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90
The album is a sharp, thrilling experience, and easily one of Funk's most focused works.
90
While retaining his sense of menace throughout Traditional Synthesizer Music, his umpteenth album as Venetian Snares, he also sounds positively refreshed and reinvigorated.
80
A welcome return to top form.
80
Unlike past efforts, this album is able to traverse from one end of the spectrum to the other without over-stepping the bounds of tolerability, be it of either tranquillity or squeamishness.
74
Traditional Synthesizer Music feels not so much traditional as a refresh: a suite of music that is crafted and ferociously complex, but at its root a pure and primal thing, high on its own chaos.
70
Traditional in essence it may well be, but it's done with arched eyebrows and a knowing smirk.
66
Traditional Synthesizer Music feels honest and straightforward, operating like a window into Funk's world—one that revolves around music, machines and little else.
60
The space-drive time-warp gravitational-wave dual-wielding starboard-side of this gigantic surface: words, blips as drums, word as bumps as in therefore, yes, he, Venetian Snares, has made sound from these inputs and outputs.
Traditional Synthesiser Music is an anomaly in the discography of Venetian Snares - instead of sampled drum breaks and unusual time signatures, this album features more mellow and somewhat conventional IDM sounds. In fact, you could say that this is Aaron's "unplugged" album - everything on this album was recorded solely on analog modular synthesisers, hence the name.
If you're a breakcore fan, you probably won't like this album that much - it's more slower and melodic than his ... read more
Favourite Tracks: Dreamt Person v3, Everything About You Is Special, Magnificent Stumble v2, Decembers, You and Shayna v1, Goose and Gary v2, Health Card10
Least Favourite Track: Paganism Ratchets
A different approach, in comparison to his earlier works, but still a great record. The fact it was recorded live using mostly analog equipment is also amazing.
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Track List
| 1 | Dreamt Person v3 1:56 | 100 |
| 2 | Everything About You Is Special 3:46 | 100 |
| 3 | Slightly Bent Fork Tong v2 2:26 | |
| 4 | Magnificent Stumble v2 4:21 | |
| 5 | Decembers 4:03 | 100 |
| 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 minutes
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Added on: January 18, 2016