Second Square To None

  Ed-devane-welfare-clinic by Ed Devane

Info from eddevane.com:

This is my set from last week's Welfare Clinic show hosted by DJ Welfare on Radio Na Life. I used a lot of tunes from the archives, making Frankenstein-like mashes from re-purposed basslines or breaks taken from abandoned or obsolete tunes. I have a lot of live jams and unreleased tangents of tunes from over the last couple of years especially, some of which are put to use here.

This mix featured the vocal talents of (in order of appearance) Madja Ratkje (yoink), Laura Sheeran, Niamh de Barra, Susana Peralta, Amanda Feery, and Regan Davis. Also in there are mashes of John Mary Trilogy recordings and recent jams with Kachanski and Dubreak, and remixes I've done in the last few weeks of Anodyne, T-Polar and Swarm Intelligence, and some new tunes coming up for release on Takeover Recordings and !kaboogie, and maybe SSTN. Hope ye like, as ever I am available to play gigs so get in touch if you want to book me.

Full tracklist here.

  Richter Collective - Label Sampler by richtercollective

Selection of Irish bands from the Richter Collective label. They've been doing a great job getting attention to some bands who actually deserve it.

Ed Devane - Clear by SSTN Strings

This week: Withering Zithering AKA Ed Devane in homemade-zither-and-effects mode.

Tell us a little about your musical background ie influences, formative experiences, bands you play/played in.

I started playing guitar age 14, and from listening to bands like Sonic Youth quickly started experimenting with feedback and non-standard ways of making sounds with amplified strings. I played in a couple of bedroom bands as a teen but lost interest in guitar music on hearing some now "classic" mid-to-late 90's electronica. A couple of years later I went back to the guitar, modifying it by taking out the frets, cutting off bits of the body that got in the way of the knife sharpener (which I used to play the strings, and which has the effect of slide and bow), adding more pickups etc. Eventually as I began playing in John Mary Trilogy around 2003 I started thinking about building my own instrument, which I eventually did a couple of years ago.

One of the best free releases you'll hear all year:

!Kaboogie is chuffed to present the 3rd !K sampler compilation thingy, showcasing the baddest in Irish bass heft and electronica bizzness. 11 tracks in total, including exclusive bangers from Prince Kong feat Lady Grew, Euphiophone, Manus Goan, Eomac, Bluefood, 2BiT and A-Force, alongside some supa new !K talent including the junglist leanings of the man like Welfare, and the crisp electro-crunch of mistah Shane O'Donovan.

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Over - As soon as you get out, just keep running by SSTN Noise

Starting as solo project and briefly a four piece, Over is currently made up of founder Jamie Grimes, who also makes dark forms of hardcore metal and ambient in Drainland and Cavemouth. Previous members of Over included Luxury Mollusc, Brian Conniffe, Vicky Langan and Al Doyle.