Greg Hates Car Culture

Venetian Snares (real name Aaron Funk) grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. He started making music as a child and bought an Amiga 500 in 1992. The Greg Hates Car Culture EP was his first record, released by Minneapolis label History of the Future in 1999. Funk made the album mostly when improvising whilst using his Amiga 500 as a sampler feeding into an effects pedal and recording to DAT. The EP begins with "Personal Discourse" which samples Funk calling a dominatrix. The song has an time signature. "Fuck a Stranger in the Ass" samples the 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski. Reflecting at the time of the re-release upon what influenced him when making the record, Funk noted gabber tapes from the Netherlands and going to raves where DJs were playing jungle. == Re-release ==

The original record became rare since only 500 copies were made. Funk created new artwork for the re-release by taking photographs of his friend Greg Hanec, who had inspired the title of the EP. Funk commented in an interview that Greg still does hate car culture; he also hates cell-phones and only has internet at work. == Critical reception ==

Writing in 2016, Exclaim! observed that the EP (like Funk's other early releases) "was all pummelling", but "that said, if you're a fan of gabber, then have at 'em". When the album was re-released in 2019, the critical reception was favourable. DJ Mag commented "it's incredible how hard these breaks still hit" and praised the bonus track "Milk", calling it "intense gabber". Igloo Magazine enjoyed the "raw energy" and Pop Matters stated "Greg Hates Car Culture ultimately stands out for more than being Venetian Snares' first vinyl release; it's the sound of a vital artist throwing ideas on a wall and seeing what stuck". == Track listing ==

Side A Side B 2019 bonus tracks == References ==