Music Licensing
What We Do
Hidden Shoal manages a growing catalogue of label released, curated tracks, all available for your music licensing needs. We provide a one-stop shop, handling both master and sync rights worldwide and can turn clearance requests around as quickly as your project requires. We work with large and small clients alike from independent productions to big scale projects across film, tv, games, web and more. We also license tracks for compilations and manage licensing for covers of Hidden Shoal songs. Our client list includes MTV, ABC (US), Billabong, Foxtel, BBC, Greenpoint Pictures, Turn Left Productions, Victorian Government, ABC (Australia) and many more.
The Music
This wonderful selection of music covers a broad spectrum of sounds and styles, from filmic neo-classical and expansive and emotive ambient instrumentals through to inventive indie and post-rock, electronica and all the spaces in-between. To give you an introductory feel for what we have to offer you can sample a small selection of sonic delights from the catalogue via our SoundCloud playlist to the right or stream releases via our artist’s profiles on this website.
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Licensing News
New Slow Dancing Society Single, Album in April
The flow of amazing new material from Slow Dancing Society is not looking to stop anytime soon. Case in point, the stunning new single ‘There’s Nothing in Motion and I’m Satisfied’, lifted from the forthcoming Slow Dancing Society album The Dream Council. Stream the track via SoundCloud and then head to Bandcamp and pre-order the ...The World of Dust “Samsara” Out Now (Vinyl, CD, Digital)
The day has finally come! Samsara, the utterly brilliant collaboration between Dutch slowcore dream-pop artist The World of Dust’s Stefan Breuer and Todd Tobias (Guided by Voices, Robert Pollard, Circus Devils) has now officially entered the world. The album is available now in vinyl, CD and digital formats via Tiny Room Records in collaboration with Hidden ...New Single from The World of Dust ‘Tarot’ – Music Video & Stream
We’re very excited to present the the second single lifted from Samsara, the fifth album by Dutch slowcore dream-pop artist The World of Dust. The single is accompanied by wonderfully playful music video The World of Dust’s Stefan Breuer. Check out the video here and stream the song here. The album will see official release ...Slow Dancing Society “Fantosmes” Out Now (Vinyl, Tape, CD & Digital)
We’re very excited to announce the release of another slice of Slow Dancing Society brilliance. The sublime four track long player Fantosmes is now available on vinyl, tape, CD and in digital formats. The tape release is in collaboration with the wonderful folks at Dreamshore Tapes and all other physical and digital formats are available ...The World of Dust (feat. Todd Tobias) – New Single, Album Soon!
We’re very excited to announce the release of the new single by Dutch slowcore dream-pop artist The World of Dust. ‘Blood’ is lifted from The World of Dust’s fifth album Samsara, which features our very own Todd Tobias. The album will see release on the 1st of March 2019 through Hidden Shoal and Tiny Room ...Moonchy & Tobias in HCTF Best of 2018!
Pat Moonchy and Todd Tobias’s brilliant debut collaboration has been named in the top ten best albums of 2018 by the wonderful Here Comes The Flood blog. Check out the list here, and soak yourself in the dizzying glory that is Moonchy & Tobias here. All tracks from Moonchy & Tobias are available for licensing across ...Stunning New Kramies Video Featured in Billboard Magazine!
We’re excited to announce the release of the stunning new music video for ‘Of All the Places Been (feat. Jason Lytle)’ by American dream-pop troubadour Kramies. The music video for track, taken from his new EP Of All The Places Been & Everything The End, has just been premiered at Billboard Magazine no less! The ...Three Hidden Shoal Albums in Textura’s Best of 2018!
It’s that time of year and our favourite best of 2018 list is out at Textura. We’re honoured to have three of our releases included this year. Slow Dancing Society‘s The Torchlight Parade Vols. I-II was chosen by Textura as their number one ambient album of the year and Chloe March‘s Blood-Red Spark and Todd ...New Chloe March Single, ‘Snow Bird’
We’re excited to announce the release of the new single by English ambient-pop artist Chloe March, ‘Snow Bird’. Following on from her 2017 solo release Blood-Red Spark, and her recent collaboration with labelmate Todd Tobias, Amialluma, ‘Snow Bird’ is a luminous winter song, gently hypnotic and hopeful. The track melds dream pop and found sounds ...REW<< “Conversation Arctique” EP Out Now!
We’re excited to announce the official release of Conversation Arctique the new EP by US-based dreampop artist REW<<. The EP is available now for download and streaming via Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify and other good 3rd party stores. REW<<‘s music is available for licensing for film, tv, games and more through Hidden Shoal. In direct contrast to ...
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