Hidden Shoal News
New Slow Dancing Society Album Pre-Released
Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced the digital pre-release of the eagerly awaited fourth album by US ambient artist Slow Dancing Society.
Following on from the ebullient warmth of the critically acclaimed Priest Lake Circa ’88, Under The Sodium Lights is Drew Sullivan’s latest ambient epic. The album feels like a distillation of the three stunning releases that preceded it – and as such is Sullivan’s finest work to date. The delicate interplay between focused melodic details and blurred washes of sound draws the listener into a hypnotic state, where the waking world and the world of sleep cascade in and out of balance.
Under The Sodium Lights resonates with a rich emotional core – and the choking realisation of our own transience. The album rewards immersive listening from start to finish, to really soak in its beauty.
“a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… Textures and timbre are executed with great precision… Even the simplest of songs allow complimentary textures to be layered upon each other to create a robust yet spacious sound… an aural delight for the listener.” – The Silent Ballet on Priest Lake Circa ’88
Under The Sodium Lights is available now as a digital pre-release followed by the official CD release on 30 September 2010 (pre-order now available via n5Mailorder). Head to the Hidden Shoal Store for all availability details. Read a full press release here.
Slow Dancing Society – by your side Slow Dancing Society – by your side
Salli Lunn – European Tour Dates!
Dear Salli Lunn fans in the vicinity of Europe, you are in for a treat! Below are their tour dates for the next two months:
19-Aug-10 5:00 PM INSTOREGIG: STEREO STUDIO KØBMAGERGADE København, Sjælland, DENMARK Find Tickets
21-Aug-10 9:00 PM FAIR FÆLLED FESTIVAL I FÆLLEDPARKEN Copenhagen, Sjælland, DENMARK Find Tickets
8-Sep-10 10:00 PM FESTIVAL OF ENDLESS GRATITUDE – TBA Copenhagen, Danmark, DENMARK Find Tickets
9-Sep-10 10:00 PM OFF THE HOOK THURSDAY – DET INTERNATIONALE HUS W/ DORIAS BARACCA & THE SICK BOY METHOD Odense C, Danmark, DENMARK Find Tickets
19-Sep-10 9:00 PM HUSET I MAGSTRÆDE København, Danmark, DENMARK Find Tickets
23-Sep-10 9:00 PM MUSIKCAFEEN W/TBA Århus, Jylland, DENMARK Find Tickets
Aren’t we kind? And we’ll throw in a song, too:
Salli Lunn – The First Cause Salli Lunn – The First Cause
Boxharp reviewed in Beat Magazine
As an Australian label, we’re always tickled pink when an Australian rag picks up one of our artist’s albums and gets a kick out of it. This week is one of those moments. Our dreampop duo Boxharp gained the attention of Melbourne’s Beat magazine with their album The Green. Have a read of the review here.
Boxharp – Cloy Boxharp – Cloy
New Salli Lunn Single Released – Free Download
Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced the release of ‘The First Cause’, the second freely downloadable single taken from Heresy and Rite, the debut album by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn.
‘The First Cause’ is a true epic in scope and execution, and a superb demonstration of Salli Lunn’s mastery of light and shade. Across its eight-minute runtime, it packs a true sonic and emotional punch, layering guitars into surging waves, upon which Lasse Skjold Bertelsen’s vocals ride with aplomb. ‘The First Cause’ proves a devastating follow-up to acclaimed first single ‘Parachutes Forever’ – and a fittingly awesome finale to Heresy and Rite.
“… ‘The First Cause’ floats between a dream-pop musing and an indie ballad – and then turns into a frenetic juggernaut that completely defies contemporary taxonomy.” – No Ripcord
“a debut that is alive with creative individuality. Chiming guitars over the ever shifting, twisting, pulsing, and impressive drumming… help create a maze of possible directions which prove impossible to second guess.” – BlogCritics
‘The First Cause’ is available for free download from the Hidden Shoal Store. Album Heresy and Rite is available worldwide in CD and digital formats through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Check out the Hidden Shoal Store for all availability details.
Salli Lunn – The First Cause Salli Lunn – The First Cause
The Caribbean Collaborate on Art Installation
Everyone’s favourite folk-pop deconstructionists The Caribbean have collaborated on an installation with Matt Hollis as part of Pittsburgh’s Arts on N Street Festival. Their 21-minute work entitled ‘Curtains Drawn’ soundtracks Hollis’s ‘Incubator’ installation. This piece is likely to feature on a forthcoming Caribbean release on Hidden Shoal of more abstract, sample-based music. Meanwhile, their new album Discontinued Perfume is soon to be released on the excellent Hometapes label.
Salli Lunn Reviewed on No Ripcord and BlogCritics
Mighty Danish spectral-rock quartet Salli Lunn have been receiving some love from review sites No Ripcord and BlogCritics. Hear what the fuss is all about by popping along to the HSR Store to stream the album in full.
Is Markus Mehr's Lava Album of the Year?
Markus Mehr’s debut album Lava is turning heads all over the blogosphere, receiving attention from the likes of Furthernoise, Pellytwins, Music Musings and Miscellany and No Ripcord. It’s perhaps a little early to proclaim it album of the year, but have a read of the plaudits being piled at its cosmic doorstep, or do one better and have a listen below.
Markus Mehr – Hubble Markus Mehr – Hubble
Apricot Rail's Ambrose Nock on Delusions of Adequacy
Here’s one from the backwaters of last month. Ambrose Nock (Apricot Rail) was called upon to review one of the forgotten gems in his music library (Sandpit’s On Second Thought) as part of Delusion of Adequacy’s Artist’s on Albums series. His insightful review can be found here.
Tarcutta Live This Saturday Evening!
Melbourne-based instrumental trio Tarcutta are performing live at Loop Bar in the city this Saturday evening, supporting Zac Keiller. Doors are at 5.15, with the first act, Great Earthquake, kicking off at 5.30. Tarcutta are up next, then the Zac Keiller Band headline the night, to launch Zac’s new album Start Burning. Promises to be an exceptional show, so if you’re in town, head on out.
4zzz Radiothon
Awesome Brisbane radio station 4zzz is celebrating 35 years of being on the air this year. As with all community stations every year it calls upon its faithful to donate and help keep the station on the air for another year. Yes its radiothon time! This year Hidden Shoal is helping out the good folks at 4zzz by sponsoring their first ever international subscriber prize. Yes in this great age of interwebbery and streamifying, wonderful Australian radio stations such as 4zzz often have a sizable international listnership. As it should be.
The 4zzz Radiothon runs from August 14 to 20 – check out all the details on their website. Also for non Brissie folks be sure to stream the station here.
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