Incredibly, A Giant Alien Force does just that, proving not only that Venetian Snares continues to revolutionize the genre with his mind-bending, brutal take on noise and breaks, but that any special packaging included with his music is accessory, not the other way 'round. Or: content has to live up to its packaging. To be sure, many electronic labels have dabbled in "special packaging" with mixed results: if you've seen a purple Universal Indicator record or a limited SKAM release going for $200 on eBay, you know what I'm talking about.īut what does this say about the music on such releases? Is a gimmick all it takes to move units? The overuse of "special" covers and multiple editions nearly killed the comic book industry in the early 90s, before everyone realized that, if you wrap shit in silk, you wind up with silk that smells like shit. Through it, you can observe the gargantuan album title emblazoned on everything from a grain silo to the abdomen of a deceased grasshopper.
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With a new album already on deck for Mike Paradinas' Planet \xB5 label (not to mention his forthcoming sexperimental collaboration with Hecate, under their Nymphomatriarchs guise), is it any wonder that an intriguing, inventive, oddly formatted Venetian Snares disc should be available from Hymen at almost the same time? At first glance, A Giant Alien Force More Violent & Sick Than Anything You Can Imagine may seem like a gimmick: a three-inch disc containing one fifteen-minute, thirty-three second track is housed in a snug red box with a miniature TV viewfinder.
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