- Audio CD (Feb 18 2008)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Planet Mu
- ASIN: B000FBFUVI
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #240,309 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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4.1 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
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Those are the break(core)s, I guess, Jun 26 2006
By somethingexcellent - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist (Audio CD)
Although I had enjoyed previous albums of his intermittently, it was on last years Rossz Csillag Alatt Született that I finally felt that Venetian Snares (aka Aaron Funk) had reached his true potential. Inspired by a trip through Hungary, the album mixed sampled live instrumentation with his trademark breakcore for something that felt intense and original. Arriving only about a year later (but apparently comprised of work created in the past year and a half), Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms finds Funk returning to his old helter-skelter ways.Musically, the strings and horns from his previous album are gone, but fortunately there's still larely a focus on more melodic material, instead of just returning to hammering beats of the past. "Donut" opens the album and chops up vocal samples, mixing them with blurting orchestral synth stabs and a techno-y feel. "Swindon" continues the trend, making use of even more frenetic programming and lovely layered pads that remind me of the best parts of Aphex Twin's Drukqs.
From there, the album is even more all over the place. "Pwintendo" is an insanely fun track that's comprised entirely out of 8-bit Nintendo sounds while "XII's Dub" takes things down a notch and shows a completely different hand from Funk as he creates a sort of deconstructed melodic IDM track that features sluggish, pitch-bent mechanical noises clanging over multiple layers of drifting melodies.
In other places, he's back to his more standard ways, as both "Vache" and "Plunging Hornets" spit out insane rapid-fire breakcore while "Twirl" and "Tache" take that same formula and tweak it just a bit, balancing out the spastic beats with a bit more of a melodic side. Having said all of the above, Funk is a downright master of his craft at this point, and while this newest effort doesn't quite have the deep emotional resonance that his last album did, it still has plenty to enjoy and a load of moments that highlight why he's nearly unrivaled right now in this genre.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm suing Venetian Snares- he melted my face., Aug 12 2008
By N. Hamilton "Dada to the stars" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist (Vinyl) (Audio CD)
Okay, honestly, to hell with most of this album. That's not to say that it's bad, that's really just to say "Give me track 5!" Seriously, the song Vache on this album is like my favorite item on the menu at my favorite restaurant. Sure I may order other things from the menu, but I always come back to this one, because it does me right. After all, it is a machine for making cows. I don't know what it is, but the rest of this album is a ball and chain compared to my mistress Vache. Audiosexual? Maybe. Seriously though, I'd have paid the same amount for the one song. The rest of the album is just decadent intemperance. It's on you to decide if that's a bad thing.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funk's best album to date!, July 12 2006
By A. Van Assen "Doctersava" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist (Audio CD)
This is without a doubt Funk's most accomplished album to date. Less frantic, more melodic than his previous stuff and just a bit more accessible.For me, this is most certainly one of the best albums of the past two years. I'd rate this as high as Nautilis' 'are you an axolotl?' album, and if you're familiar with the genre, that's saying something.
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