Hidden Shoal News
Glanko & Daniel Bailey Sign to Hidden Shoal
We’re excited to welcome the wonderful Glanko & Daniel Bailey to the Hidden Shoal family. The pair collaborated on the sublime forthcoming EP Isometrik, which will see release through Hidden Shoal on 5th May 2016 and is now available as part of the Hidden Shoal licensing catalogue.
Glanko & Daniel Bailey create music at the intersection of soundscape and song, where field recordings and loops play as important a role as piano and guitar. Their debut Isometrik EP is evidence of the kind of alchemy that can only be conjured when two creative minds are perfectly in tune. Rich with textural counterpoint, these brooding yet innately melodic pieces envelope the listener with their intensity and grace.
Glanko and Daniel Bailey are old friends who have walked different artistic paths. Glanko has been an IDM/glitch/industrial producer since 2012, while Daniel Bailey has been a singer, guitarist and songwriter in various alternative rock bands, and is also working on a solo project.
Their collaboration began in Italy in December 2015, mainly focused on experimentation and combining their unique sensibilities. The result is the Isometrik EP, conceived and recorded during a short stay in Monti Picentini, Italy.
Giuseppe Musmeci of HC-B and Willem Gator Interview at Tomatrax
For those that missed it, check out this wonderful interview with Giuseppe Musmeci of HC-B and Willem Gator at Tomatrax late last year. Giuseppe is currently finalising the next Willem Gator album so keep your ears peeled for more news on that. It’s going to be something special!Memorybell Signs to Hidden Shoal
Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the signing of the brilliant Colorado based artist Memorybell to it’s roster of artists. Memorybell is the ambient project of Grant Hazard Outerbridge, a multi-instrumentalist and classically trained pianist who has been playing music for nearly 30 years. In February 2014, Outerbridge awoke in a hospital with no memory of how he had arrived. He was diagnosed with transient global amnesia, a condition that causes the brain to temporarily stop making new memories. When he returned to the piano, Outerbridge found his previous compositions sounded garish. He pared them down to their essence and, along with new, more spacious material, constructed a set of variegated and subtle songs that explore the interplay between dissonance and silence. The result is the debut Memorybell album Obsolete, created using just a creaky grand piano and two microphones, which is as concerned with exploring the spaces between notes as the notes themselves, giving each song room to breath and encouraging the ear to wander.
Obsolete will see release through Hidden Shoal on the 2nd June 2016 with the first taste of the album dropping mid-April. This amazing collection of compositions is also now available as part of the Hidden Shoal licensing catalogue. Read more on Memorybell here.
New Antonymes Single from His Forthcoming Album
Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the release of ‘Towards Tragedy and Dissolution’, the stunning new single by acclaimed neo-classical ambient artist Antonymes, taken from the forthcoming album (For Now We See) Through A Glass Dimly. The track is available for streaming now via SoundCloud.
Sonically minimal yet emotionally formidable, ‘Towards Tragedy and Dissolution’ features the stirring string arrangements of James Banbury (The Auteurs) and Christoph Berg (Field Rotation), which engage in reflective conversation with Ian M. Hazeldine’s plaintive piano. Its emotional potency and compositional dexterity draws you into an evocative world, demanding engagement.
In addition to James Banbury and Christoph Berg, (For Now We See) Through A Glass Dimly also includes contributions from composer Stefano Guzzetti, Joanna Swan (Ilya) and writer Paul Morley. Mixed by Stefano Guzzetti and Paul Humphreys (OMD), and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri (The Sight Below), the album’s depth of sound is awe-inspiring. It is released by Hidden Shoal on 21st April 2016.
Kramies Featured at Soul Kitchen
Check out the lovely live, lo-fi acoustic version of the Kramies‘ track ‘The Fate That Never Favoured Us’ over at the excellent Soul Kitchen webzine. The performance was filmed in the haunted(!) woods of Ohio last year. While you’re in the mood for live Kramies be sure to download his latest EP, forêts antiques, which documents tracks from his 2015 live show in France. The EP is available as a free download.
Markus Mehr to Perform at Bertolt Brecht Festival
We’re excited to announce that on Monday 29th February, Markus Mehr will be performing live in a trio alongside vocalist Isabell Münsch and saxophonist Kay Fischer as part of Augsburg’s Brecht Festival, which runs from 26th February until Sunday 6th March, celebrating the work of famous playwright Bertolt Brecht. Their performance addresses the issue of “coming home”, and is based on material that Brecht wrote during his exile in the USA among other works.
Markus is currently putting the finishing touches to his new album Re-Directed, due for release on Hidden Shoal on 30th April, with the first taste of the album appearing in March. In the meantime be sure to check our his brilliant album of 2015 Binary Rooms.
Liminal Drifter In Top 10 For SBS Chill’s “Chillest 100”!
How’s this for exciting news – Liminal Drifter‘s ‘Soothed by Summer‘ just scooped the number 10 spot on SBS Chills’ “Chillest 100”! The track is lifted from his debut album Troubled Mystic. Liminal is hanging out with some esteemed company in the form of Massive Attack, Moby, Air, Sebastien Tellier and Ella Fitzgerald and many others. A brilliant achievement for a sublime track. Check out the full list including a Spotify playlist on the SBS website.
If you haven’t yet had the pleasure to soak in Troubled Mystic then you should need no further nudging. Apart from a suite of gorgeous ambient electronica and ambient pop instrumentals you’ll also find tracks featuring the stunning vocals of Chloe March. It’s an album for the ages, trust us. Grab Troubled Mystic and ‘Soothed by Summer’ via iTunes or Bandcamp.
Kramies Interview in Soul Kitchen
Kramies continues to receives waves of love from French fans and press following the release of his live EP of late last year, forêts antiques. This time our dreampop troubadour has been interviewed in the excellent French zine Soul Kitchen and talks about cool things like castles, music, traveling, his talented friends & inspirations. Great read!
Check out the interview here and download yourself a free copy of forêts antiques here.
Crisis Actors Featured in Vice Magazine!
Following on from their first live show at The Gateway in Brooklyn, Crisis Actors have just been featured and interviewed in Vice Magazine. Those who have heard their wonderful new debut EP, White Guilt, White Heat, should have an idea of what their in for but if you’re still falling short then the feature title should give you some context – “Meet the Band of Brooklyn ‘Anti-Conspiracy Theorists’ That Formed a Bernie Sanders PAC”.
Read the article here, listen to White Guilt, White Heat here and watch the video for single ‘Welcome to Babylon’ here.
Les Limbes, Markus Mehr and Chloe March in Igloo’s Best of 2015
Two Hidden Shoal releases have found their way into Igloo Magazine’s Best of 2015 list. Les Limbes self-titled debut EP and the Markus Mehr vs Chloe March EP To Set The River on Fire rest amongst wonderful company and a fabulous write up from one of our favourite music sites. Check it out here.
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