Ty Farris - Timing Of A Tarantula

"Gawd Mode Activated," the first track from the album Timing Of A Tarantula, immediately establishes itself as an architectural gateway to a project that thrives in its density rather than its length. Released on January 31, 2025, on the BarsOverBS label, this Ty Farris album stands out from the start with a structure where collaboration is not an afterthought but the very foundation of its sonic construction. On this opening track, the presence of Clypto is not incidental: it firmly establishes the project from the outset with a featured artist credited on the tracklist, solidifying an alliance that will definitively shape the album.

The architecture of the Ty Farris / Clypto duo

The sonic trajectory of this album is governed by a strict cyclical law. From the second track, Trendsetter, the guest artist solidifies their role by providing a second anchor for this central duo. Far from being a mere interlude, Clypto acts as a vocal backbone that resonates through Venom In My Veins, marking their regular presence throughout the album's tracks. This persistence transforms the total duration of 30 minutes and 17 seconds into an epic experience, where the cyclical return of the main voice creates a closed temporal loop that culminates in Heart Of A Champion feat. Clypto, the symmetrical conclusion of the project. The use of featured artists avoids clutter while maintaining a dense album dynamic: across the ten tracks, nine include guest artists such as Clypto, Bohemia Lynch, Flames Dot Malik, Estee Nack, Apollo Brown, and Rome Streetz, while a single track, Eat What You Kill, functions as a narrative pause within a massively collaborative ensemble.

A rich vocal palette enhanced by varied arrangements

At the heart of the album, the interplay between solo introspection and collaborative density is carefully considered. While the collaboration with Bohemia Lynch is introduced on Glass Joes as the first appearance of her voice in the project, it is intended to reach its full potential on track 5, 8 Eyes On The Paper. On this double-featuring track, the combination of Flames Dot Malik and Bohemia Lynch combines two distinct talents to create a richer vocal texture, which contrasts with the solo sections.

A productive and historical overview

Timing Of A Tarantula is positioned as a specific step in Ty Farris' discography, situated between Enigma With An Attitude (2024) and Run Toward The Monster (2025). The legacy of collaborations that runs through this album is evident without being hesitant: the connections with figures like Apollo Brown, already established on earlier tracks such as The Hard Way, 365, Hold It Down, or '88 S‐Curl, and the relationship with Rome Streetz, initiated on Treachery, enrich this studio album. Similarly, the invitation of Estee Nack, already present on That Simple from Fluorescent Mud (2022), shows a continuity in the choice of voices that have marked the artist. The album does not repeat these stories, but updates them on a specific tracklist where each name is a link in a chain that begins with Clypto and ends with him. With a total duration of 30 minutes and 17 seconds for 10 tracks, this project is defined less as a standard album spread out, but as a complete conceptual EP where each track carries its specific narrative weight. Timing Of A Tarantula is a work that validates the power of a conceptual architecture where the narrative density and the pivotal role of Clypto shape a studio project in a short but intense format. By alternating sparingly between solo tracks and collaborations, the album avoids clutter while maintaining a consistent flow that transforms a 30-minute duration into an epic experience. The only solo track, Eat What You Kill, acts as a narrative pause within a massively collaborative ensemble, while the opening and closing with tracks featuring Clypto structure the album around this key collaborator. This specific distribution, which includes guest artists such as Bohemia Lynch, Flames Dot Malik, Estee Nack, Apollo Brown, and Rome Streetz on nine tracks, enriches the vocal palette without breaking the unity of the project, thus confirming that, for this album, the act of collaboration is indeed the foundational act of the sonic identity.

Technical specifications

- Release date : January 31, 2025 - Label : BarsOverBS - Tracks : 10 (30 minutes 17 seconds) - Opening / closing : Gawd Mode Activated / Heart Of A Champion - Guest artists : Clypto, Bohemia Lynch, Flames Dot Malik, Estee Nack, Apollo Brown, Rome Streetz - Previous album : Enigma With An Attitude (2024)