
Snax
Biography\r
by J. Chandler\r
Sometimes associated with Peaches, with whom he rules over a kind of electro-decadent-funk-cabaret-club scene in Berlin, Snax (aka DJ Snax, aka Paul Bonomo) is a more soulful and introspective alternative to that infamous lady, although, at times, only marginally less raw (as the John Waters-ish video for his single "No Dancing" demonstrates). Like Peaches, Snax is a young-middle-aged transplanted North American, and an actual musician. Sexual deviance informs the work of both artists, but Snax's persona is less the confident provocateur and more the defiant bruised neurotic gay male. Also, Snax's first discs were a lot more organically funky than most early 21st century dance music, with definite echoes of Prince, solo George Clinton, and other '80s funk artists. You can also hear scholarly borrowings from techno and acid classics, reflecting the nearly two decades Snax spent as an underground music journe...