performer, only for the entire background noise to gradually slow down at the end until it just stops completely.
** Inverted in ''The Sun and the Star'', where the music instead rapidly speeds ''up'' in tempo and pitch until it abruptly stops.

* MoodWhiplash: During ''Lucid Bass III'', which is a very mysterious, mystical sounding breakcore track, the music at one point suddenly cuts for one measure to play a sample of ''Funky For You,'' by Nice & Smooth before immediately cutting back to the breakcore rhythm.

** While he's a prominent user of the AmenBreak, as mentioned above, another frequently used sample of his is the drum beat from ''It Takes Two'' by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock.

** Downplayed, in that a lot of Benn's soundwork is rather strange, but not entirely unpleasant to the ears. Some examples include ''The Big Orange Love'', ''The Exit Track'', and ''Never Remember January''.
* SofterAndSlowerCover: ''Kirlian Selections'' features a quieter, more somber version of ''California Dreaming'' by The Mamas & The Papas.
** Inverted with the song ''Chik Habit'' from the album ''Flexing Habitual'', which is a very brutal, high-tempo breakcore cover of ''Chick Habit'' by April March.

** Downplayed, in that a lot of Benn's soundwork is rather strange, but not entirely unpleasant to the ears. Some examples include ''The Big Orange Love'', ''The Exit Track'', and ''Never Remember January''.

* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Played with in ''Imperfect Song at a Gig That Never Existed'', where the entire time you hear a crowd cheering and screaming happily at the performer, only for the entire background noise to gradually slow down in pitch at the end until it just stops completely.

** Another one of his recurring samples are 1950's era discussions of a man talking about what high fidelity (Hi-Fi) is. These bits are most prominently featured in the albums ''Resent and the April Sunshine Shed'' and ''Programmable Love Songs.''

** While he's a prominent user of the AmenBreak, as mentioned above, another frequently used sample of his is the drum beat to ''It Takes Two'' by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock.

* JackOfAllTrades: Can play guitar, piano, and many other instruments to help compliment his musical style.

* JumpScare: Downplayed with ''Vicious Circle'' which is a rather loud and almost aggressive tribal-style song that suddenly plays in-between the more mellow ambient/rock tracks of ''Soundtrack to a Vacant Life''.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to, say, Music/VenetianSnares, his take on breakcore is focused more on calming ambient noises, melodic intervals and string sections and is ''very'' light on the SensoryAbuse.

** Downplayed, in that a lot of Benn's soundwork is rather strange, but not entirely unpleasant to the ears. Some examples include ''The Big Orange Love'', ''The Exit Track'', and ''Never Remember January''.
** Played straight in ''Kirlian Isles II'', where towards the end of the track a few muffled and echoed shouts suddenly turn into very loud, distorted screams.

*** Vicious Circle is a more specific example of this, as it is a rather fierce but high-energy tribal song that suddenly plays in-between the more mellow ambient/rock tracks of ''Soundtrack to a Vacant Life''.

* Chiptune: ''DJ Ludwig NES Supercom'' as a straight example from his Flexe album ''Programmable Love Songs''.

** The album ''Programmable Love Songs'' under his Flexe alias covers a fusion of Chiptune and IDM.

* SensoryAbuse: Downplayed. Some songs of his have odd unpleasants synths (such as the weird feedback bassline in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IPpP55X4vk The Big Orange Love]]''), but they're not necessarily as unpleasant as most examples of the trope.

* SensoryAbuse: Downplayed. Some songs of his have odd unpleasants synths (such as the weird feedback bassline in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IPpP55X4vk The Big Orange Love]]), but they're not necessarily as unpleasant as most examples of the trope.

* {{Ambient}}: Frequently. His ambient leanings have only gotten stronger with time, to the point that his albums eventually turned out to be more ambient than IDM.

* GenreMashup: From time to time. Notably, there's the ambient/hard rock/breakcore album ''Soundtrack to a Vacant Life''.

* GenreRoulette: His entire discography covers an insane number of genres. Breakcore, IDM, glitch, ambient, jazz, chiptune, acid, drum n' bass, guitar & piano medleys, you name it.

'''Benn Jordan''', best known as '''The Flashbulb''' ([[IHaveManyNames and lesser known as]] '''Flexe''', '''Dr. Lefty''', '''Acidwolf''', '''Human Action Network''', '''DJ ASCII''', '''66x''' and '''[[ShapedLikeItself Benn Jordan]]''', among many other names) electronic music producer from Chicago. He is known for his unique takes on breakcore, IDM, and many other lesser known genres of electronic music.

* GenreMashup: From time to time. Notably, there's the ambient/hard rock/breakcore ''Soundtrack to a Vacant Life''.
* GenreRoulette: His entire discography covers an insane number of genres. Breakcore, IDM, glitch, ambient, jazz, acid, drum n' bass, guitar & piano medleys, you name it.

'''Benn Jordan''', best known as '''The Flashbulb''' ([[IHaveManyNames and lesser known as]] '''Flexe''', '''Acidwolf''', '''Human Action Network''', '''DJ ASCII''', '''66x''' and '''[[ShapedLikeItself Benn Jordan]]''', among many other names) is an [[GenreRoulette IDM, breakcore, glitch, drill and bass, ambient, modern jazz, and acid]] producer from Chicago. He is known for his unique take on breakcore; rather than being harsh and heavy, it's soft and ambient-oriented.

* GenreMashup: From time to time. Notably, there's the ambient/hard rock/breakcore ''Soundtrack for a Vacant Life''.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to, say, Music/VenetianSnares, his take on breakcore is focused more on calming ambient noises, melodic intervals and string sections and is ''very'' light on the SensoryAbuse.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to, say, Music/VenetianSnares, his take on breakcore is focused more on calming ambient noises, melodic intervals and string sections and is ''very'' light on the SensoryAbuse.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: From time to time. Notably, there's the ambient/hard rock/breakcore ''Soundtrack for a Vacant Life''.

* SensoryAbuse: Downplayed. Some songs of his have odd unpleasants synths (such as the weird feedback bassline in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IPpP55X4vk The Big Orange Love]]), but they're not necessarily as unpleasant as most examples of the trope.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Compositions For Piano'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* SensoryAbuse: