Venetian Snares
Affectionate


3.0
good

Review

by Beachcoma USER (9 Reviews)
January 27th, 2012 | 14 replies


Release Date: 2012 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Just another Venetian Snares EP

After nearly two years of being a proud listener of Venetian Snares, I’ve come to conclusion that Aaron Funk has toned it down immensely; not general music per say, but originality and creativity wise. His recent full lengths haven't been exactly enjoyable, but rather boring and tedious. I mean, he’s organized some hefty experimentation over the past 5-6 years like the Jungle/Dub soaked ‘Detrimentalist’ and the gorgeous classical/IDM driven ‘Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett’, but his overall gist has solely remained in the breakcore and IDM field. While not necessarily bad thing, he’s seemingly remained inside a husk, and hasn’t made an effort to break out of the case. ‘Affectionate’ still hasn’t really proved to us he can perform this task in a pleasing manner.

There really isn’t much to be said about this album other than the fact Venetian Snares is still chugging along, and that’s honestly about it. The piece has its moments, but it feels like yet another Venetian Snares release. I mean, nothing really new or groundbreaking is encountered here. Standardized breakbeats and some other conducted melodies are both prominent when listening, but together they aren’t anything too grasping. There are only 4 tracks, but for an EP they don’t really stand out. Don’t take this the wrong way though, they aren’t awful whatsoever, but they are rather bleak and dissonant compared to most of his strongest material. ‘Lesbian1’ and ‘Lesbian2’ are probably the best tracks on here. They both have interesting progression and rabid glitch noises that overlay a cool melody. Added together, these tracks are what give the album its 3, and don’t facilitate any more with what’s given.

Despite all of this, ‘Affectionate’ still contains Venetian Snares, but not in a refined way. It’s definitely not Venetian Snares climbing any new heights, but it’s also him not falling either. The rest of his discography certainly kills this EP, but it doesn’t entitle he’s finished making music. While there’s nothing too creative or awe-inspiring here, it signals Venetian Snares is still prevailing.

He’s also due out with 2-3 new EP’s and hopefully an LP later this year.



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Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
January 27th 2012


32288 Comments


classical/IDM driven ‘Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett’,


There's nothing idm about the album

EP is average

Beachcoma
January 27th 2012


526 Comments


Really? I could've sworn I heard some IDM moments on there.

And yeah this EP is alright

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
January 27th 2012


32288 Comments


So why the alt?

Beachcoma
January 27th 2012


526 Comments




Beachcoma
January 27th 2012


526 Comments


lesbian 1 and 2 are pretty good

StrangerofSorts
Emeritus
January 27th 2012


2904 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Not really a fan of the review at all, I'm afraid. Might take a stab at reviewing it myself later.

Beachcoma
January 27th 2012


526 Comments


Really? Is the review that bad?

StrangerofSorts
Emeritus
January 27th 2012


2904 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It starts out well but then disintegrates to a really chatty, wet (to use an old phrase) level. Sentence structure gets a bit monotonous towards the end too: "..., but ..." and variants make up most of it.



And I'm just going to take a stab at reviewing it because I'm bored and need something to do this evening. :P

Beachcoma
January 27th 2012


526 Comments


Okay, I do see what you're saying about my overuse of "but". I'll make sure not to do that next time.

aok
January 27th 2012


4626 Comments


only heard 'rossz csillag alatt született' from this guy. cool that he's getting more exposure.

Beachcoma
January 27th 2012


526 Comments


Yeah he is, but he's a very acquired taste tbh

DoubtGin
January 27th 2012


6879 Comments


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StrangerofSorts
Emeritus
January 28th 2012


2904 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Okay so a review never happened on my end since I ended up just getting drunk with some people yesterday+today. Ah well, stick with this one. :P

LilLioness
November 11th 2012


3709 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Maybe it is because I am not a troo fan of electronic music, but I actually really enjoy this one.



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