Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole
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Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole is a 2005 breakcore
album by Venetian Snares
(whose real name is Aaron Funk), released on Sublight Records
.
The album title refers to Funk's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Distorted bass and drum samples are predominant on this album, creating a gabber
-like sound. Also frequently heard are vocal samples contemptful of Winnipeg (e.g. a sample of "Die, die, die, Winnipeg!") frequently heard on "Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die" or samples of celebrities from Winnipeg. Samples of Winnipeg musicians Randy Bachman
and Crash Test Dummies
, director Guy Maddin
's The Saddest Music in the World
, and CKND newscaster Peter Chura
(saying "a Winnipeg wrestling coach was accused of sexually assaulting one of his athletes" on "Winnipeg is Fucking Over") are all present on the album.
On side A of the first record of the two-part vinyl
EP release, there are several "hidden" loops before the first song.
"Winnipeg Is Steven Stapleton's Armpit", in both title and style, is a nod to Nurse With Wound
's early work.
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...
album by 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...
(whose real name is Aaron Funk), released on Sublight Records
Sublight Records
Sublight Records was a Canadian record label started in 2004 by Aaron Rintoul and ran until June 2007. Based out of Winnipeg, Canada. It was named among the top 25 indie record labels of 2006 by XLR8R magazine - "Sublight has gone from spewing out splattered beats fresh from bedrooms where the sun...
.
The album title refers to Funk's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Distorted bass and drum samples are predominant on this album, creating a gabber
Gabber
Gabber , is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno. "Gabber" is a slang word of Yiddish origin that means "mate", "buddy" or "friend"....
-like sound. Also frequently heard are vocal samples contemptful of Winnipeg (e.g. a sample of "Die, die, die, Winnipeg!") frequently heard on "Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die" or samples of celebrities from Winnipeg. Samples of Winnipeg musicians Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman
Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...
and Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies
The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, widely known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts and his distinctive bass-baritone voice...
, director Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin, OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba...
's The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World is a 2003 Canadian film directed by Guy Maddin. It stars Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox and Ross McMillan....
, and CKND newscaster Peter Chura
Peter Chura
Peter Chura is a Canadian television news anchor in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and is currently the anchor of Global Winnipeg's Evening News....
(saying "a Winnipeg wrestling coach was accused of sexually assaulting one of his athletes" on "Winnipeg is Fucking Over") are all present on the album.
On side A of the first record of the two-part vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
EP release, there are several "hidden" loops before the first song.
"Winnipeg Is Steven Stapleton's Armpit", in both title and style, is a nod to 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...
's early work.
Track listing
- "Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole" – 4:32
- "Winnipeg Is a Dogshit Dildo" – 3:53
- "Winnipeg Is Fucking Over" – 6:25
- "Winnipeg Is Steven StapletonSteven StapletonSteven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
's Armpit" – 2:52 - "Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die" – 7:01
- "Winnipeg as Mandatory Scat Feed" – 6:49
- "Winnie the Dog Pooh (Not Half Remix)" – 4:07
- "Winnipeg Is a Boiling Pot of Cranberries (Fanny Remix)" – 4:21
- "Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die (Spreading the Hepatitis SKM-ETR Style)" – 5:17