FFI Digital is one of the many monikers of label head Dan Fox, the hardest working man in noise. What sets FFI Digital apart from his other projects, mainly Loss and Fail, is that the albums from this project are “created entirely on a PC using various paid and free plugins, and lots and lots of automation.” Well, let’s dive in and see what the noise factory has on the assembly line.

We open up the disc with “180119G,” and Fox comes out swinging. This is digital noise that blasts out your speakers and manages to do so on all frequencies possible. There is heavy undercurrent of static while high pitches screeches blast through the upper register. This throws everything at you all at once, and it is wonderful. “180119H” takes a different approach, with a stripped down beat and sparse, crackling noise. Think a more minimalist Ant-Zen kind of track. A bit too minimalist for my taste, but pleasant.
Now on to the second disc. “180119ACEGRMXB” closes out the album with a 20 minute tour-de-force that brings back the harsh noise but keeps everything interesting. You can think of this track as a journey, with Fox as the demented tour guide driving you around, not quite making all of the turns, and I’m pretty sure he ran over a fire hydrant back there. But you will see things far off the beaten path. If you make it there. Either way, it is a memorable ride. Very well done.

If this is what PC plugins and automation sounds like, I suppose we will have to worry about AI taking away jobs from hard working noise musicians in the not so distant future. This is solid noise and Fox throws everything he has at the listener. Well worth checking out if you like it noisy. This album weighs in at 40 minutes and is limited to 42 copies.