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SNAP ANT

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About Me


You Make Me Basic live;
'THIS IS JUT!' AVAILABLE NOW ON INVICTA HI-FI RECORDS!
Snap Ant was born in a crash outside a small English parish and after a small insurance payout. Having previously recorded with a partner under the 'Omnium' moniker for Ntone records, Snap Ant decided to go solo and subsequently lose his marbles by creating bizarre instrumental electronic music for various releases and remixes.
Slightly nauseous and sick to the teeth of an Atari screen, he moved to Liverpool, met Pop Levi and together formed the free cosmic pond group 'Super Numeri' with Karl Webb. Signing to Ninja Tune in 2000, Super Numeri went on to record and release the critically acclaimed Great Aviaries album but not before Snap Ant had laid the foundations for his own debut record.
'This Is Jut' was recorded whilst living in Adlington House , a hub of crazed individuals, artists and a variety of exceedingly dubious characters. The album toys with various sounds and influences from experimental electronica to rock to bossanova whilst still retaining it's own distinctive jutting style. Signing to Invicta Hi-Fi , Snap Ant's first single was the 'Execute The Ping EP' in 2003 released on transparent yellow vinyl. The EP contained 'Saviour Piece' which went on to be included on the Ladytron compilation 'Softcore Jukebox' on Emperor Norton (prior to this Snap Ant had also remixed the seminal Ladytron single 'Playgirl'). Execute The Ping also included the country tinged 'Give Up The Juice' that was included on the Cloak01 compilation released in Japan on the Rallye label.
The second single 'You Make me Basic' was a '..car crash of Teutonic efficiency and softly spoken vocal harmonies' (DJ Magazine). The final single before the release of 'This Is Jut' is 'Grumpy Nymph' , a song about diseased minds.
'This Is Jut' available for download at iTunes .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/10/2005
Band Website: invictahifi.co.uk/snapant
Band Members: Snap Ant
Influences: Omnium, Bo Diddley, Serge Gainsbourg, Super Numeri, Os Mutantes, John Lee Hooker, JJ Cale, Lee Perry, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Tom Tom Club
Sounds Like: "Genuinely weird stuff as Snap Ant makes Thomas Dolby look like Doris Day. Hesitation beats, voices off, sublime guitar lines casually tossed off and into a mix that manages to combine acres of space and what appears to be a note or two from every record ever released are some of the things that made me love it very much."
Unpeeled.co.uk

"..a journey through a land full of surprises, every turn throwing open either a spectacular vista or a new summit to test the resolve of the hardened traveller."
Gigwise.com

Super Numeri member Snap Ant busts the third single from his soon-come album, ‘This Is Jut.’ Imagine, if you will, The Specials where Terry Hall has been replaced by Justin Hawkins from The Darkness and you’d be halfway to a sound which is both heart-stoppingly epic as well as loaded with street smarts. I believe in a thing called Ant. Join me.
iDJ

..wouldn't sound out of place in between Air and My Bloody Valentine..
Mixmag

By the sound of 'You Make Me Basic', (Snap Ant) clearly believes that any Prozac-addled aliens who land on earth will need something to frug to.
NME

Air and The Beach Boys double-team Tom Tom Club. Snap Ant comes out..
Flux

A nutty blend of influences with some very pleasing results. Lee Scratch Perry's Enter The Dragon fused with Cornelius' Point fused with The Bees' Hello Sunshine fused with Pink Floyd's Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. All mashed together..
Touch

..it's like a tiny beat Yellow magic Orchestra; it's Beach Boys trip into to skiffle hop.
7/8
M8
Record Label: Invicta Hi-Fi
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New songs and Telenor advert

New songs 'Cheesecake' and 'Archer Ray' added. Snap Ant song 'Gunsticker' used for Telenor commercial in Norway, click link to view;Telenor Commercial feat. Snap Ant music Aug 2008...
Posted by SNAP ANT on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:12:00 PST

’Stranger Sounds’ on Babylon Radio

Snap Ant put together a little theme type thing for the man Robert Doyle's radio show on Babylon radio. Check it at www.babylonradio.com.If it wasn't for Robert Doyle, Snap Ant would have carked it in...
Posted by SNAP ANT on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:49:00 PST

Snap Ant at UK Festivals

I'm DJ'ing in the Oxfam Tent at a few festivals over the summer (see gig listings for details). I'll be playing everything from Acid House to Rockabilly, so drop in if you're in attendance.
Posted by SNAP ANT on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:38:00 PST

Macys with no grace

Whoever this Macy is she's is ruining our relationships and our friendships. She keeps appearing cunningly disguised as friends, or those who we don't know, but might like to....
Posted by SNAP ANT on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:04:00 PST

Snap Ant on Solid Steel

The "In dark Three's" mix is now going to be played out on the Solid Steel Radio Show tonight. Visit Solid Steel for details.
Posted by SNAP ANT on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:38:00 PST

Bear Farm

I've joined 'Bear Farm', a wholly unstable yet rock steady eight piece unit, specializing in empyreal clobber tone. Anyone out there wanting to lose their minds with some far-out-freak-out-jams should...
Posted by SNAP ANT on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:51:00 PST

In Dark Three's

Anyone who enjoyed the Super Numeri sound collage album 'The Enochian Way' might be into this new similar mix I've done called "In Dark Three's". It's a mash up of styles and contains everything from ...
Posted by SNAP ANT on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:46:00 PST

SNAP ANT IDJ FEATURE

Snap Ant get's a half page spread in this month's iDJ magazine. www.snapant.com will be updated this week (promise!). Check for new press/pic sections.. ...
Posted by SNAP ANT on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:43:00 PST

SNAP ANT v. COLDCUT

Press release from Ninja Tune; The second full single release from the upcoming 'Sound Mirrors' album finds Coldcut hooking up with John Matthias for a beautiful, understated piece of folk&b which...
Posted by SNAP ANT on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:34:00 PST

SUPER NUMERI - THE WELCOME TABLE UK RELEASE

The second album from Super Numeri comes out in the UK on Monday 28th November on Ninja Tune Records. The Welcome Table had been receiving some rave reviews accross the board, North American and Japan...
Posted by SNAP ANT on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:30:00 PST