Aaron Funk a.k.a. Venetian Snares experienced unexpected financial hardship toward the end of summer 2015, and how did he repay the requested money that poured in once fans made their appreciation thoroughly known? As if we weren’t already spoiled as a result of his casual prolificacy and lovable tendency to synthetically melt faces, Venetian Snares released Thank You for Your Consideration free of charge less than two weeks after initially expressing his troubles via Twitter. A claim of still being “royally screwed” aside, it’s apparent that Funk remains stable enough to selflessly deliver tunes, and an obvious indication of that is his recently publicized bank account number new album on Planet Mu/Timesig.
Traditional Synthesizer Music is out February 19, and fans accustomed to the relative thematic changes in Funk’s music should expect supplemental variation this time around. Per the album’s title (and a press description), the release was created live using a mod synth, without subsequent editing or overdubbing. As much as we might miss those Star Trek recollections, the result is something superficially simplified but still very obviously complex. It’s still breakcore, I suppose!
Here’s an aural and visual sneak peek:
Traditional Synthesizer Music tracklisting:
01. Dreamt Person v3
02. Everything About You Is Special
03. Slightly Bent Fork Tong v2
04. Magnificent Stumble v2
05. Decembers
06. Can’t Vote For Yourself v1
07. You And Shayna v1
08. Goose And Gary v2
09. Anxattack Boss Level19 v3
10. She Married A Chess Computer In The End
11. Health Card10
12. Paganism Ratchets