Hidden Shoal News
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.
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
Hidden Shoal MixTape
