Ah yes, this is a question that Vsnares fans will be debating for ages.
Everyone seems to have a different opinion, based on what order they heard
the albums in and their receptivity level at the time of hearing each. That
said, I would strongly recommend the following. In my opinion, these are
his most artistically developed, thematically cohesive, and original albums:
Doll Doll Doll -- overall dark and evil mood, classic goth breakcore sound,
and I still think Dollmaker is the quintessential Vsnares track
Songs About My Cats -- overall quirky and silly mood, lots of sound
experimentation and wacky interludes
Making Orange Things -- pure noise assault mode
Winter In the Belly of a Snake -- very original take on breakcore as he
takes it in an ultra-digital and dark clipped electro direction
Rossz Csillag Alatt Született -- infused with interesting string samples and
arrangements, jazzy touches, and the classic Vsnares manic breakbeats
Personally, I'm not a big fan of his more varied albums like "Higgins Glue
Funk Hits". I feel like they have lots of great tracks on them, but they
usually don't hold my attention for the entire length because they seem to
have no cohesive connecting element or distinctly unique quality. I
especially like the poppy tracks on Chocolate Wheelchair like "Too Young",
"Einstein-Rosen Bridge", and "Sky Painted on Car" because they're so unusual
for him. But I have a hard time with the record as a whole. And I really
wanted to like Huge Chrome Cylinder Box, but it ultimately bored me....
perhaps because it seemed like a less inspired, less original, and
happier-sounding rehash of Winter In the Belly of a Snake...?
Meanwhile, I've basically ignored his EP's and "sequels" (like Find
Candace), just because it seems impossible to hear or get everything by him.
I really wish that Aaron Funk would exert stricter quality control on his
output and release fewer albums with higher overall quality.
Todd
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> From: David Sim [mailto:pmxds@nottingham.ac.uk]
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 6:44 AM
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> Subject: [idm] Venetian Snares
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> I've finally decided to have a go at Venetian Snares' music,
> but am slightly intimidated by the volume of stuff that he's
> got out there... is there any consensus on a good (ie fairly
> representative, fairly good) place to start?
>
> Thanks
>
> David
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