My Downfall is an album by breakcore

Breakcore

Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...

 artist Venetian Snares

Venetian Snares

Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk .From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures...

. The title is in reference not to an actual soundtrack but rather the soundtrack to Aaron Funk's "downfall". It is said to be a follow-up to the 2005 album Rossz csillag alatt született

Rossz csillag alatt született

-2×12″ release:-Further Reading:*Britton, Eliott. “.” eContact! 12.4 — Perspectives on the Electroacoustic Work / Perspectives sur l’œuvre électroacoustique . Montréal: CEC....

, as hinted by the reappearing Hungarian song titles. Aaron was quoted as saying, "This album has nothing to do with dubstep

Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

 and very little to do with breakcore

Breakcore

Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...

." It, like the album it is said to follow, consists largely of classical compositions. However, unlike said album, it features very little in the way of drumbeats, instead focusing on an atmospheric sound made by the classical instruments.

The tracks "Holló Utca 2", "If I Could Say I Love You", and "The Hopeless Pursuit of Remission" are available for preview at Venetian Snares' MySpace

MySpace

Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....

. "Colorless" and "Room 379" are featured on Season 10, episode 7 of Top Gear.

Track listing

1. "Colorless" – 2:26
2. "The Hopeless Pursuit of Remission" – 4:22
3. "Holló Utca 2" – 1:54
4. "Room 379" – 1:49
5. "Integraation" – 7:00
6. "Holló Utca 5" – 2:16
7. "Holló Utca 3" – 1:14
8. "My Half" – 7:03
9. "Holló Utca 4" – 1:41
10. "My Crutch" – 5:13
11. "I'm Sorry I Failed You" – 2:08
12. "Picturesque Pit" – 2:13
13. "If I Could Say I Love You" – 4:18
14. "Mentioning It" – 1:09

External links

• Official release page