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The glowing reviews for Antonymes The Licence to Interpret Dreams just keep coming in and why wouldn't they considering its sheer beauty. Check out what reviewers had to say at Cyclic Defrost , BlogCrtics , DOA , Normans Records , 4zzz , Fluid Radio , Headphone Commute , AmbientBlog and Future Sequence ... and that's just for starters. More to come! On Approaching The Strange Museum by Hidden Shoal Recordings Antonymes - 'On Approaching The Strange [...]

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.

Excerpt: "... a debut that is alive with creative individuality. There is a deceptive precision to this work which is further enhanced by Jonas Munk's expert production. Heresy & Rite unravels a web of creative ideas... Its complexity challenges definition with tracks that are often built on a simple, yet compelling platform, upon which is added building blocks of texture and unexpected twists and turns to deliver a totally intriguing end result. Chiming guitars over the ever shifting, twisting, pulsing, and impressive drumming of Line Gronbech help create a maze of possible [...]

Are our Mukiazake rubbing shoulders with the great indie rockers of the 90's? Find out in this glowing review of their Unkown Knowns mini-album at Blog Critics . Mukiazake - Yeah Conditioner Mukaizake - Yeah Conditioner

Excerpt: "The best indie rock sounded experimental and exciting while still being accessible and interesting. Perth band Mukaizake nail this winning formula on their sophomore EP, Unknown Knowns....As with many indie bands, the lyrics are deliberately obscure and ambiguous. The meaning of the songs is conveyed in the way Symons sings them and the snippets you can make out. Put on paper, the lyrics probably wouldn't be too impressive, but they work in the songs. More impressive is the tension in all of the tracks between melody and dissonance. Melody always wins, but Mukaizake does an excellent job of adding jagged [...]

Excerpt: "This is an album that is vast in scope and imagination. Ranging from the seductively melodic, through to thrillingly intense and dramatic movements, it will both stimulate and captivate the listener. Its power is that it successfully creates a labyrinth of vivid visual images within your mind, like those left behind by the man who provided the inspiration... The album triumphantly builds towards several peaks of symphonic brilliance. Attention to detail, well developed ideas, and formidable instrumentation are all very much to the fore... It is little wonder that Hidden Shoal Recordings have been likened to 4AD. Bringing expansive music of this quality, [...]

HC-B's stunning album Soundcheck For A Missing Movie has just received glowing reviews in Blow Up, Blog Critics , Beat and I Love Sicilia. Check out HC-B's reviews section for excerpts. Visit the HSR Store to stream the album in full, and to purchase the album in CD or mp3 format. HC-B Missing Movie HC-B - Missing Movie

• HC-B - Missing Movie

Excerpt: "The soundscape is minimalistic, discreet, and yet also provocative, inspiring avenues of thought and imagery. It is meticulous, without losing freedom. It is surreal without losing a sense a purpose. It is sublime without drifting off course. It takes you to places that are buried in your mind but are rarely visited amid all the chaos of today's life... Delicate terrains of sound are created and laced intricately together. This album should, and could be prescribed to help us through the grime of the day's madness. 'Joe Couldn't Make It Tonight' is a superbly constructed counter-balance between the dark and unsettling voice [...]

Jumpel's wonderful new album Deuxième Bureau has just received some great reviews on Leonard's Lair , Rave Magazine and BlogCritics . Visit the respective sites to read the reviews in full, or visit Jumpel's reviews section for excerpts. Deuxième Bureau is available if digital format from the HSR Store and on CD through n5Mailorder . Jumpel's acclaimed debut Samuel Jason Lies On The Beach is also [...]

Excerpt: "We all tend to live in our own flatland existence, sometimes not pausing to look up and see the endless space that exists beyond our understanding. Colour Kane musically encourage us to do exactly that... This is musical art set within a dream pop aesthetic that revives any flagging belief in the future of this style of music. Sensual cinematic styling successfully encourages our burnt out imaginations to take five, lie back, and contemplate the clouds... The album is a trip well worth taking for anyone who appreciates experimental, electronic, dream pop at its finest. There are many levels [...]

Colour Kane's wondrous album A Taste Of is continuing to attract rave reviews more than a year after its release, this time from the brilliant Blog Critics site, who devote a two-page review to deconstructing its delights. Visit BC to read the review in full, or visit Colour Kane's bulging reviews section for an excerpt. Colour Kane Seaside Dream Colour Kane - Seaside Dream

• Colour Kane - Seaside Dream (Robin Guthrie Mix)

Excerpt: "Do you remember those magic eye 3D images that had people squinting at them at the recommended six inches distance whilst on crowded trains? After a period of going cross eyed a sudden 'Eureka' moment would arrive. Listening to Chagrin is a similar, musical, experience... quite often it is best to lie back, in a dark room, and allow your own experience to take you... it is rich with colour, rather like swimming in watercolours, and it has a myriad of doors, and mirrors to choose from. There is something triumphantly ageless about the landscape it conjures up. We, the listener, are invited to [...]

RL/VL's ambient masterpiece Chagrin has just received a glowing (two-page!) review over at the excellent Blogcritics music site. Pop along to Blogcritics to read the review in full, or visit RL/VL's reviews section to read an excerpt. RL/VL Kweens RL/VL - Kweens

Beautiful Lunar Landscape's stellar debut EP Alone In This Dark Romantic Night has just received a glowing review over at the excellent Blogcritics site. Visit the site to read the review in full, or pop along to BLL's reviews section for an excerpt. Stay tuned to hear more from BLL soon... Beautiful Lunar Landscape Eternal Beginning Beautiful Lunar Landscape - Eternal Beginning

• Beautiful Lunar Landscape - Eternal Beginning

Excerpt: "a stunning debut by the band. Flowing from intensity to delicacy one moment and from vibrant peaks to spellbinding ambience the next, this is a visual journey across a beautiful landscape, whether lunar or otherwise... They produce a pulsating, breathtaking, imaginative soundscape topped with haunting vocals from both Ben Ling and Laureline Roux-Eymery, blending together with a smooth subtlety that is perfectly placed within the music... powerfully mesmeric, expansive, deeply haunting, intensely satisfying, and highly imaginative ambient music, delivered at its finest." Blogcritics

Excerpt: "a darker, slightly disturbing and unsettling atmosphere. 'Elektronik Nein' has your mind wondering down dark forbidden corridors. The hypnotic 'Eukalyptus' continues the vibe with both containing hauntingly dramatic German voices. This is majestically dark, brooding material that creates a distinctly uncomfortable yet compulsive and bewitching sonic journey." Blogcritics

Excerpt: "an album of truly epic proportions, hugely cinematic and musically addictive. There is a powerful dream, trance quality to the superbly crafted arrangements that range from minimalistic to the intense, moving effortlessly between both ends of the spectrum. Ambient, moody melancholia, through to orchestrated anthemic sections... The epic scope of 'Der Groove Des Guten Gewissens' meshes into a whole that is seamless, timeless, and smoothly effortless. The hauntingly minimalistic 'Depressive Elite' captures the mind, taking it on a journey of soul-searching isolation. Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder draws to a close with 'Stille Wasser', a wonderful chill [...]

Both the re-release of Sankt Otten's Eine Kleine Traurigkeit and their new album Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder have received glowing reviews at the excellent Blogcritics site. Visit the site to read the reviews in full, or pop along to Sankt Otten's reviews section for excerpts. Sankt Otten Milch Und Zucker Sankt Otten - Milch Und Zucker

• Sankt Otten - Milch und Zucker