"i believe the world to be a muffin pan..."
and other quips of instant wisdom....the venetian snares interview

winnipeg canada is home to lots and lots of people, [as is the custom with bigger citys] and one of em is a guy named aaron funk who makes music under the alias venetian snares- his music is good, how so? it apparently caught the attention of one mike paradinas, label head over at planet-mu, who asked him to release music on the influential label, which is home to such artists as leafcutter john, hrvatski and mike p himself, yippee!

i recently got in touch with funk to axe him a few questions about his music and other important stuff, what followed is as follows___>

Q: yer reported to have yer name on three releases on planet-mu next year, was this entirely unexpected?

A: No, Mike asked me first.

Q: super; now that yer set to release on a larger label,yer work will be met with more scrutiny from a wider audience, does this worry you any?

A: Hadn't really thought about it, now that I am thinking about it I'm not worried.

Q: yer releases leading up to now have displayed a fondness for dark themes, obviously the hardcore spirit you and the labels you've released on embrace this, how much of that will be represented at planet-mu?

A: Good question. One of my Planet µ releases, "Songs About My Cats" isn't dark at all, well maybe at moments, but not entirely. Because it is all music inspired by my cats, I don't find cats especially evil or darklike. I love them.

The rest of the shit, Making Orange Things collaboration with Speed Ranch and the Defluxion 7" are more "dark themes" I suppose. Although the stuff with Speed Ranch I would consider more brutal than dark.

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winnipeg is canada's christmas capitol?

Q: yer fond of odd time signatures, how did this start?

A: Normal time sigs became boring and obsolete.

Q: so do girls , sometimes...are all canadian girls fine?

A: Yes they are.

Q: and gullible...?

A: No I doubt it.

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winnipeg is home to game show host monty hall?

Q: you play at raves...how much of your material do concider dance floor friendly?

A: I don't play at many straight up raves. I would consider alot of it dancable but I'm the shithead that makes it!

Q: shithead, indeed...does trance really suck?and if so, why?

A: Trance is shit, fucking boring. It's too normal and repetative, predictable.

Q: agreed,trance can eat it... what influenced you to persue a career in music?

A: The fact that all I ever do is write music.

Q: good thing it doesnt suck hard;overall canadian beer is quite good, so why does canada import american beer?

A: Probably some sketchy trade agreement between Mulroney and Reagan back in the day. I like american beer, but I don't drink it in canada. When in america I drink Pabst and Old Milwaukee and all that cheap crap.

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winnipeg is Cree for "muddy waters"?

Q: your music has some scary moments, are you a closet and/or recovering metalhead?

A: I don't find anything scary about a bunch of men with guitars.

Q: i beg to differ...[blek]; you once said "i believe the world to be a muffin pan..." which is a perfectly sane statement other then, um...what does it mean?

A: How did you know I said that??? Freak, I will not explain!

Q: oh, you said that in a previous [and overall better] interview,silly! [blek] what's so great about chaos?
you seem to empower it through your music,no?

A: Good question. I don't know if I'd consider what I do to be chaos, rather complicated. It's just the way it turns out. I don't beleive I can get my thoughts across with a predictable structure and sound pallete and I want my music to come alive as an entity unto itself without worrying that it won't be compatible with other records. Chaos - everything in this world is chaos. A french fry just fell on the ground, 40 billion things just happenend all at once.

>>>did you know?<<<
winnipeg was the first city with "911" ?
[blek]

Q: finish this lyric: "macho macho man, i want to be a _____ ___ [?]

A: Female impersonator.

Q: do you really?

A: No.

Q: your last name is funk, which is great for a guy who makes music...my last name [the one given to me by my hu-mon parents] is kruger, as in freddy kruger of nightmare on elm street fame, an association that followed me all through the 80's;my question then is: texas chainsaw massacre or evil dead, which rocked harder?

A: Evil Dead. Although Texas Chainsaw is great too, I've got a Leatherface doll, came with the hammer and the bucket, now how fucking cool is that???

Q: that's actually pretty gross...now,yer a big guy, does this pose problems for you or your partner/s?

A: Well, my girlfirend is about a foot shorter than I am, but we do ok!

Q: with a girlfriend you probably dont envy those cheesy dj types who seemingly get all the chicks...?

A: I don't envy anybody, people can all fuck off.

Q: i personaly think tweaked ass high school ravers are dirty scum and should all fnck off...were you one of them back in the day?

A: No. I dropped out of high school well before I started going to parties.

Q: that sucks,for the sake of hilarity,what are yer favourite records of all time?

A: Anything by Gordon Lightfoot.

Q: and finaly,is there any reason people SHOULDN'T buy all yer records and emulate and worship you?

A: No.

Q: that's what i thought

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