Track Listings (4) - Disc #1| All Artists: Venetian Snares Title: Horsey Noises Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Planet Mu Original Release Date: 1/1/2009 Re-Release Date: 6/23/2009 Album Type: EP Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Special Interest, Pop Styles: Drum & Bass, Techno, North America, Experimental Music, Dance Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 600116823328 |
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Four track CD EP. Hot on the heels of his album, Filth, Venetian Snares (AKA Aaron Funk) is back with Horsey Noises. The title track includes a vocal, and the B-side includes a remix of the song. Venetian Snares has just ... more » |
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Album Description Four track CD EP. Hot on the heels of his album, Filth, Venetian Snares (AKA Aaron Funk) is back with Horsey Noises. The title track includes a vocal, and the B-side includes a remix of the song. Venetian Snares has just completed a European tour with more than 15 shows promoting the album and EP, including a headlining date collaborating with John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist) as "Speed Dealer Moms" at the Bangface weekender. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsA more subdued exploration of acid The Pitiful Anonymous | the Acres of Skin | 08/13/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "Aaron Funk's new EP "Horsey Noises" might be his most consistent EP yet. Continuing the druggy acid theme that crept into the record Funk released earlier this year, "Filth", "Horsey Noises" is a lot more subdued, psychedelic and accessible. Whereas "Filth" operated by its own unique, nearly untrackable, strange sense of rhythm, "Horsey Noises" is often danceable and feels quite human. The vintage acid basslines squall in less chaotic, dissonant patterns, beginning with a song that seems destined to be a new anthem, the title track "Horsey Noises", which features a single repeating vocal line delivered in Funk's underused, smoky baritone.
The drums are skillful and complex, yet tasteful. For sheer complexity, Funk has done far more than this; the programming here doesn't feel superhuman in speed. One can actually follow these tracks! But it's really okay, because after all these years, Funk has finally found his groove... these are the grooviest beats he's ever produced. "Horsey Vag Island" hints at drum and bass and psytrance without ever really leaving the realm of acid, and then transitions into a section with live bass guitar and drums (!) which continue to play complex signature Aaron Funk parts. There's a 4 on the floor section with a fuzz bass. It's great. "Pig Dync" is the longest, darkest, most alienated feeling track on the EP, and my personal favorite. The synth parts struggle to stay in tune, Funk has turned to one his customary odd meters. He starts to sample pig snorts. A voice speaks "It's like a corkscrew... It's like a spiral." It ends with ghostly voices repeating a mysterious progression of slightly out of tune chords. The "Horsey Noises" remix turns the original groove on its head, making it a lot more frantic and off kilter. Funk unleashing the classic amen break and rocks out. He has fun with the vocal line, running it through a series of sound-mangling vocoders. It climaxes with a beautiful and intense melodic section. It's a great track that reminds me why Funk is the greatest break beat programmer I've ever heard. In conclusion, "Horsey Noises" is a consistent, accessible EP of acid techno inspired stuff from Aaron Funk. It's a lot mellower than "Filth", but no less hallucinatory and spaced out in feeling. "Pink and Green", the title of Funk's similarly drugged out feeling 2007 EP, still applies here. Great and listenable stuff. Highly recommended." |
