Venetian Snares
Real Name:
Aaron Funk
Profile:
Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), a producer of vastly varying types of electronic music, gained a profile in experimental techno circles with his signing to the Planet Mu label run by Mike Paradinas (aka µ-Ziq).
Often abbreviated to "Vsnares" -- Funk's distinctive style reflects unconventional time signatures and extremely rapid and erratic rhythms. Unpredictable and stimulating, the effect is intense. His style has been critically acclaimed, notably by the late British radio disc jockey John Peel.
Funk's first release was Greg Hates Car Culture, an EP for the History Of The Future Label, followed by Salt for Zhark and Fuck Canada // Fuck America with Stunt Rock for CLFST. When Mike Paradinas heard Greg Hates Car Culture, he immediately signed Funk for Planet Mu. The first Venetian Snares LP on Planet Mu, Making Orange Things (a co-production with Speedranch), dropped in early 2001; following in short order were 5 more releases, all released before the end of 2002. Funk continued recording for a variety of labels, including Hymen, Addict, and Sublight Records, and has also recorded as Snares Man!, BeeSnares, Snares and Senetian Vnares.
Often abbreviated to "Vsnares" -- Funk's distinctive style reflects unconventional time signatures and extremely rapid and erratic rhythms. Unpredictable and stimulating, the effect is intense. His style has been critically acclaimed, notably by the late British radio disc jockey John Peel.
Funk's first release was Greg Hates Car Culture, an EP for the History Of The Future Label, followed by Salt for Zhark and Fuck Canada // Fuck America with Stunt Rock for CLFST. When Mike Paradinas heard Greg Hates Car Culture, he immediately signed Funk for Planet Mu. The first Venetian Snares LP on Planet Mu, Making Orange Things (a co-production with Speedranch), dropped in early 2001; following in short order were 5 more releases, all released before the end of 2002. Funk continued recording for a variety of labels, including Hymen, Addict, and Sublight Records, and has also recorded as Snares Man!, BeeSnares, Snares and Senetian Vnares.
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Aliases:
Aaron Funk,
BeeSnares,
Hawerchuk,
Kevin Hawerchuk,
Last Step,
Puff (3),
Snares Man!,
Ventriloquist Snakes
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DJ Fishead / Venetian Snares | DJ Fishead / Venetian Snares - Eat Shit And Die (Cass, P/Mixed, C60) | Not On Label (DJ Fishead Self-released), Not On Label (Venetian Snares Self-released) | none | Canada | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fishead* v. Venetian Snares | Fishead* v. Venetian Snares - Barrage (Cass, Album, P/Mixed, Spl) | Not On Label (DJ Fishead Self-released), Not On Label (Venetian Snares Self-released) | none | Canada | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Subvert! (Cass, P/Mixed, C60) | Not On Label (Venetian Snares Self-released) | none | Canada | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Spells 1 (Cass, C60) | Not On Label (Venetian Snares Self-released) | none | Canada | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares Vs. Stunt Rock | Venetian Snares Vs. Stunt Rock - Fuck Canada // Fuck America | CLFST | CLFST007 | US | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Doll Doll Doll (Album) | Hymen Records | ¥033 | Germany | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares + Speedranch | Venetian Snares + Speedranch - Making Orange Things (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ028CD | UK | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Songs About My Cats (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ032 | UK | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006 (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ056 | UK | 2002 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vsnares* | 2370894 (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ057CD | UK | 2002 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Winter In The Belly Of A Snake (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ066CD | UK | 2002 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Find Candace (Album) | Hymen Records | ¥040 | Germany | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | The Chocolate Wheelchair Album (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ077 | UK | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ088 | UK | 2004 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Horse And Goat (MiniAlbum) | Sublight Records | SLR201 | Canada | 2004 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Meathole (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ099 | UK | 2005 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ111CD | US | 2005 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole (Album, EP) | Sublight Records | SLR203 | Canada | 2005 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Hospitality (MiniAlbum, EP) | Planet Mu | ZIQ140 | UK | 2006 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ150 | UK | 2006 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | My Downfall (Original Soundtrack) (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ199CD | UK | 2007 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Detrimentalist (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ211CD | UK | 2008 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | Filth (Album) | Planet Mu | ZIQ222 | UK | 2009 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venetian Snares | My So-Called Life (Album) | Timesig | Timesig001CD | Europe | 2010 | Sell This Version |
Reviews Show All 42 Reviews
hankchuckson
April 19, 2022
Agree with JVW_NE. Turned the ecstatic rush of jungle into an unfortunate gimmick. More like a series of very dull sound effects than music or even noise. Caught him live at festivals a few times and his lives sets probably hold the attention if you've taken enough drugs.

noviellion
March 2, 2019
Intricate, dynamic, tension ridden tumbling asteroids of mutated drum n bass. Occasionally a nice melody or voice. The amount of music he has released is almost inhuman. The only other artist I've seen that has released more is Milieu. Been listening to him since his Music for cats lp. What an amazing ride. Now it's time to get all of it on vinyl before the prices rise out of the atmosphere.
exumer
July 14, 2018
Amazing talent. Unemcumembed and driven to sculpt in his own image, vsnares is on an island in his particular mode of craft. Be it Winter in the belly of the snake and it's masterful twisted intimacy, doll doll doll's dark math genius, My downfalls innovative cinematic break core, early frenzied material or later material, there's no peer to his breakneck delivery and uncompromising individuality. An unapologetically multi faceted musical challenge in intensity and ability, vsnares body of work is an incredible achievement.

ischivezon
October 25, 2015
probably my favorite artist of all time. period. an absolute genius, he has such a signature style and sound but simultaneously leads a very dynamic and huge discography. you never know what to expect from this man. his passion for music shows in his music, he'd die without this hobby. bless him.

glowworm1
May 22, 2015
absolutely bonkers mentalist gabba speed freak...a lunatic genius and breakcore madman...probably the greatest composer who has EVER lived...this man knows NO bounds...he will be relevant in a thousand years time...never mind fifty or a hundred

bloodhawk1235
March 20, 2015
What can I say about Venetian Snares. His music makes me want to take a nap, I don't know why. It's pretty good, but it makes me doze off y'know. I like the thing he did with dj fishead and his records on Addict are pretty good. But everything else, just makes me so sleepy.
I quite enjoy the time I spend sleeping so that's a pretty huge plus for me. I started listening to Funk's music when I was in my final year of college and I gotta tell you, a lot of my getting familiar with it was sleeping on the bus on the way. His melodies are really easy-listening especially if you're into hard breakcore, like Steve Albini or KC and the Sunshine Band.
I highly recommend checking out print(schiver) or whatever and the skelechairs and moonglow 12"s on Addict. If you're a hipster who is just looking for your fix listen to the ultra-up-it's-own-ass Ross from friends cillit bang or whatever i don't even know what language that it (probably french cause that seems like a french thing to do).
I quite enjoy the time I spend sleeping so that's a pretty huge plus for me. I started listening to Funk's music when I was in my final year of college and I gotta tell you, a lot of my getting familiar with it was sleeping on the bus on the way. His melodies are really easy-listening especially if you're into hard breakcore, like Steve Albini or KC and the Sunshine Band.
I highly recommend checking out print(schiver) or whatever and the skelechairs and moonglow 12"s on Addict. If you're a hipster who is just looking for your fix listen to the ultra-up-it's-own-ass Ross from friends cillit bang or whatever i don't even know what language that it (probably french cause that seems like a french thing to do).

5N1PPY
March 17, 2015
Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding, 2370984, Making Orange Things, Winter in the Belly of a Snake, and Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett are getting exclusive vinyl reissues on Record Store Day 2015. Saturday, April 18th.

5N1PPY
February 18, 2015
As of recent, Aaron has re-released a few of his limited edition records in FLAC format through his Bandcamp.
The re-released EPs in question are:
Moonglow/This Bitter Earth, Badminton, and Clearance Bin (off of his Snares Man! pseudonym).
The re-released EPs in question are:
Moonglow/This Bitter Earth, Badminton, and Clearance Bin (off of his Snares Man! pseudonym).
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HellBazZ_Davy
January 16, 2023While his name is often connected to the "Breakcore" tag, that name alone tells not that much.
Venetian Snares is mostly known for hypersonic "breakbeat" music, but he combined those sounds with various other musical influences.
His early works focus heavily on distortion and gabber kicks, while he later would experiment with synthesizer ambient music, nintendo and game boy sounds, and even have classical music instruments playing, all this having been combined with the sound he made his trademark namely the over-edited hyper-fast breakbeats.
That is undoubtedly the work of a man who loves to experiment, and to give his audiences a variety of sounds!
I've seen crusty punk dreadies, well-tailored jazz-loving hipsters and thightly-shaven, sporty-dressed gabber-jocks, who all would agree on little else, yet all have been part of audiences that went berzerk while dancing to Venetian Snares. How many electronic artists can reach such a diversity of people and create something to entice all of them into his audial adventures?
My entrance to his music was also via the gabber scene, and my favourite work of him are still his more gabber-influenced works.
Looking at the fact that he continuously reinvents his style and manages to steer his Snares project into various other directions, which then in turn adresses newer audiences, I can in conclusion only be amazed at his musical output!