Hidden Shoal News
Tangled Star Feature at Mess and Noise
Head over to Mess and Noise and check out a fantastic track by track expose of Tangled Star‘s latest album Let’s Adjourn To The Garden. Those of you who are familiar with Craig Hallsworth’s work with band’s like Tangled Star, The Slow Beings, Outstation and The Healers will know that his lyrical excursions are both playful and intelligent. His musings on these tracks further verify his place as a thinking mans rocksmith. He makes music that is not only melodically exciting but through his twisting wordplay, also cerebrally so!
If you’ve not yet managed to get your ears around Let’s Adjourn To The Garden you can stream each track within the Mess and Noise feature and then head to the Hidden Shoal Store to buy yourself a copy.
Glowing Review for Jumpel's "Bloc4" at Textura
Following on from the attention received from Textura for Liam Singer’s Arc Iris, another Hidden Shoal artist is also making waves at the site. Jumpel’s stunning release Bloc 4 has just received a glowing review and was chosen as one of their releases of the month,
“On this album, Jumpel’s secret weapon is—aside from his own artful scene painting—vocalist Chloë March (with whom Dürbeck collaborated on “Edinburgh” from the Europa single), whose humanizing presence elevates every song on which she appears. Her sensual vocalizing acts as a dramatic counterpoint to Dürbeck’s instrumental designs, which by comparison epitomize cool control…Sans vocals, Jumpel’s music plays like some distinctive merger of ambient, post-rock, and krautrock, with piano, guitar, bass, percussion, and electronics woven with great care and circumspection into polished miniatures. Melody abounds but it’s deployed subtly and acts more as part of the overall fabric than as a focal point. Stated more generally, Dürbeck emphasizes intimacy and understatement in the album’s fifteen meticulous constructions. On a commercial level, such an approach likely lessens his chances of making a huge splash, but artistically it pays off handsomely.” – Textura
Check out Bloc4 and grab the first two singles from the album for free at the Hidden Shoal Store.
Markus Mehr "Live in Bari" – Free Download & Stream!
Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to announce the release of the new freely downloadable album Live in Bari by German experimental ambient artist Markus Mehr. Live in Bari is a triumphant rendition of Mehr’s critically acclaimed album Off, performed live with video artist Stefanie Sixt. The 45-minute piece immerses the listener in a dizzyingly beautiful yet often punishing soundworld that’s ever-shifting. Certain passages allude to other sequences and samples from Mehr’s preceding albums, linking them into a kaleidoscopic mobius strip.
“They’re ‘big’ compositions, the sheer scale of the sonic work is rather awe inspiring, but they never sound antagonistic or uncomfortable… it sounds like the ebb and flow of space itself – individual snippets of a grand, repeating, organic process that keeps the universe in balance…” – No Ripcord
Live in Bari was recorded at Timezones festival in Bari, Italy in November 2012. The four-day festival involved collaboration between Markus Mehr, Alessandra Celletti, Andrea Mangia, Massimo Carrieri, Salah addin Roberto Re David, James Brooks and Charles Hayward in the rehearsal and performance of John Cage’s ‘Musicircus’. Off was performed live at the Doppelgaenger Gallery to a rapturous reception.
You can download the album for free in MP3 and FLAC formats from the Hidden Shoal Store and Bandcamp and also stream the album in full over at SoundCloud.
Antonymes Track Featured in State Library of Victoria Video
Antonymes‘ stunning track ‘The Door Towards The Dream’, from the universally acclaimed 2011 album The Licence To Interpret Dreams, is featured in a video created by the State Library of Victoria to illustrate the evolution of the Library site. Visit the State Library of Victoria’s website to view the video and learn more about the Library’s collections and events, and visit the Hidden Shoal Store to stream and purchase releases by Antonymes and other Hidden Shoal artists.
Tangled Star's "Let's Adjourn To The Garden" Featured at 2ser
Tangled Star’s fantastic new album Let’s Adjourn To The Garden continues to garner radio love. This time the excellent 2ser (Sydney) has chosen the album and one of this week’s picks,
“Speaking of craft, there’s no more immaculately dealt out in the guitar stakes this week than from Tangled Star. Leader Craig Hallsworth knows his way around a tune with this set of sparkling power-pop, set with a country twang and cosmic touch.” – 2ser
Head to the Hidden Shoal Store to grab yourself a copy of the album in CD and Digital formats.
Tangled Star – ‘99% OK’
Jumpel's "Bloc4" Is This Week's RTRFM Feature Album
We’re very excited to announce that the sumptuous 4th album by German producer Jumpel is a Feature Album on RTRFM all this week. Tracks from Bloc4 will be played on RTRFM’s new music show Out To Lunch each day this week and the station will also be giving away a copy of the limited edition CD every day for a bunch of lucky listeners.
Be sure to listen in via radio or stream and head to the Hidden Shoal Store to grab yourself the first two singles from the album for free and a copy of the album in limited edition CD or digital formats.
Jumpel – ‘Flight’
Listen to the Craig Hallsworth Interview on RTRFM
Craig Hallsworth’s interview with Dave Cutbush on RTRFM yesterday is now up on the RTR site for your listening pleasure. For those not in the know, Hallsworth is one of the most enduring and talented songwriters Perth has produced. From all the way to back to the amazing Bamboos in the 80’s through to his current project Tangled Star in 2013 and everything in between (The Healers, Outstation, The Slow Beings etc).
Be sure to check out the new Tangled Star album Let’s Adjourn To The Garden if you’ve not already fallen prey to it’s unending charms.
Craig Hallsworth of Tangled Star Interviewed on RTRFM Today
Don’t forget to tune in to Out To Lunch today on RTRFM as Dave Cutbush interviews Craig Hallsworth from Tangled Star (and beyond!). Out To Lunch rolls from 12-3pm (Perth time) and if you;re not near a radio (or Perth!) the show can be streamed live or re-streamed.
Jumpel's "Bloc4" Featured on 2ser
Jumpel’s gorgeous new album Bloc4 is currently being featured over at wonderful Sydney radio station 2ser. Here’s their write up on the album,
“Jumpel is a Berlin-based producer with his heart firmly placed in the electronic scene that emerged in the 90s and got quickly coined as IDM – Intelligent Dance Music. The sound’s making a comeback of sorts and the man is freshly poised with a new album of beautiful and delicate creations, ticking over on whirring and purring beats set against coolly drifting guitars and absorbing textural atmospheres. The new twist this time around is British vocalist and pianist Chloe March, making a human touch within sound oh-so alien.” – 2ser
Grab yourself a copy of the album in limited edition CD format and digital (FLAC + MP3) over at the Hidden Shoal Store. You can also grab the first two singles from the album for free download while you’re there. Nice or what!
Tangled Star's "Let's Adjourn To The Garden" Out Now!
We’re extremely excited to announce the release of Tangled Star’s fantastic new album Let’s Adjourn To The Garden. The album is available in limited edition CD and digital formats (FLAC + MP3) with all CD orders through Hidden Shoal coming with an immediate download of the album (FLAC or MP3). You can stream and purchase the album now at the Hidden Shoal Store and also download the brilliant first single ‘Head In The Sand’.
“They make me think of some of Flying Nun’s kiwi poppers, and briefly a fuzzed and rockier The Go-Betweens. This is indie pop at its best. Sugar-coated, yet a bit raw. Rich-sounding and many-flavoured. A true pop gem.” – Luna Kafe on ‘Head In The Sand’ Single
“blessed with an acute ability to have you all at once marvelling aglow in subdued awe at the spectacle of their delicately calibrated caress like airy drift pop while simultaneously drawing you low amid the affecting undertow of bruised hurt… that self same cosy toed bitter sweet melancholia of wallowing crestfallen country tweaked tides that at one time a few years ago appeared to be the sole trademark sound of both Pavement and Garlic. Tasty stuff.” – Losing Today on That Time EP
Let’s Adjourn To The Garden sees Craig Hallsworth’s Tangled Star project shift gears while continuing to distill the inimitable songcraft Hallsworth is so well known for. Tracks such as ‘Head In The Sand’ and ‘Hasn’t Made For Freedom’ streamline Tangled Star’s brilliant hooks and melodic turns into immediately addictive and electric slices of slow burn power-pop. ‘Attic Space Conversion’ exemplifies Tangled Star’s compositional and stylistic shifts even more, stitching rousing ramshackle rock with almost Doors’esque cosmic guitar pop. And there amidst the fuzz and driving drums lay some quiet gems in the beautifully stripped back, drumless guitar pop of ‘99% Ok’ and ‘Someone’s Walking’. Just when you think you have the album pegged, the final track ‘Theme’ takes a left turn employing sweeping synths and electronic percussion in some sort of beatific yet melancholic final postcard to the world.
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