Second Square To None

Great line-up for this. A whole heap of more info at kaboogie.net. Should be bangin.

Ilex and Meljoann are the support acts for Irish electronica favourite Hunter-Gatherer at the launch of his Pere Lachaise 7" this Thurs, 7 October.

On the night there'll be giveaways including first-come-first-served USB keys (preloaded with video and mp3), badges and t-shirts. Copies of the 7", among other things, will be onsale at the gig.






More info at the Facebook event page.

  ilex for SSTN by ilex_
A selection of work hand-picked by Ilex for SSTN. Showcases her deft touch with delicate, melodic electronics and subtle rhythmic interplay. Recommended listening.






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In case anyone has noticed, many of the Soundcloud files from our sizable back catalogue of mixes and livesets are unavailable. This is because our hosting plan with them has expired and we currently don't have any funds to renew it. For the time being we have a limited selection of recent stuff available on a free account. The Noise and String Series pieces are unaffected by this. We hope to make everything available on a new and improved website before the end of the year. In the meantime, if anyone comes across a particular liveset/DJ set that they want, drop us a mail at hello(at)secondsquaretonone.com and we shall do our best to accommodate you via dropbox or similar.

Zvuku - Halfway Slump by SSTN Strings


Latest String Series contribution brings us luscious droning electro-acoustic ambience from Dublin-based Zvuku.

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

I started out (at the end of the nineties) dj'ing electronica, jungle, ambient, classical, noise (and anything else we could get our hands on) on power fm (the dreaded Saturday night midnight to 4am slot) with a long time friend, droid - renowned crackpot and runner of the famed Blogariddims podcasts http://www.weareie.com (I was under the name slug back then). This led us to part running "The Fear" club in the now disappeared Funnel. The Fear (http://www.thefear.ie/) continued as a label, releasing electronica, Hip, Hop and lastly Jungle. The Fear has since sort of morphed into Ruff Revival - a jungle / Dubstep label - which i'm still involved in.
During these years i've always dipped in and out of producing music - trying to teach myself musical composition etc, with a few releases here and there, but it wasn't until mid 2009 that the current project of Zvuku started - mainly due to getting some studio space at the time, letting me finally house all my equipment in one place! Zvuku (za - vu - coo) explores my love of ambient, noise, classical, drones etc.

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How was this made?:

Photoshop mainly...a RAW file can be opened several different ways, pixel dimensions, dpi and colour channel settings all determine the result. So I make a load of different images, convert them into audio, process the audio, convert back to RAW back and forth, then composite bits of the more interesting ones into a new image file. Trial and error meets tedium and persistence, realise they have a lot in common, and have a pixel party.