Hidden Shoal News
Elisa Luu Single Released – Free Download
Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced the release of the luscious new single by Rome-based composer Elisa Luu.
The first song to be released from forthcoming debut album Chromatic Sigh, ‘The Garden’ is a place to luxuriate. Its humid atmosphere of synths and glistening textures drifts effortlessly before being carried aloft by crisp drum breaks. After its five-minute run time, the listener is gently returned to terra firma, conscious of having visited somewhere unique and beautiful.
Though digitally crafted, Elisa Luu’s music is warm, inviting and uniquely human, betraying a vulnerability and sensitivity that is rarely found in the male-dominated sphere of electronica. With its sighing, lilting qualities, Elisa Luu’s music reawakens a sense of childlike wonder and adventure with every sprawling and sparkling track.
Elisa Luu (Elisabetta Luciani) is a Rome-based composer, who began her musical career as a jazz/fusion saxophone player. Elisa has been involved in a number of musical projects over the years, including fusion quartet Prodotti Speciali and Short’s Monday Night Jazz Orchestra. She has also participated in Berklee Jazz clinics, where she received special mention as an alto sax player. In 2007 Elisa began to compose electronic music using flute, saxophone and guitar as sound sources. In 2008, UK net label Phantom Channel released her debut EP Floating Sounds, which garnered glowing online reviews.
“There is a balance of songness and sound, of an experimentalist’s emphasis on texture and a composer’s on tone, that makes Elisa Luu’s Floating Sounds (Phantom Channel) one of the most immediately awarding and arresting netlabel releases of the year thus far.” – Disquiet on Floating Sounds
‘The Garden’ is available for free download from the Hidden Shoal Store until the release of Elisa Luu’s debut album Chromatic Sigh on 10th September. Read a full press release here.
Elisa Luu – The Garden Elisa Luu – The Garden
The Caribbean Summer Tour
It may be the middle of winter here in Australia (brrr!), but over in the USA, it’s the height of summer. What better time to head out and catch some live music? And what better band to see than The Caribbean?! Their summer tour dates are:
JULY
Sat. & Sun., 7/25-26: Denver Post Underground Music Showcase
AUGUST
Fri., 8/7: Solly’s, Washington, DC
Sat., 8/8: Gooski’s, Pittsburgh, PA
Sun., 8/9: Cakeshop or Braur Falls, Brooklyn, NY
Tue., 8/11: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Wed., 8/12: Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
Th., 8/13: The Frequency, Madison, WI
Fri., 8/14: Pizza Luce, Duluth, MN
Sat., 8/15: Kitty Kat Club, Minneapolis, MN
As an added bonus, the Brooklyn date will almost certainly see Hidden Shoal’s very own Rich Bennett on the bill too. Yay!
To listen to the recent Caribbean release Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean, visit the HSR Store, where it is available in CD and mp3 format.
The Caribbean Do You Believe In Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix) The Caribbean – Do You Believe In Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix)
Sleeping Me Album Reviewed on Textura
Sleeping Me’s Cradlesongs has just received a glowing review over at the ever-excellent Textura site. Visit Textura to read this and a bunch of other great reviews, or visit Sleeping Me’s reviews section for an excerpt.
Cradlesongs is available in CD and mp3 format from the Hidden Shoal Store.
Sleeping Me The Rattle In Our Throats Sleeping Me – The Rattle In Our Throats
Hotels on Radio Citta Aperta
Hotels’ Where Hearts Go Broke has been receiving a ton of airplay on the excellent Italian station Radio Citta Aperta. If you live in Rome or Lazio, tune into 88.9FM, or if you’re elsewhere, visit the Radio Citta Aperta website to stream the station. Be sure to check out Gianluca Polverari’s show on Tuesday nights, 9-11pm.
Hotels Leilani Hotels – Leilani
Sleeping Me's Lamenter EP Out Now on Phantom Channel
Sleeping Me, who recently released the gorgeous Cradlesongs on Hidden Shoal, now has the equally excellent Lamenter EP out through our good friends at Phantom Channel. Check out both releases and bathe in some seriously wonderful guitar ambience from an American master.
Sleeping Me Empty Cradles Sleeping Me – Empty Cradles
Hotels Live Review at The Stranger
Hotels’ barnstorming set at Capitol Hill Block Party has received a glowing review on The Stranger. Visit The Stranger to read the review in full, or pop along to Hotels’ reviews section to read an excerpt.
Hotels’ superb album Where Hearts Go Broke is available from the Hidden Shoal Store.
Hotels Cafe Martinique Hotels – Cafe Martinique
Hotels in The Big Takeover and Timeoff
Hotels’ awesome album Where Hearts Go Broke has just received glowing reviews in US print magazine The Big Takeover and Aussie website Timeoff. Visit Hotels’ reviews section to read lovingly edited excerpts, along with a stack of other foaming press.
Where Hearts Go Broke is available in CD and mp3 format from the Hidden Shoal Store.
Hotels Port Of Saints Hotels – Port Of Saints
HC-B Album Reviews
HC-B’s cinematic epic Souncheck For A Missing Movie has just received excellent reviews from Italy’s Rockerilla and Il Mucchio Selvaggio, and Perth’s Drum Media. Visit’s HC-B’s reviews section to read excerpts of these and more reviews.
Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is now also available through Australian mail order company Waterfront. Visit the Hidden Shoal Store for all availability info.
HC-B Crystal Lane HC-B – Crystal Lane
Tarcutta on 2ser
Tarcutta’s awesome self-titled debut album is one of Sydney radio station 2ser‘s currently featured albums. If you’re in the Sydney area, tune in to 107.3FM, or visit their website to listen to the stream.
Tarcutta is now available in CD and mp3 formats. Check the Hidden Shoal Store for all availability info.
Tarcutta Liberace Fibonacci Tarcutta – Liberace Fibonacci
Tarcutta Debut Album Release and Launch
Hidden Shoal Recordings are proud to announce the official release of the self-titled debut album by Melbourne-based instrumental rock trio Tarcutta.
On their self-titled debut, Tarcutta transport the listener on a compelling ride through a breathtaking musical landscape. Right from the scene-setting intro of opener ‘Mount Bartle Frere’ to the raw, explosive power of finale ‘Flag Hags Must Die’, the band render their songs with astonishing detail and clarity, cramming more melodic ideas into each song than most instrumental bands manage in whole albums. Single ‘You Gotta Crawl…’ unfolds into being with a luminous pattern on 12-string electric guitar, the low hum of Hammond organ, and a delicious brushed drum figure. Delicate Hammond organ runs are gradually stirred in before the song changes direction and builds into an eddying spiral of tumbling melody. Elsewhere, ‘Liberace Fibonacci’ thrills with its awesome organ riff, before taking flight through a series of dizzying twists and turns. And luminous centerpiece ‘No Light No Shade’ features a spine-tingling guest vocal from Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue) and a wonderfully bluesy coda.
“…it blossoms and terra-forms through a myriad of mood enhancing manoeuvres as it accelerates through a mind blowing odyssey of lysergic tipped star crested sound-scapes that at various points see it embroidering upon its rich tapestry elements of psyche, jazz and progressive space rock, in short it’s a six minute trip to enlightenment.” – Losing Today on Single ‘You Gotta Crawl…’
Tarcutta will be launched and officially released on CD at Melbourne’s East Brunswick Club on July 23rd. The album is distributed in Australia through Hidden Shoal Distribution and in the US and Europe via n5Mailorder. The album is also be available digitally through the Hidden Shoal Store and all good third-party digital music stores (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, LaLa etc). Check the Hidden Shoal Store for all CD and digital availability info.
Stream the album in full here and read a press release here.
Tarcutta – Mount Bartle Frere Tarcutta – Mount Bartle Frere
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