Yeah, that's the latest new one! Its good stuff.
I've got some copies in at wrecked - if you're in the US hit me up if you're
looking for it.
I still have copies of the Winnipeg CD and the first part of the two-part
12" version.
I can imagine its hard to keep up with snares if you're only a casual fan.
Also recommended - the new Terminal 11 CD on CRD. Definitely one for snares
fans.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Luís Marta" <lmarta@fccn.pt>
To: "chthonic streams" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [idm] new VS
quoted 84 lines Is this the one?
> Is this the one?
> --
> http://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv08i10.html
>
> Venetian Snares, "Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett"
> Planet Mu
> From the ominous chords of 40-second opener "Sikertelenseg," a solo piece
> for untreated piano, it is clear that this is a very different Venetian
> Snares record than any of the previous 11 albums Aaron Funk has recorded.
> The titles appear, at first, to be some sort of prankster gibberish, a la
> Aphex Twin or Autechre. Upon further inspection it is revealed that these
> are in fact Hungarian titles, as this album was inspired by a trip to
> Hungary, during which Funk had some sort of epiphany involving imagining
> himself as a pigeon. As absurd as that sounds, it has fueled the most
> cohesive effort by Funk to date, on which Eastern European melodies
> dominate
> and his trademark blastbeats are used to accent orchestral composition.
> "Hiszekeny" is a beautiful miniature, which features bells and harp
> rhythmically dancing around melodic string patterns. "Felbomlasztott
> Mentokocsi" features no percussion at all, and instead features weeping
> cellos and violins whose sweeping tones play against each other to echo
> the
> tension in life through rhythmic and melodic tension. Funk's take on Rezso
> Seress's Hungarian suicide song "Ongyilkos Vasarnap" ("Gloomy Sunday")
> manifests this sense of sadness and loss in a more direct way, by
> combining
> stuttering beats with Billie Holiday's vocals from the 1941 recording of
> the
> notorious song. Jazzy drumming and downright pastoral wind instrumentation
> figure prominently in the first half of "Hajnal," before strings combine
> with hectic breakbeats. As chaotic as the rhythmic programming often
> becomes, these tracks are always grounded by the melodic elements. This is
> most effective on "Szamar Madar," during which a gorgeous melodic theme
> recurs throughout the track's six minute duration. Much of Funk's music is
> centered around beats in odd time signatures played at break neck speed,
> keeping listeners on their toes. These pieces, although rhythmically
> challenging at times, aspire to achieve a higher sense of compositional
> cohesiveness. Funk is communicating in a language that will appeal to more
> than just those who are breakcore enthusiasts. Although he has not
> abandoned
> the use of intricate rhythms, he allows these tracks more breathing room.
> Most pieces have long beatless passages during which all manner of
> acoustic
> instruments create a tension that makes the rhythmic bombasts more
> effective
> when they appear. This is not to suggest that he has simply distilled his
> usual fare to reach a wider audience. Instead, he has finally shown that
> he
> is capable of, or interested in, combining his skills as one of today's
> most
> advanced beat programmers with unprecedented foreign elements. In the
> process he has broken out of the holding pattern his prolific career was
> beginning to settle into and produced an accomplished work of incredible
> depth.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chthonic streams" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 4:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [idm] new VS
>
>
>>
>> >New Venetian Snares is also out. Damn. REALLY good stuff. Nice mix of
>> >live strings (I read he plays violin on some of the tracks?) and other
>> >orchestration with the madness that you'd come to expect from him.
>>
>>
>> which one are we talking about? on hisw website it just mentions
>> this "winnipeg is a frozen shithole" CD.
>>
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