Winter In The Belly Of A Snake
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Winter in the Belly of a Snake is a 2002 album by Canadian
breakcore
artist Venetian Snares
, released on Planet Mu
.
The album is generally categorised as glitchcore
or breakcore
due to the complicated drum patterns, often consisting of only short "clicks and cuts" and resonant squeaks, squelches, and buzzes but mostly also with a distorted bass drum. Some short tracks have no such drum patterns and are better described as ambient industrial or subtler kinds of noise. A few pieces contain vocals, some of which—such as the opener "Dad"—feature vocals from Funk himself, also most prominently in "She", which was written by Misfits and Danzig
singer Glenn Danzig
, and the track "Fraujäger" (German, meaning "Woman Hunter") which contains heavily distorted vocals by Aiwaz. Also, the track "January" samples popular American storyteller Garrison Keillor
saying "It's January" and "I realized that if my body broke, I would break into blossom".
The cover art is by the British artist Trevor Brown
.
Winter in the Belly of a Snake was described as "a masterpiece of brutally-calculated drill & bass programming combined with ill, Clive-Barker-esque atmospherics and quirky, twisted melodies."
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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...
, released on Planet Mu
Planet Mu
Planet Mu is an electronic music record label run by Mike Paradinas . It was based in Worcester until March 2007, then moved to London and has recently relocated to Broadstairs, Kent...
.
The album is generally categorised as glitchcore
Glitch (music)
Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. The glitch aesthetic is characterized by a deliberate use of glitch based sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted disturbances reducing the overall sound quality and are thus...
or 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...
due to the complicated drum patterns, often consisting of only short "clicks and cuts" and resonant squeaks, squelches, and buzzes but mostly also with a distorted bass drum. Some short tracks have no such drum patterns and are better described as ambient industrial or subtler kinds of noise. A few pieces contain vocals, some of which—such as the opener "Dad"—feature vocals from Funk himself, also most prominently in "She", which was written by Misfits and Danzig
Danzig (band)
Danzig is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for the singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands The Misfits and Samhain...
singer Glenn Danzig
Glenn Danzig
Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig (born Glenn Allen Anzalone; June 23, 1955 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, entrepreneur, and a progenitor of the horror punk subgenre of music. He is a founder of bands the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig...
, and the track "Fraujäger" (German, meaning "Woman Hunter") which contains heavily distorted vocals by Aiwaz. Also, the track "January" samples popular American storyteller Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality. He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio...
saying "It's January" and "I realized that if my body broke, I would break into blossom".
The cover art is by the British artist Trevor Brown
Trevor Brown
Trevor Brown is an English artist from London presently living in Japan whose work explores paraphilias, such as pedophilia, BDSM, and other fetish themes. Innocence, violence and Japanese popular culture all collide in Brown's art....
.
Winter in the Belly of a Snake was described as "a masterpiece of brutally-calculated drill & bass programming combined with ill, Clive-Barker-esque atmospherics and quirky, twisted melodies."
Track listing
Includes time signatures when applicable.- "Dad" – 3:59 (13/8)
- "Stairs Song" – 5:51 (11/8)
- "Tattoo" – 4:18 (7/4+25/4+11/8)
- "Gottrahmen" – 3:07
- "Suffocate" – 5:31 (5/4)
- "January" – 4:05 (13/8)
- "Crawlspace" – 0:23
- "In Quod" – 6:38 (5/4)
- "She" – 1:44 (4/4)
- written by Glenn DanzigGlenn DanzigGlenn Danzig Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig (born Glenn Allen Anzalone; June 23, 1955 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, entrepreneur, and a progenitor of the horror punk subgenre of music. He is a founder of bands the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig...
- written by Glenn Danzig
- "Cashew" – 3:39 (10/4)
- "Fraujäger" – 3:59 (7/4)
- vocals by Aiwaz
- "Warm Body" – 1:24
- "Sink Snow Angel" – 3:27 (10/4)
- "Yes Love, My Soul Is Black" – 1:15
- "Icosikaipent" – 8:41
- "Earth" – 1:20