Zoon van snooK is a Bristolian (by way of Barcelona) composer, producer, and remixer Alec Snook. With a deep love of found sound, field recordings, and a kitchen-sink approach to production, ZvS has been carving out a route through traditional composition to become a leading proponent of what could be succinctly described as Oddtronica. Following on from the highly sought-after debut 12″ EP Interviews & Interludes (2008) on Brighton imprint Cookshop, the debut long player (Falling from) The Nutty Tree (2010) was released on legendary LA label Mush Records, spawning the remix album (Remixes from) The Nutty Tree (2012), which featured such luminaries as Tunng; Daedelus; and Cian Ciaran of Super Furry Animals. After an hour mix for Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel Radio, live dates across Europe and North America followed, leading to a live session on Tom Robinson‘s BBC 6 Music show. 2013 saw his breakthrough album on the acclaimed Lo Recordings: The Bridge Between Life & Death. Built from field recordings taken in Iceland in the later part of 2009 and featuring writing collaborations with Icelandic musicians Sin Fang, Benni Hemm Hemm, and Sigur Rós string section Amiina, this album brought snooK’s work to a broader audience, notably after a collaboration with Ulrich Schnauss was used at Carolina Herrera‘s New York Fashion Week show. Between 2015 and 2018, ZvS curated and presented his own radio show called Zoon van snooK presents: Oddtronica. Going live on Bloop London, the show featured 2 hours of brand new, forthcoming, and unreleased electronic music from all over the globe, each show having a special guest selector, including Paul Hartnoll, Coldcut, Rival Consoles, Mira Calix, Plaid, and many more. Ten years on from the debut record, Zoon produced his third and most intimate album: Se·pa·ra·ción. Foregoing his (un)usual experimental electrickery, the new album sees snooK strip the songs right back to solo piano tracks while still retaining his celebrated technique of building each song around the melody, rhythm, and soundscape of far-flung field recordings – in this case, having been harvested from South and Central America in 2018.
