ABOUT:   Second Sun Recordings is a self-aware boutique record label, independently owned and operated by one David Tagg (Virgo, 1982) and one Brian Grainger (Taurus, 1983). The two met in 2006 through Tagg's now-defunct Expanding Electronic Diversity imprint, and decided to start a band, VCV. Getting off to a quick start with their debut recording 3753 Cruithne and two other "singles", the duo decided it was necessary for the growth and expansion of the band to start a label for its output. By August of 2006, SSR emerged with a grandiose yet clear vision for Tagg and Grainger's own unique brand of art and music. With an emphasis on releasing works by either Tagg or Grainger, together or apart, the label has branched into several separate projects and sounds, such as the 21Mg Series, wherein a monthly EP is produced specifically for the purpose of ambient sleeping music, or the freely downloadable online catalog, which features many unique field recordings, found sounds and other audio experimentation. Since the very start, SSR has maintained a strict work ethic and design sense that complies with what Tagg and Grainger have coined "Obscurism" - a series of experimental methods utilized for producing music, packaging, photography and other mediums of expression. Within this context, SSR continues to grow and explore new and exciting frontiers in the worlds of art, sound and printed matter, all the while searching for their own place in the cosmic fugue.