Venetian Snares – Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole Vol. 1 (2005)

March 21, 2024

I don’t want to say the first few tracks from the Winnipeg… sessions are “calmer” than the latter, but they definitely do not descend quite as far down the staircase of pure electronic fuckery and madness as tracks like “Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die” or “Winnipeg as Mandatory Scat Feed” from the Vol. 2 but they are still a test of patience for those who are not initiated into the world of breakcore (lol). The locked grooves on Side A are kinda cool, but I have to admit I had the vinyl for about ten years before I realised they were even there (lmao).

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this EP but you’re honestly better off just getting the full album that contains both 12″ sessions as well as a few extra tracks too.