For those of you who don’t know, Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975).
From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures (mostly 7/4). Up until 2007, he was very prolific, releasing as many as eight recordings a year for such record labels as History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen.
Funk debuted on a record label in 1999 with the 12″ vinyl EP, Greg Hates Car Culture. Prior to this, he self-released material on cassette tape as early as 1992.
“Szamár Madár” ([ˈsɑmaːr ˈmɑdaːr], lit. “Donkey Bird”, but translates to “Stupid Bird”) – was released way back in 2005, and it’s included in the album called “Rossz csillag alatt született”, released on Planet Mu label.
Inspired by an earlier journey of Aaron Funk’s to Hungary, the album title and all of the track names are in Hungarian; “Rossz csillag alatt született” translates to “Born Under a Bad Star”, a Hungarian expression which means “cursed from birth”. Stylistically, the album consists of classical strings and brass combined with breakbeats. According to Tiny Mix Tapes, it ranked at #25 on the Top 25 Albums of 2005, as well as ranking #31 on Tiny Mix Tapes‘ Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this track, it’s simply amazing! Scary and so peaceful at the same time.
