Being Ridden is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Cex

Cex

Cex is a musical project run by Rjyan Claybrook Kidwell and started in 1998 at the age of 16. Although Cex and Kidwell are frequently used interchangeably, Cex occasionally expands to several people at sporadic points, such as particular tours or albums...

. It is his second album to move away from a straight ahead electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 sounds and endulge in a more hip-hop based music, complete with rapping by Cex. The album cover is a parody of David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

's album cover for his album "Heroes".

The main difference between Being Ridden and BR Instrumentals

BR Instrumentals

BR Instrumentals, sometimes written Being Ridden Instrumentals, is an album by Cex. It is an album of instrumentals from its counterpart Being Ridden...

, except for the duct tape

Duct tape

Duct tape, or duck tape, is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure sensitive tape often sealed with polyethylene. It is very similar to gaffer tape but differs in that gaffer tape was designed to be cleanly removed, while duct tape was not. It has a standard width of and is generally silver or black...

 covering Kidwell's mouth, is the track listing. Every track from Being Ridden is featured on BR Instrumentals except Stamina, Outher Countries and Nevermind. These tracks only appear on Being Ridden and are replaced by My Hands Switched With Mannequin Hands, Bad Girls and M Ren Dvine. It is also interesting to note that the three songs are on track 7, 10 and 13 on both albums.

Track listing

1. "The Wayback Machine" (Kidwell) – 3:36
2. "You Kiss Like You're Dead" (Kidwell) – 2:19
3. "Not Working" (Kidwell) – 4:22
4. "Signal Katied" (Kidwell) – 1:49
5. "Earth-Shaking Event" (Kidwell) – 3:20
6. "Cex at Arm's Length" (Kidwell) – 2:37
7. "Stamina" (Kidwell, Venetian Snares
   Venetian Snares
   Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk .From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures...
   
   ) – 2:33
8. "See Ya Never, Sike" (Kidwell) – 2:25
9. "The Marriage" (Kidwell) – 3:11
10. "Other Countries" (Kidwell) – 3:20
11. "Brer Rjyan" (Kidwell) – 3:31
12. "Dead Bodies" (Kidwell) – 5:21
13. "Never Mind" (Kidwell) – 1:55

External links

• Being Ridden at Temporary Residence Records