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Venetian Snares.Sat April 11. Static @ Andrew's lane

  • 10-02-2009 1:05pm
    #1
    u:mack
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    U:MACK
    presents
    STATIC
    Featuring
    Venetian Snares
    Legion of Two
    Saturday April 11
    Andrew's Lane Theatre
    Doors 10pm till late
    Tickets €21 from Road Records, City Discs, Spindizzy & online at wwww.tickets.ie/umack

    www.myspace.com/venetiansnares
    www.myspace.com/thelegionoftwo
    www.myspace.com/umackproductions
    www.myspace.com/umackstatic

    Arron Funk (Veneitan Snares) leaves behind the cold of Winnipeg Canada to return to Andrew's Lane to headline April's Static. Joining him will be Legion Of Two, the incredible new project of Decal's Alan Oboyle and long time collaborator drummer David Lacey.

    VENETIAN SNARES

    Aaron Funk (aka Venetian Snares) hails from Winnipeg in Canada. Since his debut 12" in 1999 on a small Minneapolis label he has risen out of the drill'n'bass/breakcore mire to become one of the most astonishing (and popular) musicians working in the experimental electronic sphere (alongside Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and boards Of Canada). Each new album from Aaron brings with it a new sound, a new atmosphere, a whole new world - he never repeats what's gone before. "Chocolate Wheelchair", his 10th commercially available album, is his most hook-laden opus yet - five out of the ten tracks include a vocal performance (of some description). It could be described as a mutant post-punk ragga-jungle pop music for an alternative reality. Aaron just calls his music surrealism.

    For those who enjoyed "Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006" - this is the stylistic follow-up. Full-on punk-rave jungle breakz with lots and lots of pop sampling attitude in 7/8 (and 5/4). As well as the future classic single: "Einstein-Rosen Bridge" with its funk guitar, sci-fi vocals and salsa trumpets, the album is also choc-full (ho) of other poptastic delights. Such as the shouty post-punk vocal hooks of "Abomination Street" whose melody is based on the TV theme of a well known & long-running Manchester soap opera; or Too Young - a glitch-hop reworking of the Motley Crue hit. "Hand Throw" - in which a gruff (Belgian) MC shouts out to "Antwerp massive"... or "Epidermis" in which another more tremulous post-punk chanteuse pairs up with spooky drexciyan chords, titanium breaks and a buzzing reese bass. The album concludes with Aaron's most daring de-construction of the amen break yet - "Herbie Goes Ballistic" with a guest performance from the little vw beetle who cared.

    NME: "Venetian Snares is to Music what Satan is to Christianity: a profoundly malevolent force who looks great, intimidates a lot of boring people and is, despite everything, insanely popular... It's like experiencing The Empire Strikes Back on 3D IMAX on LSD..."


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