Venetian Snares
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Venetian Snares is the performing name of Aaron Funk, an electronic music producer and performer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is known for making experimental IDM, breakcore and glitchcore often in odd numbered time signatures, and for his prolific recordings, having released records on the History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen record labels. Musical influences include funk, free jazz, metal, gabber and symphonies.
Reactions to Venetian Snares' music are diverse. It may prove too erratic for many of those familiar with only popular music, however his music remains very popular within the global breakcore scene. His style has been critically acclaimed, notably by the late British radio disc jockey John Peel. Popular opinion might be coming around, though. Venetian Snares' 2005 album Rossz csillag alatt született has sold over 15,000 copies,[1] and Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers has cited Venetian Snares as his personal pick for "best new artist."[2]
Past interviews with Funk have pointed out his early interest in punk rock and death metal, and he draws from these genres heavily in his approach to music. Much of his work is a reaction to the often repetitive, confined, and streamlined tendencies of rave music and drum and bass, similar to the way in which punk rock musicians challenged established musical trends in the aftermath of arena rock.
Venetian Snares composes much of his music with trackers. Before he began to release his music commercially, he worked primarily with OctaMED on an Amiga 500[3]. At some point prior to 2000, he began using a PC and switched to the Windows port of OctaMED, MED Soundstudio[4]. Currently he is mainly working with Renoise[5]. A video of "Vache", a track from Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms, being played through Renoise is available on YouTube.
The covers for four of his releases have been illustrated by controversial British artist Trevor Brown. In Brown's usual style, these covers feature airbrushes of young girls in shocking sexual or violent scenes. Other releases feature benign and banal artwork, such as pictures of cats, birds, children's toys or even badminton players.
Aaron Funk has recently released a new track on his "MySpace" titled If I Could Say I Love You that features symphony, choir and no breaks.
Discography
Notable Appearances
- Venetian Snares performed a livemix on The Breezeblock on BBC Radio 1, 11 November 2003 [1].
- He performed at Breakcore Gives Me Wood in 2005 and 2006.
Trivia
- In 2000, his remix of "Don't Give Up" appeared on Fate of Icarus' full-length album, Cut Your Throat Before They Do.
- In 2004, he released a remix of the Boom Bip track The Unthinkable (feat. Buck 65) on the album Corymb on Lex Records.
- In 2005, his remix of The Beginning and the End was included on ambient-metal band Isis' remix project of their 2002 release Oceanic.
References
- ^ Press release for the Hospitality EP
- ^ Rolling Stone magazine, January 25, 2007, page 17.
- ^ "Venetian Snares interview on c8", conducted by stevvi on behalf of Isolate Records.
- ^ Sound on Sound, interview with Mike Paradinas and Aaron Funk, May 2002
- ^ "Venetian Snares messageboard".
External links
- venetiansnares.com - Official Venetian Snares website: lists upcoming releases and tour dates
- myspace.com/venetiansnares - Venetian Snares @ Myspace
- vsnares.com - Venetian Snares fan community (15 Live Sets on the Audio Section)
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- Venetian Snares @ Discogs.com - Venetian Snares discography
- isolaterecords.com - Venetian Snares page at Isolate Records