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title: "Announcement: Square is Closing"
abstract: "An iconic space for electronic music is closing its doors"
authors: ["nikomas.md"]

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This is a bit of a sad one. ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ has officially closed, probably permanently.

ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ Bar has sat next to Elefteria ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ for 5 years, and has been of immeasurable importance over the years. In many ways it was just a bar, but in other ways it was the first and only place an up and coming artist might get to play - getting a gig at ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ was always a really important step in getting recognised as a DJ in our scene. There were really no other venues downtown where you could play Underground Dance music. For “just a bar”, it also had some great bookings, including Nasti Moto, Anestie Gomez, Kreon, Mihai Pol, Alex Cle, K.atou...

ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ became the home of Underground Minimal Techno in Cyprus, with a long list of DJs who connected with each other, and enjoy listening to each other.

What made it interesting was that no one seemed sure if it was supposed to be a bar or a club, because in terms of functionality, it was basically a club where you could go and hear a set of underground music. If everyone was acting like it was a club, then the DJ could perform as if it was a club also. This allowed some really memorable nights, like ʙɪʟʟʏᴅ’s birthday party in 2017, and the Mihai Pol event in February 2019.

The venue will be missed, although for sure the space the ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ is leaving in the scene, will be replaced by something even better, so hopefully this is all for the best.

Big shout out to the owner and the staff, thank you for everything.

A note from ɴɪᴋᴏ ᴍᴀꜱ:  
Apart from after parties, and some raves with ᴀʀɪꜱᴛᴏᴅᴇᴍᴏꜱ, ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ was the first place I DJ’d in Cyprus. There were really few opportunities to get a gig here, especially in a place where the audience and staff are really into Underground dance music. In ꜱQᴜᴀʀᴇ, you felt that someone who cared was listening, even if it was just ᴘʟᴜꜱᴏɴᴇ in the bar, or ᴅᴀᴏᴜᴛɪꜱ and ʟᴀᴛʏᴘ sitting to the side.

Thanks for the opportunities.
