Hidden Shoal News
Antonymes Christmas EP, “At This Time Of Year”
Santa has come early people. Check out the stunning 2015 Christmas EP from Antonymes, At This Time Of Year. The EP is available via BandCamp and you can check out the video for the EP track ‘Sleep’ below or via YouTube.
Kramies Interview at Totoromoon
We’re ridiculously late in sharing this so please forgive, move on and read this wonderful interview with our very own Kramies over at the wonderful Totoromoon blog. Kramies talks about his recent French concert at the Grand Theatre in Angers, his work with Jason Lytle and even passes on tips for happiness!
While you’re active don’t forget to grab yourself a free download of his beautiful new live EP forêts antiques which documents his recent French live show.
Crisis Actors “White Guilt, White Heat” EP, New Music Video
We have a dirty little secret we’ve been keeping up until now. We’ve been given security clearance to finally to announce the release of White Guilt, White Heat, the debut EP of incendiary guitar filth from shadowy collective Crisis Actors, accompanied by the video for lead track ‘Welcome To Babylon’.
Hidden Shoal received the encrypted digital files via a portal in the dark web, accompanied by the following text: “Crisis Actors are not real people. They are a group of actors – Steve Illuminati, Todd Reptilian and Cory Alien – intent on exposing the corruption and lies of mainstream media. They are meta-conspiracists, investigative citizen journalists, and proud patriots, America’s sons.” The digital files comprise five sludgy garage rock salvos, a surge of righteous disgust, a tidal wave of guitar filth set to choke all hypocrites, corporate puppets and environmental rapists in their path. Rumours abound that there may be some link between Crisis Actors and Hidden Shoal labelmates Brother Earth, but such links can be neither confirmed nor denied. Hidden Shoal maintains they are proudly complicit in disseminating these seeds of illumination.
Read more about Crisis Actors here, grab yourself a copy of the EP here (pay what you want) here and check out the awesome music video for ‘Welcome To Babylon” here.
New Trailer for “The Trail Beyond” Feat. Liminal Drifter and Medard Fischer
We’re excited to share the next trailer for the wonderful in-production documentary The Trail Beyond, featuring tracks from Liminal Drifter and Medard Fischer. You may recall seeing the previous trailer which featured the Erik Nilsson track ‘On and Onward’. The film, which will see release in 2016, documents the innovative Trail Beyond program which is aimed at inspiring and empowering women to achieve their goals and strive for more than they thought possible. Directed by the wonderful Cassie De Colling (founder of Natureel) the documentary will feature a soundtrack comprised of a range of Hidden Shoal artists and tracks. Check out the preview trailer below.
The Trail Beyond – Race 3 Hong Kong Lantau 70 from Natureel on Vimeo.
REW<< In Top 10 CMJ Radio Adds Chart!
REW<<‘s Olive Skinned, Silver Tongued Sirens Sing Swan Songs has recently landed itself in the top 5 radio adds at over 35 US college stations! Thanks to such an amazing showing it’s also found its way into the top 10 CMJ adds chart and at number 3 on the CMJ RPM adds chart! US college radio listeners and worldwide streamers should keep their ears out for some gorgeously surreal, dreamy pop coming their way.
Stream the album and read more about REW<< here.
Antonymes Featured on Blank & Jones “Chilltronica, No. 5”
Exciting news people. A track from Antonymes forthcoming (early 2016) album (For Now We See) Through a Glass Darkly is featured on the new Blank & Jones Chilltronica No. 5 compilation. The album, which is currently number 1 on the iTunes Electronic Chart in Germany, features the Antonymes track ‘Elegy (IV)’ along with a host of other wonderful pieces including the Cinematic Mix of Visage’s ‘Fade To Grey’!
Chilltronica No. 5 is available now on CD and digital format. Antonymes fans will only need to wait until late January to hear the first official taste from the sublime new album along with a suitably gorgeous music video. More news on (For Now We See) Through a Glass Darkly soon!
“Long Range Transmissions” MixTape Edition
Here we present the MixTape version of Long Range Transmissions, the first in a new series of themed compilations from Hidden Shoal. The album showcases the ambient and neo-classical side of the catalogue, bringing together beautiful tracks from artists as diverse as Robert Pollard collaborator Todd Tobias, British chamber-pop songwriter Chloe March, and American ambient nostalgist Slow Dancing Society. From the delicate piano of Antonymes, Kryshe, Gilded and Medard Fischer, and the celestial experimentalism of Elisa Luu, Markus Mehr and Cheekbone, to the expansive guitarscapes of My Majestic Star, Erik Nilsson and Sleeping Me, Long Range Transmissions is an essential introduction to just one of the many facets of the Hidden Shoal label and licensing catalogue.
Long Range Transmissions is also available as a free downloadable album via BandCamp.
“Long Range Transmissions” – A Hidden Shoal Compilation by Hidden Shoal on Mixcloud
Antonymes and Gilded on the New Cafe del Mar Album!
Hot on the heels of Markus Mehr‘s inclusion in Cafe del Mar‘s Sunscapes, we’re excited to announce another two Hidden Shoal artists will feature in the new Cafe del Mar compilation Piano Works. The new album features the Gilded track ‘Tyne’ from their album Terrane along with Antonymes‘ ‘A Feeling of Being Closer’, the re-working of the Slow Dancing Society track ‘By Your Side’, taken from the EP We Don’t Look Back For Very Long.
Piano Works will see release on the 31st of November 2015 and can be purchased via iTunes and the usual digital outlets. The album trailer is also available for streaming now on YouTube.
“Long Range Transmissions” – Free Hidden Shoal Compilation
We’re excited to announce the release of Long Range Transmissions, the first in a new series of themed, freely downloadable compilations. Long Range Transmissions showcases the ambient and neo-classical side of the Hidden Shoal catalogue, bringing together beautiful tracks from artists as diverse as Robert Pollard collaborator Todd Tobias, British chamber-pop songwriter Chloe March, and American ambient nostalgist Slow Dancing Society. From the delicate piano of Antonymes, Kryshe, Gilded and Medard Fischer, and the celestial experimentalism of Elisa Luu, Markus Mehr and Cheekbone, to the expansive guitarscapes of My Majestic Star, Erik Nilsson and Sleeping Me, Long Range Transmissions is an essential introduction to just one of the many facets of the Hidden Shoal label and licensing catalogue.
The albums is freely downloadable via BandCamp and can also be streamed at SoundCloud and MixCloud. The album also features gorgeous artwork by Gabrielle Harcourt, with the Bandcamp download coming with a bundled PDF booklet.
Erik Nilsson Track in “The Trail Beyond” Doco Trailer
Check out the new trailer for the wonderful in-production documentary The Trail Beyond, featuring the Erik Nilsson track ‘On and Onward’. The film, which will see release in 2016, documents the innovative Trail Beyond program which is aimed at inspiring and empowering women to achieve their goals and strive for more than they thought possible. Directed by the wonderful Cassie De Colling (founder of Natureel) the documentary will feature a soundtrack comprised of a range of Hidden Shoal artists and tracks. Check out the preview below.
The Trail Beyond – Shinetsu 5 Mountain, Japan from Natureel on Vimeo.
Hidden Shoal MixTape
