Doll Doll Doll
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Doll Doll Doll is a 2001 album by breakcore
artist Venetian Snares
. The album is extremely dark, themed largely around the murder of children. While being a primarily breakcore album, it also featured very varied influences in keeping with Venetian Snares' style, including classical, ambient and jazz, and uses these along with other influences to make the album have a dark and atmospheric undertone.
's version of the Metallica
song "Harvester of Sorrow" on the song "Dollmaker", which also contains numerous samples from the song "The Anthem" of Sway & King Tech
's album This or That, as well as a recording of what appears to be an information line for the murder of JonBenét Ramsey
. "I Rent the Ocean" contains samples from Aulis Sallinen
's Winter Was Hard and work by Philip Glass
, and the song "Remi" contains samples from the video game EarthBound
http://futurist.se/backup/EarthBoundIntroSample.mp3. "Befriend a Childkiller" features samples from the computer game Fallout 2
. "Macerate and Petrify" features distorted but recognisable samples of the song "Silence" by Delerium
(featuring Sarah McLachlan
). "Pressure Torture" includes audio samples from the film The Cell
and the "Miranda Tapes" of serial killers Leonard Lake
and Charles Ng
. "All the Children Are Dead" samples a phone call from the radio program Coast to Coast AM
and a record of monks chanting.
Side B
Both "Dolleater" and a remix of "Befriend a Childkiller" appeared on a follow-up album entitled Find Candace
.
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 album is extremely dark, themed largely around the murder of children. While being a primarily breakcore album, it also featured very varied influences in keeping with Venetian Snares' style, including classical, ambient and jazz, and uses these along with other influences to make the album have a dark and atmospheric undertone.
Samples
Doll Doll Doll features numerous samples, including ApocalypticaApocalyptica
Apocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Sirén...
's version of the Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
song "Harvester of Sorrow" on the song "Dollmaker", which also contains numerous samples from the song "The Anthem" of Sway & King Tech
Sway & King Tech
Sway & King Tech is an American hip hop group composed of Bay Area rapper Sway and DJ King Tech. Also known as Flynamic Force or Sway & Tech, they are the hosts of the nationally syndicated show, The Wake Up Show...
's album This or That, as well as a recording of what appears to be an information line for the murder of JonBenét Ramsey
JonBenét Ramsey
JonBenét Patricia Ramsey was an American child beauty pageant contestant who was murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. The six-year-old's body was found in the basement of the family home nearly eight hours after she was reported missing. She had been struck on the head and strangled...
. "I Rent the Ocean" contains samples from Aulis Sallinen
Aulis Sallinen
Aulis Sallinen is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. He writes in a modern, though tonal and not experimental music style. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen...
's Winter Was Hard and work by Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...
, and the song "Remi" contains samples from the video game EarthBound
EarthBound
EarthBound, also known as EarthBound: The War Against Giygas! and released as in Japan, is a role-playing video game co-developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console...
http://futurist.se/backup/EarthBoundIntroSample.mp3. "Befriend a Childkiller" features samples from the computer game Fallout 2
Fallout 2
Fallout 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay in 1998. The game's story takes place in 2241, 80 years after the events of Fallout...
. "Macerate and Petrify" features distorted but recognisable samples of the song "Silence" by Delerium
Delerium
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
(featuring Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
). "Pressure Torture" includes audio samples from the film The Cell
The Cell
The Cell is a 2000 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, and starring Jennifer Lopez in the lead role.-Plot:...
and the "Miranda Tapes" of serial killers Leonard Lake
Leonard Lake
Leonard Lake was an American serial killer. He often used the alias Leonard Hill. The crimes he committed with Charles Ng became known when Lake committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill shortly after being arrested for a firearms offense.-Life:Lake was born in San Francisco, California...
and Charles Ng
Charles Ng
Charles Chi-Tat Ng is a serial killer. With Leonard Lake, he is suspected of murdering between 11 and 25 victims at Lake's ranch in Calaveras County, California, United States....
. "All the Children Are Dead" samples a phone call from the radio program Coast to Coast AM
Coast to Coast AM
Coast to Coast AM is a North American late-night syndicated radio talk show that deals with a variety of topics, but most frequently ones that relate to either the paranormal or conspiracy theories. It was created by Art Bell and is distributed by Premiere Radio Networks. The program currently...
and a record of monks chanting.
CD version
- "Pygmalion" – 6:53 (11/4)
- "Remi" – 6:24 (11/4+11/8)
- "I Rent the Ocean" – 5:55 (10/4)
- "Dollmaker" – 5:47 (7/4)
- "Befriend a Childkiller" – 8:39 (5/4)
- "Pressure Torture" – 7:49 (10/4)
- "Macerate and Petrify" – 6:03 (9/4+7/4)
- "All the Children Are Dead" – 9:07 (7/4)
Vinyl version
Side A- "Befriend a Childkiller" – 5:57 (5/4)
- "Interstellar Narcotics" – 5:44 (7/4)
Side B
- "Dollmaker" – 5:05 (7/4)
- "Dolleater" – 7:11 (7/4)
Both "Dolleater" and a remix of "Befriend a Childkiller" appeared on a follow-up album entitled Find Candace
Find Candace
Find Candace is a 2003 breakcore album by Venetian Snares. The album was considered a continuation of his previously-released album Doll Doll Doll, from which both the original "Befriend A Childkiller" and "Dolleater" were taken....
.