Meathole
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Meathole is an album by Canadian 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 August 22, 2005, on the label 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...

.

Unlike his previous 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....

, which is strongly classic-inspired, this album is more influenced by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 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
One Hour Photo
One Hour Photo is a 2002 American psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams. Fox Searchlight Pictures distributed the film in the United States. One Hour Photo also starred Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, and Eriq La Salle. Williams won a...

 starring Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...

 and Dahmer
Dahmer
Dahmer may refer to:* Jeffrey Dahmer , American serial killer, necrophile, and cannibal* John Dahmer , Canadian politician* Vernon Dahmer , American civil rights activist murdered by the KKK in 1966...

 starring Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Lee Renner is a two-time Academy-Award-nominated American actor and musician. Renner appeared in films throughout the 2000s, mostly in supporting roles. He came to prominence in films such as Dahmer , S.W.A.T. , Neo Ned , 28 Weeks Later and The Hurt Locker...

. 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
    Des Plaines, Illinois
    Des Plaines is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has adopted the official nickname of "City of Destiny." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,720. It is a suburb of Chicago, and is next to O'Hare International Airport...

    " – 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
    Des Plaines, Illinois
    Des Plaines is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has adopted the official nickname of "City of Destiny." As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,720. It is a suburb of Chicago, and is next to O'Hare International Airport...

    " – 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
    2002 in film
    The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

     One Hour Photo
    One Hour Photo
    One Hour Photo is a 2002 American psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams. Fox Searchlight Pictures distributed the film in the United States. One Hour Photo also starred Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, and Eriq La Salle. Williams won a...

    .
  • "Des Plaines" includes a sample from "I Am the Poison" by Nurse with Wound
    Nurse with Wound
    Nurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...

    .
  • 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
    Current 93
    Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...

     album Swastikas For Noddy
    Swastikas For Noddy
    Swastikas for Noddy is a 1988 album by English music group Current 93.The lineup for the recording was: David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, Jhon Balance, Rose McDowall, Boyd Rice, HÖH, Ian Read, Freya Aswynn, and Douglas P., Gary Carey and Bee....

    .)
  • The samples "Choprite" are from a documentary on the criminal mind.
  • "Szycag" contains samples from the 2003 film
    2003 in film
    The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

     "Gacy", another reference to the serial killer John Wayne Gacy
    John Wayne Gacy
    John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was an American serial killer, rapist and clown who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawlspace of his home, buried three others elsewhere on his property, and discarded the...

    .

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