Hidden Shoal News
Gilded Reviews, Track by Track and Tour
Gilded‘s stunning debut album Terrane has been garnering a plethora of plaudits all over the shop lately. Well, when I say ‘shop’ I mean ‘Internet’. And more specifically, websites Delusions of Adequacy, Fluid Radio and Cool Perth Nights. There’s also a rather excellent track-by-track article on Mess+Noise. And, if that wasn’t enough, Gilded recently launched the album in Perth and are coming to other Australian cities later in the month. How good is that? Super-good. Tour dates as follows:
Saturday 20 October @ The Street Theatre, Canberra
Sunday 21 October @ Gasometer, Melbourne
Friday 26 October @ 107 Projects, Sydney
Saturday 27 October @ Powerhouse, Brisbane
Slow Dancing Society Reviewed at A Closer Listen
Another glowing review has rolled in for Slow Dancing Society’s 5th opus, Laterna Magica. Check out the review at the always excellent A Closer Listen and listen to the album here.
Hidden Shoal 3View at Igloo Magazine
A lovely little Hidden Shoal three way over at Igloo Magazine as they review the latest releases by Markus Mehr, Wes Willenbring and Slow Dancing Society. Check the reviews in full here and head to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream the releases in full.
Slow Dancing Society "Laterna Magica" Reviews
Slow Dancing Society‘s fifth, and dare we say his best, album Laterna Magica has been drumming up some wonderful press since its release with more on its way soon. Check out a few glowing reviews for the album at Igloo Magazine, NowLikePhotographs, Music Review Database. In related news, the album is one of the Darla top 20 sellers!
Laterna Magica has also started to make an impact on US college radio and has just charted at WCBN and is beginning to receive rotations at a number of key US college stations. Speaking of radio, if you missed the wonderful interview with Drew Sullivan (aka Slow Dancing Society) on the Fade To Yellow show on Koop radio recently then you can re-stream it here.
You can stream this beautiful thing in its entirety at the Hidden Shoal Store as well as download a free single and buy the CD and digital versions. Slow Dancing Society fans should also check out the sale we currently have on as all previous SDS releases (CD + Digital) are included in the discounts. Good times!
New Markus Mehr Single and Music Video!
Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to present ‘Duck Became Swan’, the second single by German experimental ambient artist Markus Mehr, taken from his latest album On, along with its accompanying video by the brilliant German video artist Stefanie Sixt. The track is available for free download and the video can be streamed on Vimeo and Youtube.
‘Duck Became Swan’ is perhaps one of the most expansive and moving pieces on Markus Mehr’s new album On. Across nine mesmerising minutes, the track masterfully mutates between two wildly different musical environments. The heavy distortion that intermittently tears through at the opening of the track gradually gives way to a heartstoppingly beautiful orchestral refrain and open-ended guitar figure, before being subsumed again into fizzing, electric chaos. ‘Duck Became Swan’ continues Mehr’s ongoing exploration of texture versus melody.
“a cornucopia of samples, field recordings and distorted drones, and is highly recommended to fans of William Basinski, Tim Hecker and Fennesz.” – My Old Kentucky Blog on ON
The accompanying video, created by visual artist Stefanie Sixt, is like a hypnotic animated re-imagining of the cover of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, an electric monochrome dream/nightmare that vibrates with life in synch with the track’s ecstatic convulsions.
‘Duck Became Swan’ is available for free download from the Hidden Shoal Store. On is also available on CD and digital formats through Hidden Shoal.
Gilded "Terrane" Official Release and Digital Availability
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the official release of Terrane, the debut album by Australian experimental/ambient duo Gilded. The album is now available for purchase on CD and digitally.
Gilded brings together the similar but distinct musical directions of West Australian experimental musicians Matt Rösner and Adam Trainer, forging a new approach to composition and sound creation that is based as much around rhythm and repetition as it is around drone and abstraction. The pair have released work seperately on labels such as 12K, Room40, hellosQuare, New Weird Australia, and Feral Media.
“There are worlds in here, in this record. Microscopic examinations of simple figures and patterns, that could fill whole sides; a focus and determination that wraps everything up in 45 minutes. Beautiful, simple, deep, Terrane is simply one of the best albums you’ll hear this year. Highly recommended!” – Fluid Radio on Terrane
“Terrane is a work of adeptly inspired craftsmanship that’s very nearly breathtaking in its evolving forms, ambient without being soporific, containing an evocative and far from melancholic energy at its core…Hidden Shoal never disappoint in their releases but Terrane is a remarkable work even by their established and finely honed standards. ” – DOA on Terrane
Head to the Hidden Shoal Store for all CD and digital orders, to stream the album in full and to download the first single from the album ‘Cluttered Room’. All CD orders through Hidden Shoal include an immediate download of the album in FLAC or Mp3. The album is also available from iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, Bandcamp and other reputable online stores.
Markus Mehr's "On" Reviewed in Latest Textura
Markus Mehr’s latest opus On has just received a wonderful review in the latest Textura. This comes ahead of the release of a new single and music video from the album this week. More on that very soon.
“Some moments of remarkable beauty occur, most memorably during the orchestrally rich settings “Only For A While” and “Tunnels,” while the cut-up collage-styled character of the recording is most blatantly displayed during the brief rhythmic stutters of “Olympia.”… Having eight separate pieces at his disposal affords Mehr the latitude to easily and abruptly shift gears in both style and mood, and consequently the samples-heavy On covers a wide range of experimental ground in its heady forty-five minutes. It’ll be interesting to hear how Off picks up where On leaves off.” – Textura
Head over to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream the album in full and listen to more Mehr!
Gilded Interview on Triple J's Sound Lab
Tune in to Triple J’s awesome Sound Lab show this Sunday night to hear an interview with Gilded. The boys will be phoning in almost directly after they step off stage from their album launch in Perth. How’s that for post neo-classical rock n roll! Listen in from 11pm AEST or re-stream it next week if you miss it. All details can be found on The Sound Lab website.
Half Film Love
Just a quick one to share some deserved love at Some Lost, Some Found for the upcoming Half Film album re-issues,
“I missed Half Film by just a hair when I arrived in the greater Bay Area in 2000, but they had left a lasting effect on countless moody guitar acts that could be described as the “SlowCore” scene. I picked up their final 7 inch released on AIP Records in 2000, but was never able to acquire their earlier material in a physical format. Thanks to Hidden Shoal Records, now a whole new generation of depressed-sounding bands can see what Half Film was all about…This is highly recommended stuff for anyone who has a Red House Painters or Low record sitting on their shelf. The fact that these guys don’t have the same fan base as those bands shocks me to no end.” – Some Lost, Some Found
We are damn excited to be able to bring these two amazing albums back into the world and can’t wait to share them with both a new audience and also re-connect with Half Film’s existing fans. The double CD will contain both albums in the one package and will be available for pre-order on the 18th of October with an official release date of October 31st. Don’t forget to download the free single, ‘Machines, Hawks and the Perfect Equation’ from the Hidden Shoal Store while you wait.
Glowing Gilded Reviews and Features!
Gilded’s stunning forthcoming debut Terrane has already been drumming up some amazing reviews and getting heavy doses of Australian radio love. The album has just been glowingly reviewed at Fluid Radio where it was lauded as “one of the best albums you’ll hear this year”. The Thousands were full of praise in their recent review saying, “there’s nothing that sounds quite like Gilded.” The track ‘Moth Food’ was chosen as Dave Cutbush’s track of the day on RTRFM’s Out To Lunch program and Terrane recently landed in Osprey Radio‘s Top 30 in early anticipation of its US college radio campaign starting next week.
The new music video for ‘Road Movie’, produced by Hidden Shoal’s very own Cam Merton, has been featured on such sites as Baeble Music, Mess & Noise and The Vine with more features on the way.
You can pre-order Terrane now on CD over at the Hidden Shoal Store and get an immediate mp3 or FLAC download of the album with your order.
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