Meathole

Meathole is an album by Canadian breakcore artist Venetian Snares, released on August 22, 2005, on the label Planet Mu.

Unlike his previous album Rossz Csillag Alatt Született, which is strongly classic-inspired, this album is more influenced by jazz and blues with a dark and chaotic mood, best example being the track "Aamelotasis". The sound is also far less subtle, with Venetian Snares' trademark complicated drum patterns that seem to get louder and more extreme towards the end of each song, best heard on "Choprite" and even more so on "Szycag". The song "Aaperture" features heavily distorted samples from the movie One Hour Photo starring Robin Williams and Dahmer starring Jeremy Renner. The double "A" in the start of tracks 1, 4 and 7 is nothing more than a reference to Aaron's name.

Track listing

CD track order

1. "Aanguish" – 4:42
2. "Choprite" – 5:39
3. "Contain" (featuring SKM-ETR) – 6:23
4. "Aamelotasis" – 5:49
5. "Des Plaines" – 7:12
6. "Sinthasomphone" – 8:40
7. "Aaperture" – 6:17
8. "Szycag" – 9:52

2xLP

1. "Contain" (featuring SKM-ETR) – 6:23
2. "Aaperture" – 6:17
3. "Aamelotasis" – 5:49
4. "Des Plaines" – 7:12
5. "Aanguish" – 4:42
6. "Szycag" – 9:52
7. "Sinthasomphone" – 8:40
8. "Choprite" – 5:39

Samples used

• The strange screeching noises at the beginning of the track "Contain" are samples from the movie Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, that are played at quadruple their normal speed.
• "Aaperture" contains a sound sample from the 2002 film One Hour Photo.
• "Des Plaines" includes a sample from "I Am the Poison" by Nurse with Wound.
• Vocals on "Aanguish", which say "My eyes are black and white", make a link with the CD's front side, representing a black and white eye-like symbol. (The sampled vocals are from the song "(Hey Ho) The Noddy (Oh)", from the Current 93 album Swastikas For Noddy.)
• The samples "Choprite" are from a documentary on the criminal mind.
• "Szycag" contains samples from the 2003 film "Gacy", another reference to the serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

External links

• Official release page
• Official Venetian Snares website