Second Square To None

This week's live set is from the guy who makes this blog (and most of the fliers and design related to sstn) look like it does, Euphiophone, joined by bassist Melesta in her debut performance. Jumping from melodic and positively cheerful to distorted and dark, a distinctly cinematic feel exists in this set: ch-ch-ch listen now!

Euphiophone & Melesta

For his live performance at DEAF he is in collaboratied with Melissa Conlon (a.k.a. Melesta), a graphic designer based in Dublin.

If you're of the iPhone/iPod Touch persuasion Soundcloud released an app yesterday that will allow you to listen to content uploaded to Soundcloud, as well as letting you favourite tracks & email them. Course this means you would be able to stream all content from the SSTN Soundcloud account. The app is available, for €0,79, at this app store link. Pretty sure you have to setup a Soundcloud account (they do a free one & it's not too involved) so that it can show you tracks from people you follow.

As a further incentive here's a couple other Irish acts & labels that we recommend on Soundcloud (obviously worth checking out with or without the app):
http://soundcloud.com/a-force
http://soundcloud.com/bluefood
http://soundcloud.com/chrome-metronome
http://soundcloud.com/drokkr
http://soundcloud.com/ed-devane
http://soundcloud.com/ebauche
http://soundcloud.com/eomac
http://soundcloud.com/euphiophone
http://soundcloud.com/filaria
http://soundcloud.com/fran-hartnett
http://soundcloud.com/fyodor
http://soundcloud.com/fyed
http://soundcloud.com/glandandconduit
http://soundcloud.com/iamprozac
http://soundcloud.com/jimmy-the-hideous-penguin
http://soundcloud.com/lakker
http://soundcloud.com/nexus
http://soundcloud.com/sixfootapprentice
http://soundcloud.com/spectac
http://soundcloud.com/vanessaparody
http://soundcloud.com/ventolyn-becotyde
http://soundcloud.com/welfare

http://soundcloud.com/acroplane
http://soundcloud.com/defrc
http://soundcloud.com/ghettoquietly
http://soundcloud.com/kaboogiemusic
http://soundcloud.com/rudimentaryrecords
http://soundcloud.com/squarewaves
http://soundcloud.com/sstn

If we've missed anyone, drop us a comment.

Also, here's a list of some dubstep-type folk that are on it.

More info on the app here.

The second in our Ten Second Rule livesets features Fyodor tearing up the submissions using two custom made 10" vinyl dubplates. Attacking the records with extended turntablist techniques and then processing the sounds through an assortment of effects pedals and loopers, Fyodor created a cacaphonous wall of sound that thrilled the audience with its sheer physical presence.

For those of you who would prefer your SSTN fix on Facebook, we have set up a page here. We will (possibly) update this more than we did with the group page so please become our 'fans', the fact that you will have made us seem ever so popular will surely instill you with an enormous sense of well-being. We shall continue to reward your fandom with all sorts of delectable treats.

The group page will now be an orphaned bit of internet that nobody wants to be seen with.

One of the highlights for me last Sunday was sinking into a Buddha Bag after setting up and listening to Dubreak's take on the Ten Second Rule pieces. Getting the day off to the best start possible it was a big rich warm sound, full of lush synths, enveloping bass and punchy beats.

Dubreak
First influenced by music at an early age. Dubreak and his older bro used to fabricate their own type of home-made radio shows when they were wee nippers, splicing and resampling snippets off LW radio shows and talking over the recordings. He moved on to two junk-shop HI-FI decks when he was 13, in his bedroom with doubles of records and some piss-poor scratching techniques trying his hand at being a 'superstar' DJ. He soon got sick of that, and has been making his own brand of music since. Currently he uses a Moog Voyager, ProTools and a rampant collection of other music stuff. Occasionally he gets to gig at a few festivals around Ireland, and works at a few 'live-sound' venues around Dublin as a 'Live Sound' Engineer. Dubreak will be using Ableton Live's advanced looping to mix and mash the Ten Second Rule into his own style.