Hidden Shoal News
Markus Mehr ‘Day 15’, First Single from “Watershed”
Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the release of ‘Day 15’, the new single from German experimental electronic artist Markus Mehr. The track is the first release from his forthcoming EP Watershed, due out October 23rd, and is available to stream on Spotify and all the usual services. The music of Markus Mehr is also available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, TV, web, games etc). Check here for more details.
“These countervailing forces of intensity against calm, large against small, atonal against melodic, unadorned and ornamented, and percussive against drone are what helps position “Brief Conversations “at a near-perfect balance between music and pure sound art, creating a rare work where experimentalism never becomes alienating, and musicality is embraced as much as texture.” – Igloo Mag on Brief Conversations
‘Day 15’ is the first chapter in Watershed, a deeply affecting new work built predominantly from sound fragments Mehr found online during the first weeks of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Drawing on material captured on the 15th day of the invasion, the track transforms these found sounds through Mehr’s distinctive compositional process, with synthetic elements used only sparingly. The result is less an attempt to explain the inexplicable than a sonic search for understanding in the face of it.
Across Watershed, Mehr works with recordings gathered on the 7th, 15th and 17th days following the invasion, treating them as both raw musical material and documents of a defining historical moment. The EP reflects the helplessness, fear and uncertainty unleashed by Russia’s attack, while confronting broader questions of security, freedom and a world changing at breathtaking speed. Mehr describes Watershed as a modest expression of solidarity with the people and soldiers of Ukraine in their struggle for freedom and democracy.
Liminal Drifter “Cowboy Pilgrim” Out Now!
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the stunning new album, Cowboy Pilgrim, from Liminal Drifter. The album is available now to download via Bandcamp and stream on all the usual services. The music of Liminal Drifter is also available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, TV, web, games, etc).
“a beautifully choreographed snapshot of the artist’s knack for the surreal, fluid mechanics of mid-90s electronic music shaped with current-era finesse”– Igloo Mag on The Dreams
Cowboy Pilgrim unfolds like a slow-motion hallucination at the edge of the modern world: a dust-worn cowboy on a white horse descending from a hermit’s cave above the clouds, re-entering a civilisation that’s sped up, splintered, and blurred at the edges. Rather than telling a linear story, the album traces the collision between inner stillness and external chaos through chilled ambient electronica, hazy rhythms, and emotional afterimages. This is downtempo with a cosmic drift. Across its arc, chance replaces certainty, paradise arrives with a shadow, the dance floor becomes a modern ritual, and reality turns subtly surreal, not to resolve the confusion, but to sit with it. Cowboy Pilgrim is an invitation to ride alongside that uncertainty, staying present as everything shifts.
New Liminal Drifter Single – ‘They Came In A Spaceship’ Out Now
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the latest single, ‘They Came in a Spaceship’, from Liminal Drifter. Hot on the heels of last single, ‘Roll The Dice’, which is currently the number 1 single on the NACC Chill Chart!!! The track delivers another delicious taste of the forthcoming album Cowboy Pilgrim, due out 13th April 2026. The single is available to download via Bandcamp and stream on all the usual services. The music of Liminal Drifter is also available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, TV, web, games, etc).
“a beautifully choreographed snapshot of the artist’s knack for the surreal, fluid mechanics of mid-90s electronic music shaped with current-era finesse”– Igloo Mag on The Dreams
Cowboy Pilgrim unfolds like a slow-motion hallucination at the edge of the modern world: a dust-worn cowboy on a white horse descending from a hermit’s cave above the clouds, re-entering a civilisation that’s sped up, splintered, and blurred at the edges. Rather than telling a linear story, the album traces the collision between inner stillness and external chaos through chilled ambient electronica, hazy rhythms, and emotional afterimages. This is downtempo with a cosmic drift. Across its arc, chance replaces certainty, paradise arrives with a shadow, the dance floor becomes a modern ritual, and reality turns subtly surreal, not to resolve the confusion, but to sit with it. Cowboy Pilgrim is an invitation to ride alongside that uncertainty, staying present as everything shifts.
Monotonic “Heavy Metal” Out Now on Vinyl and Digital!
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the brilliant debut album from Perth-based experimental psych outfit Monotonic. “Heavy Metal” is available now on vinyl and digital formats via BandCamp and ro stream on all the usual services. The music of Monotonic is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
“For fans of psychedelic rock, experimental music and immersive albums, Heavy Metal is a must-listen. It’s bold, unfiltered and effortlessly cool—an album that demands to be experienced from start to finish.” – AAA Backstage
Monotonic was formed during the pandemic by veterans of Perth’s golden alt-rock era: Liam Coffey (Header, The Slow Beings), Allan Balmont (Ammonia), and Jack Lucas (Yummy Fur/Six Mile High). Reuniting decades after their respective bands made waves in the ’90s, the three longtime friends found a fresh creative spark in loose jam sessions that continued to evolve into something greater than intended. Jams turned into songs, and while there were no initial plans to record, they became so committed to the music they were creating that an album eventually became an inevitability.
The Lizard Point “In The Red Earth” – Vinyl and Digital Release
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of In The Red Earth, the third album from transatlantic ambient experimental outfit The Lizard Point. The album is now available in digital and limited edition vinyl formats via Bandcamp and all streaming and digital services.
Named after the opening track of Brian Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land, The Lizard Point are a transatlantic instrumental duo Conor Devlin ([the] caseworker, Half Film) and Geoffrey Scott (Slowness), based in Lausanne, Switzerland and San Francisco. In The Red Earth was produced and mixed by Monte Vallier and The Lizard Point at Spillway Sound in upstate New York, and Ruminator Audio in San Francisco in 2025. The Lizard Point will be supporting the release with mini-tours in the U.S. and Europe.
The music of The Lizard Point is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
The Lizard Point ‘Translated Accounts’ – New Single and Music Video
Hidden Shoal is excited to present the second single lifted from In The Red Earth, the forthcoming third album from transatlantic ambient experimental outfit The Lizard Point. ‘Translated Accounts’, follows on from first single ‘Håkan’s Drift’ and delivers another sublime slice of immersive ambient guitar work. The album will see digital and vinyl release on the 10th of March through Hidden Shoal. ‘Translated Accounts’ is available to download via BandCamp and its accompanying music video by Cam Merton can be viewed on YouTube. In The Red Earth is available now for limited edition vinyl and digital pre-order.
Named after the opening track of Brian Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land, The Lizard Point are a transatlantic instrumental duo Conor Devlin ([the] caseworker, Half Film) and Geoffrey Scott (Slowness), based in Lausanne, Switzerland and San Francisco. In The Red Earth was produced and mixed by Monte Vallier and The Lizard Point at Spillway Sound in upstate New York, and Ruminator Audio in San Francisco in 2025. The Lizard Point will be supporting the release with mini-tours in the U.S. and Europe.
The music of The Lizard Point is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
New Liminal Drifter Single, ‘Roll The Dice’
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the new single, ‘Roll The Dice’, from Liminal Drifter. Hot on the heels of a standout showing in the SBS Chill Chillest 100 (four tracks in the 2026 countdown, including the #3 spot with ‘Soothed by Summer’), ‘Roll The Dice’ is the first taste of the forthcoming album Cowboy Pilgrim, due out 13th April 2026. The single is available to download via Bandcamp and stream on all the usual services. The music of Liminal Drifter is also available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, TV, web, games, etc).
“a beautifully choreographed snapshot of the artist’s knack for the surreal, fluid mechanics of mid-90s electronic music shaped with current-era finesse” – Igloo Mag on The Dreams
Cowboy Pilgrim unfolds like a slow-motion hallucination at the edge of the modern world: a dust-worn cowboy on a white horse descending from a hermit’s cave above the clouds, re-entering a civilisation that’s sped up, splintered, and blurred at the edges. Rather than telling a linear story, the album traces the collision between inner stillness and external chaos through chilled ambient electronica, hazy rhythms, and emotional afterimages. This is downtempo with a cosmic drift. Across its arc, chance replaces certainty, paradise arrives with a shadow, the dance floor becomes a modern ritual, and reality turns subtly surreal, not to resolve the confusion, but to sit with it. Cowboy Pilgrim is an invitation to ride alongside that uncertainty, staying present as everything shifts.
New Single & Music Video from The Lizard Point – ‘Håkan’s Drift’
Hidden Shoal is excited to present ‘Håkan’s Drift’, the first single lifted from In The Red Earth, the forthcoming third album from transatlantic ambient experimental outfit The Lizard Point. The album will see digital and vinyl release on the 10th of March through Hidden Shoal. ‘Håkan’s Drift’ is available to download via BandCamp and its accompanying music video by Cam Merton can be viewed on YouTube. In The Red Earth is available now for limited edition vinyl and digital pre-order.
Named after the opening track of Brian Eno’s Ambient 4: On Land, The Lizard Point are a transatlantic instrumental duo Conor Devlin ([the] caseworker, Half Film) and Geoffrey Scott (Slowness), based in Lausanne, Switzerland and San Francisco. In The Red Earth was produced and mixed by Monte Vallier and The Lizard Point at Spillway Sound in upstate New York, and Ruminator Audio in San Francisco in 2025. The Lizard Point will be supporting the release with mini-tours in the U.S. and Europe.
‘Håkan’s Drift’, the first single to be lifted from the album was inspired by Hernán Diaz’s novel In The Distance. The song, along with it’s accompanying music video, explores the fleeting moments of stillness and dusk-to-dawn beauty of a long empty drive.
The music of The Lizard Point is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
Monotonic – ‘Lazers at Dawn’ New Single and Music Video
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the new single from Perth-based experimental psych outfit Monotonic. ‘Lazers at Dawn’ is the second single lifted from their forthcoming album “Heavy Metal”, due out March 27th. The single is accompanied by a delirious music video by Perth-based video artist and Hidden Shoal head, Cam Merton. The track is available to download via BandCamp and stream on all the usual services. The music of Monotonic is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
“With ‘Heavy Metal,’ Monotonic appear less interested in reviving psychedelic tradition than in interrogating it — dragging its ghosts into the present, distorting their shapes, and letting the feedback hum where certainty once lived. “Lazers At Dawn” is both a continuation and a deepening of that mission: trance-inducing, unruly, and unapologetically strange.” – It’s Psychedelic Baby
Monotonic was formed during the pandemic by veterans of Perth’s golden alt-rock era: Liam Coffey (Header, The Slow Beings), Allan Balmont (Ammonia), and Jack Lucas (Yummy Fur/Six Mile High). Reuniting decades after their respective bands made waves in the ’90s, the three longtime friends found a fresh creative spark in loose jam sessions that continued to evolve into something greater than intended. Jams turned into songs, and while there were no initial plans to record, they became so committed to the music they were creating that an album eventually became an inevitability.
Erik Nilsson “Other Beginnings” Remixes
Following on from the reworking of his Hearing Things and The Imperfect Sense albums, Erik Nilsson’ is back with more musical wonder. Other Beginnings delivers two stunning remixes, one from each album. ‘A Tap At The Window’ and ‘Ex Nihilo’ are beautiful deconstructed and brought to another life in a light that only Nilsson can shine. Other Beginnings is available on all streaming services and Erik Nilsson’s Bandcamp.
“Between the gentle warmth of the acoustic arpeggios of the initial “A Tap At The Window” and the progressive post-rock rhythmic crescendo that seals the over fourteen minutes of the final “Once, The Held You In My Arms Forever”, extends a sound microcosm in which nocturnal synthetic stratifications alternate with jazzy piano cadences and with an almost infinite series of variations of times and timbres,” – Music Will Not Save You
Erik Nilsson’s music is available for licensing through Hidden Shoal. Head here for more details.
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