Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole

Infobox Album |
Name = Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole
Type = studio
Artist = Venetian Snares


Released = start date|2005|1|20
Genre = Breakcore, gabber
Length = 45:16
Label = Sublight
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6fo7gjir56ix link]
* Pitchfork Media 5.1/10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22950/Venetian_Snares_Winnipeg_Is_a_Frozen_Shithole link]
Last album = "Infolepsy EP" (2004)
This album = "Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole"
(2005)
Next album = "Rossz Csillag Alatt Született"
(2005)

"Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole" is a 2005 breakcore album by Venetian Snares, released on Sublight Records.

As implied by the album name and track titles, the album's theme is Aaron Funk's hatred for his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is considered by many to be one of his harshest, angriest releases. 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 Funk hollering "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 a CKND newscaster (saying "a Winnipeg wrestling coach was accused of sexually assaulting one of his athletes") are all present on the album.

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 Stapleton'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)" – 4:06
# "Winnipeg Is a Boiling Pot of Cranberries (Fanny remix)" – 2:43
# "Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die (Spreading the Hepatitis SKM-ETR Style)" – 5:17

Miscellanea

*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 Steven Stapleton's early work.

References

* [http://www.venetiansnares.com/winnipeg.php Venetian Snares.com track listing]

External links

* [http://www.sublightrecords.com/ Sublight Records]