Jun 15, 2009 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “all about exploring space. Most of that space is silence… a minimal, ambient tour through a room; or maybe it is a garden. A forest? Whatever, the tracks here imply a specific, self-contained space… Jumpel adds a personal take on ambient...
Jun 15, 2009 | Reviews, Tangled Star Reviews
“Tangled Star ‘that time’ (hidden shoal). How could we honestly resist, another case of a band seemingly so far escaping the affectionate gaze of our usually slightly off tuned radar – until now that is. Led from the fore by a certain Craig Hallsworth,...
Jun 14, 2009 | HC-B Reviews, Reviews
“Italians and film music: a match made in heaven – the Holy Trinity being Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota and Dario Argento soundtrackers Goblin; however as Catania-based Hidden Shoal signees HC-B indicate, haunting soundscapes can exist separately from the...
Jun 10, 2009 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Like some previously lost pastoral beauty from a quieter more mellowed and tranquil moment from an early 70’s woodland rustic folk scene captured and frozen in time resurfacing and awakening from deep sleep, ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ yearns and...
Jun 9, 2009 | Reviews, Sleeping Me Reviews
Excerpt: “every time I have put this record on I have gotten sleepy. Not in that good laid back way, but in the way you get when you can’t sleep out of fear of the dark, but still want to close your tired eyes. Cradlesongs delivers soundscapes that are by...
Jun 9, 2009 | Reviews, Tarcutta Reviews
Excerpt: “a gliding, circling instrumental… The Hammond organ is the driving instrument, and the song is a massive, yet light-footed piece of music. Building, climbing upwards, but not being exaggerated or overdone on its way towards a mild, controlled...
