Venetian Snares

Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975), known as Venetian Snares, is a Canadian electronic musician based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is widely known for innovating and popularising the breakcore genre, and is one of the most recognisable artists to be signed into Planet Mu, an experimental electronic music label. His signature style involves meticulously complex melodies, eclectic use of samples, and odd time signatures, particularly 7/4.

His 2005 release, Rossz Csillag Alatt Született, was released to critical acclaim and has helped bring Funk and the genre into popularity within the experimental electronic music community.

He is a very prolific musician, often releasing several records each year, sometimes on several different record labels, including Planet Mu, Hymen, Sublight, and his own imprint Timesig, and also under other different alias, including Last Step, Snares Man!, Snares, and Speed Dealer Moms. He has also explored other electronic genres such as glitch, IDM, modern classical and even acid techno.... (Read more)

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 2015 Festive Fifty: 'Your Face When I Finally' #47

Live

 * 10 April 2003, All Tomorrow's Parties

Sessions

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Other Shows Played

 * 2001
 * 25 January 2001: 'Defluxion (7" - Defluxion / Boarded Up Swan Entrance)' (Planet Mu)
 * 31 May 2001: 'Hours (LP-printf (Shiver In Eternal Darkness))' (Isolate)
 * 12 June 2001: 'Intense Demonic Attacks' (Isolate)
 * 25 September 2001: 'Eleven Million Panda Bears In Bondage (EP-The Connected Series #2 12")' (Klangkrieg)
 * 14 November 2001: 'Bobo (LP-Songs About My Cats)' (Mu-ziq)
 * 15 November 2001: 'Breakfast Times For Baboons (LP-Songs About My Cats)' (Mu-ziq)
 * 27 November 2001: 'Breakfast Times For Baboons (LP-Songs About My Cats)' (Mu-ziq)
 * 19 December 2001: 'Cleaning Each Other (LP-Songs About Cats)' (Planet Mu)
 * 2002
 * 24 April 2002: 'Cobra Commander (LP-Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972 – 2006)' (Planet Mu)
 * 10 September 2002: 'Happy Morning Condom Factory (LP-2370894)' (Planet Mu)
 * 18 September 2002: 'Ornamental Grape Bone (LP-2370894)' (Planet Mu)
 * 11 October 2002 (BBC World Service): 'Ornamental Grape Bone'
 * 07 November 2002: 'Tattoo (LP-Winter In The Belly Of A Snake)' (Planet Mu)
 * 14 November 2002 (Radio Mafia): 'Suffocate (LP-Winter In The Belly Of A Snake)' (Planet Mu)
 * 23 November 2002 (BBC World Service): 'Cashew (LP-Winter In The Belly Of A Snake)' (Planet Mu)
 * December 2002 (FSK): Suffocate (CD - Winter In The Belly Of A Snake) Planet Mu
 * 2003
 * 04 March 2003: 'Befriend A Child Killer Remix (EP-Find Candace)' (Hymen)
 * 19 March 2003: 'Befriend A Child Killer Remix (EP-Find Candace)' (Hymen) (JP: 'It's a big favourite with Mary Anne Hobbs, as well as with this programme, and with you, the listener.')
 * 20 March 2003: 'Yor (EP-Find Candace)' (Hymen) (JP: 'I was just beginning to think that I was going nuts, you know? But what's happening here is that this CD keeps jumping back about 40 seconds - so we keep getting the same bit over and over again. Nice though, no complaint with it.')
 * March 2003 (FSK): 'Befriend A Child Killer Remix (EP-Find Candace)' (Hymen)
 * 03 April 2003: 'Dolleater (EP-Find Candace)' (Hymen)
 * 08 April 2003: 'Mensa Disco Queers (EP- Return Of The Fight Club)' (Tigerbeat6) vs. Lesser
 * April 2003 (FSK): 'Yor (EP-Find Candace)' (Hymen)
 * 01 October 2003: 'Einstein Rosen Bridge (12")' (Planet Mu)
 * 11 October 2003 (BBC World Service): 'Einstein-Rosen Bridge'
 * 16 October 2003: 'Abomination St. (LP-The Chocolate Wheelchair Album)' (Planet Mu)
 * 22 October 2003: 'Too Young (LP-The Chocolate Wheelchair Album)' (Planet Mu)
 * 05 November 2003: 'Hand Throw (LP-The Chocolate Wheelchair Album)' (Planet Mu)
 * 07 November 2003: 'Too Young'
 * 22 November 2003 (BBC World Service): 'Epidermis'
 * 2004
 * 05 May 2004: 'Prophylactic Eyehead (EP-Horse And Goat)' (Sublight)
 * 18 May 2004: 'Lithium Twatting (EP-Horse And Goat)' (Sublight)
 * May 2004 (FSK): 'Prophylactic Eyehead (EP-Horse And Goat)' (Sublight)
 * 20 July 2004: 'Huge Chrome Peach (LP-Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding)' (Planet Mu)
 * 17 August 2004: 'Vida (LP-Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding)' (Planet Mu)
 * 27 October 2004: 'Find Candace (CD-Find Candace)' (Hymen)
 * 09 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Horse And Goat' (LP-Horse and Goat)' (Sublight and Hymen)
 * Recommendations
 * September 2002 (Peel's Record Box): '2370894'
 * March 2003 (Peel's Record Box): 'Find Candace'
 * April 2003 (Peel's Record Box): 'Find Candace'
 * July 2004 (Peel's Record Box): 'Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding'