Traditional Synthesizer Music

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Traditional Synthesizer Music
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Studio album by
Venetian Snares
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)
Recorded2014
Genre Breakcore, IDM
Length43:57
Label Planet Mu
Producer Aaron Funk
Venetian Snares chronology
Thank You for Your Consideration
(2015)		Traditional Synthesizer Music
(2016)		She Began to Cry Tears of Blood Which Became Little Brick Houses When They Hit the Ground
(2018)

Traditional Synthesizer Music is the twenty-second studio album by Canadian electronic musician Venetian Snares, announced December 17, 2015, [1] [2] and released February 19, 2016, on Planet Mu records. [3] Unlike other albums by Venetian Snares, this album was composed and live recorded entirely on modular synthesizer equipment. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Clash 7/10 [7]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [8]
Exclaim! 9/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [10]
Resident Advisor 3.3/5 [11]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 [12]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Tom Hull A– [14]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Traditional Synthesizer Music received an average score of 76% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5] AllMusic listed the album as one of their Favorite Electronic Albums of 2016, describing it as "a sharp, thrilling experience, and easily one of Funk's most focused works". [6]

PopMatters placed it at number 52 on the "70 Best Albums of 2016" list. [16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Funk.

No.TitleLength
1."Dreamt Person v3"1:56
2."Everything About You Is Special"3:46
3."Slightly Bent Fork Tong v2"2:26
4."Magnificent Stumble v2"4:21
5."Decembers"4:03
6."Can't Vote for Yourself v1"4:18
7."You and Shayna v1"3:21
8."Goose and Gary v2"3:09
9."Anxattack Boss Level19 v3"4:55
10."She Married a Chess Computer in the End"3:49
11."Health Card10"3:23
12."Paganism Ratchets"4:30
Total length:43:57 [17]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 16
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard) [19] 6

References

  1. ↑ "Venetian Snares announces modular synth-only Traditional Synthesizer Music LP". Fact . December 17, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Venetian Snares makes Traditional Synthesizer Music on new LP". Resident Advisor. December 17, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Planet Mu (February 19, 2016). "Traditional Synthesizer Music". Planet Mu. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Venetian Snares:Let's All Be Real". Attack Magazine. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Traditional Synthesizer Music by Venetian Snares". Metacritic . Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Traditional Synthesizer Music – Venetian Snares". AllMusic . Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ Smith, Mat (February 24, 2016). "Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music". Clash . Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Bland, Benjamin (February 16, 2016). "Venetian Snares – Traditional Synthesizer Music". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  9. ↑ Ranta, Alan (February 17, 2016). "Venetian Snares Traditional Synthesizer Music". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ Pattison, Louis (February 22, 2016). "Venetian Snares: Traditional Synthesizer Music". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  11. ↑ Dicker, Holly (March 17, 2016). "Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music". Resident Advisor. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Review: Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  13. ↑ Hydroyoga. "Venetian Snares – Traditional Synthesizer Music". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  14. ↑ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Venetian Snares". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  15. ↑ One of his most engrossing albums yet, a gorgeously unsettling collection of itchy electronics. [Apr 2016, p.81]
  16. ↑ "The 70 Best Albums of 2016 (2/7)". PopMatters . December 13, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  17. ↑ Venetian Snares (February 19, 2016). "Traditional Synthesizer Music". Venetian Snares. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Venetian Snares Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Venetian Snares Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
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