Venetian Snares
Greg Hates Car Culture EP |
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©1999 History of the Future 1. Personal Discourse 2. Like Tooth Decay 3. Fuck A Stranger In The Ass 4. Point Blank 5. Boiled Angel 6. Cricket Spine Bin 7. Aqap |
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Thanks to the rise in personal computing power, youngsters worldwide have been able to tackle the philosophical question of "what is music?" and completely destroy the paradigm in the process. No longer is it necessary to go down to the guitar shop, test an axe, and spend the next two years of your life holed away in your bedroom learning scales and chords. Instead, creativity can be channelled through your PC and spent clicking on a mouse. One particular instance of this shifting model of music making is what is referred to as "breakcore" or "glitchcore" (or any other number of interesting genre markers). Venetian Snares, a project created by Winnipeg's Aaron Funk, is one of the more prominent diplomats of this particular style of electronic music, releasing music at a prodigous rate after his point of entry, 1999's Greg Hates Car Culture. Without a doubt, Venetian Snares is one of the more baffling, exasperating and unusual artists to emerge from the PC realm. This introductory 12" is truly a journey through sound collages that many may fear to take. Greg Hates Car Culture is a seven song release that is sure to agitate many listeners. Venetian Snares' trademark is the spastic and truly abrasive drum programming, a prominent feature of this sort of music. The rhythms are so aggressive, mixed with various computer noises and sound samples. Each track here is difficult to wade through, as there are many layers and brief sound samples all fighting within the percussion. Venetian Snares throws in occasional familiar samples, such as John Goodman's character from The Big Lebowski teaching young Larry a life lesson about doing wrong to strangers. People often flippantly remark about such-and-such band's ability to clear any room of one's choice. Venetian Snares' music fills that bill with no hyperbole whatsoever. It is the sort of music that can actively agitate like no other. It is hard to say if this niche of electronic music is a brand new, fresh and inventive take on what qualifies as music or if it's just some kid dinking around on his computer in his bedroom. It very well could be a little of both. Review by John Chedsey Review date: 03/2008 |
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