Traditional Synthesizer Music Explained

Traditional Synthesizer Music
Type:studio
Artist:Venetian Snares
Border:yes
Recorded:2014
Genre:Breakcore, IDM
Length:43:57
Label:Planet Mu
Producer:Aaron Funk
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Traditional Synthesizer Music is the twenty-second studio album by Canadian electronic musician Venetian Snares, announced December 17, 2015,[1] [2] and released February 19, 2016, on Planet Mu records.[3] Unlike other albums by Venetian Snares, this album was composed and live recorded entirely on modular synthesizer equipment.[4]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Traditional Synthesizer Music received an average score of 76% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". AllMusic listed the album as one of their Favorite Electronic Albums of 2016, describing it as "a sharp, thrilling experience, and easily one of Funk's most focused works".

PopMatters placed it at number 52 on the "70 Best Albums of 2016" list.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venetian Snares announces modular synth-only Traditional Synthesizer Music LP. Fact. 2015-12-17. 2016-02-19.
  2. Web site: Venetian Snares makes Traditional Synthesizer Music on new LP. Resident Advisor. 2015-12-17. 2016-02-19.
  3. Web site: Planet Mu. Traditional Synthesizer Music. Planet Mu. 2016-02-19. 2016-02-19.
  4. Web site: Venetian Snares:Let's All Be Real. Attack Magazine. 2016-02-19.
  5. Web site: The 70 Best Albums of 2016 (2/7). PopMatters. December 13, 2016. March 16, 2017.