If you've not already discovered the Hidden Shoal blog we've been running right next door to this very site then come on over and check it out ! Interviews with the likes of Scott Solter, track by track album expositions by Salli Lunn and Jonas Munk, top 5 lists from The Caseworker, featured tracks, cd giveaways and general good times all around. Enjoy!
City of Satellites wonderful remix album of late last year is still doing great things in the US college radio charts. Last weeks WRAS CMJ charts saw the album grab the number 4 spot amongst some fine company. The albumk features remixes by such wonderful artists as Manual (Jonas Munk), Syntaks, Tim Koch, Jatun, M-13, Tin Manzano and Slow Dancing Society. If you've not had the pleasure of wrapping your ears around Remixed yet then head to the Hidden Shoal Store and preview the album in full. [...]
Salli Lunn 's awesome A Frame of Reference has made a sweet dent in the latest KJHK (Kansas) top 30 , sitting pretty at number 8! A Frame of Reference by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn comprises remixes of songs from their stunning debut album Heresy and Rite , plus previously unreleased tracks. Stream it and grab it here .
2011 is almost over and 2012 is knocking on the door like a life insurance salesman at the apocalypse (I'll work on that one). To end the year with some lovin and fantastic music we are having a huge sale over at the Hidden Shoal Store. Over 20 CD & digital releases have been reduced from artists such as Slow Dancing Society, Sankt Otten, City of Satellites, Apricot Rail, Umpire, Wes Willenbring, Hotels, Rich Bennett, Liam Singer and Salli Lunn to name but a few. All CD purchases include free shipping and an immediate mp3 album download and [...]
Two lovely reviews for recent Hidden Shoal releases over at Norway's Luna Kafe . The first was in November's edition of the zine for City of Satellites ' Remixed, "The outcome is stunning... With so many different remixers it is as expected some variations here, but it still feels like a wholesome album, tied nicely together by the underlining of City Of Satellites shoegazing dream-pop material... And in some parts, these mixes has not just made the tunes slightly different, or added another kind of quality, [...]
Lots of lovely US college radio action happening for our current round of releases. Here's a run down! City of Satellites Remixed is one of WRSU top 5 RPM adds and Kramies The European is one of the top 5 Radio 200 adds, Salli Lunn's A Frame of Reference and Kramies' The European are in Bagel Radio's top 5 CMJ adds this week, The Caseworker's Letters From The Coast continues its long term camp in the Bagel CMJ top 30 charts, Salli Lunn's A Frame of [...]
Salli Lunn's remix album A Frame of Reference - which includes remixes by Scott Solter, Manual, and Hidden Shoal's very own Markus Mehr and City of Satellites - has received a lot of delicious coverage of late, including Brisbane's Rave Magazine and 4ZZZ radio station , the Delusions of Adequacy review site, and the German blog Schallgrenzen . Head along to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream the album in full, along with the band's debut album Heresy and Rite , [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the sumptious new album Remixed by Australian/US dreamgaze trio City Of Satellites. Remixed sees tracks from City Of Satellites' debut EP The Spook and album Machine Is My Animal receive the remix treatment from Manual, Syntaks, Tim Koch, Slow Dancing Society, Jatun, Tin Manzano and M-13. Tin Manzano's remix of the title track from Machine Is My Animal is a gorgeously seductive instrumental, where restraint and space are as alluring as [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of "Machine Is My Animal (Tin Manzano remix)", taken from the forthcoming album Remixed by dreampop/shoegaze trio City of... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of single 'Machine Is My Animal (Tin Manzano remix)' , taken from the forthcoming album Remixed by dreampop/shoegaze trio City Of Satellites , and its stunning accompanying video. Tin Manzano's re-working of the title track from City Of Satellites' debut album Machine Is My Animal weaves and loops the original's guitar hook amid electronic beats and surging, breathy textures. The result is a gorgeously seductive instrumental, in which restraint and space are as alluring as the sounds blooming across the stereo [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to anounce the release of album A Frame of Reference by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn, which comprises remixes of songs from their stunning debut album Heresy and Rite , plus all-new songs. The album kicks off in fine style with Scott Solter's remix of 'Mirror Girl', on which the in-demand producer, musician and remixer pares back the original's spidery postpunk guitars to bring a lurching industrial rhythm section to the fore. Markus Mehr's dizzying take on single 'Parachutes Forever' brings sizzling amp [...]
We're pleased to announce that a range of Hidden Shoal CD releases are now available for online purchase by Australian customers directly through the Hidden Shoal store . Even better all CD purchases include an immediate MP3 download of the release and shipping is free! Currently available titles include CD's by Umpire, Wes Willenbring, Slow Dancing Society, Markus Mehr, Liam Singer, Iretsu, Sankt Otten, Salli Lunn, My Majestic Star, Mukaizake, Jumpel, City of Satellites, Boxharp, Apricot Rail and Antonymes with more added soon. Be quick as we're getting very near sold out status for a number of [...]
As part of our 5th birthday celebrations, we'll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases covered below will be available from the Hidden Shoal Store with a 30% discount. Flavoursome! In 2009, Hidden Shoal continued to release stunning music from around the world, including debut Hidden Shoal albums from Hotels, HC-B, Tarcutta, Sleeping Me, City Of Satellites and Elisa Luu, sophomore albums from Jumpel and Wes Willenbring, a third album from Sankt [...]
As part of our 5th birthday celebrations, during the month of May we'll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases covered below will be available from the Hidden Shoal Store with a 35% discount. Flavoursome! 2008 saw the release of a fresh new raft of superb albums and EPs, including those by new signings The Slow Beings, Fall Electric and City Of Satellites from Australia, Ghost In The Water and Rich Bennett from the USA, and [...]
To coincide with the label's 5th birthday celebrations, Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the release of the latest installment in its free downloadable sampler album series. Hydrozoa compiles 18 singles released over the last 18 months and lovingly sequences them into an epic journey. The album is divided into two sides, each a distinct listening experience in its own right - or, if you choose to digest the album in its entirety, it's a graduated ride from the ambient and minimal all the way through to the widescreen and [...]
Throughout the month of May 2011, Hidden Shoal Recordings is celebrating its fifth birthday. The celebrations kick off on Friday 6 May with the release of its latest free sampler album, Hydrozoa , which compiles 18 singles released over the last 18 months. Other delicious surprises will be revealed in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more info. Since starting up in Perth, Western Australia in 2006, Hidden Shoal has developed an enviable roster of genre-defying global and local recording artists. With 40+ acts from 10+ different countries ranging [...]
The Dael Oates directed music video masterpiece for the City of Satellites track " BMX " has been selected as part of the Experimental Showcase Programme at the Byron Bay International Film Festival . The festival is held from the 4th to the 13th of March in beautiful Byron Bay in New South Wales, Australia. Check out the full programme here and view the video here .
Excerpt: "I've often found that the best time to appreciate music is late at night, after a long day of hustle and bustle. For some reason, my brain is usually at it's most peaceful state in the late hours, and I've found that I'm more accepting and open to new music.... This track was the perfect backdrop to the night… it just seemed to float out from my iTunes and carry me to complete relaxation. "BMX" was synth-laden, atmosphere-inducing, and came across just as their label, Hidden Shoal Recordings, described it: sublime.... The music [...]
Excerpt: "I like to think of this tune as an exercise in the sublime, with its gorgeous shoegazey shimmer (if all exercise was like this, obesity would be a forgotten dream in the pre-formed brain of an unborn child.) From the Australian duo's engrossing album of last year, Machine is my animal , which is equally deserving of your attention." Underground of Happiness
Chris vom Music of the Moment-Blog machte mich unlängst auf dieses ausgesprochen hübsche Lied der amerikanischen Band City of Satellites aufmerksam, das vom aktuellen Album «Machine is my animal» stammt und sicherlich auch seine Freunde im Reich des Shoegaze und Dreampops finden wird. Zu allem Überfluss gibt es den Song auch noch als kostenlosen Download! Link zur Band-Website Link zur Bandseite bei Myspace MP3-Download City of Satellites «BMX»
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