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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Italian cinematic rockers HC-B embark upon a European tour this weekend, in support of their amazing HSR release Soundcheck For a Missing Movie . If you're at any of the following locations on these dates, check out this superb live band: Sat 17 April - Centro per la Pace, Barcellona Mon 19 April - Maj Musical Monday, Munich Tue 20 April - Tovarna Rog, Ljubjana Wed 21 April - Honky Tonky, Seregno Thu 22 April - Ohibò Lab, Salerno Fri 23 April - Marianello Jazz Caffé, [...]

Check out the latest edition of the wonderful Inside The Label show at New York's awesome Breakthru Radio (home of the mighty DJ Mojo!). The show features an hour of tracks selected from across the Hidden Shoal catalogue. Lurvly!

A few more feathers in our cap, and rounds of applause for our artists, having made more appearances in various 'Top Lists of 092. First off we have Elisa Luu - Chromatic Sigh , Wes Willenbring - Close, But Not Too Close and Sleeping Me - Cradlesongs all being featured in the illustrious ' best albums of 2009 ' picked by the editor of Italy's Ondarock . Followed by Phantom Channel's 'Top 502 including our very own Sleeping Me - Cradlesongs, HC-B - Soundcheck for a Missing Movie (both making the top 10) and Stray [...]

Hidden Shoal artists continue to impress upon the US college radio circuit. 2010 kicks off nicely with Sleeping Me's sublime Cradlesongs re-entering the KZSU's (Stanford) top ten experimental/classical charts at number 5 and HC-B's monstrous Soundcheck for a Missing Movie sitting at number 19 on Portland's KBOO . Recent releases by Mukaizake and My Majestic Star as well as Hidden Shoal's Western Australian music compilation A Million Square Miles have also been getting lots of [...]

Tis the season for those those end-of-year lists, and Hidden Shoal releases have made their way into several of them. Phantom Channel included HC-B and Sleeping Me in their Top 50 for 2009. City of Satellites made their way into the Top 10 on Those Walls, Your Ears , while Apricot Rail and Elisa Luu made the cut on Thought Palace .

Excerpt: "Quality Instrumental Post-Rock with a fierce emotion that will blast your face off for its entirety. This album is a stroke of magnificence that is rare in the world today. It transcends the regular notions of what music is, creating a radical art form that emphasizes perfection... The songs blend together to form a tsunami of shredding guitars, loud violins, free horns, booming basses and hammering drums... One of the greatest of its genre, and one of the greatest in music." WRUV Reviews

HC-B's latest album, Soundcheck for a Missing Movie, has received mighty praise (and then some) on Vermont college radio station WRUV. Hop across to WRUV to read this glowing review. Anything that is going to "blast your face off for its entirety" is definitely something you'll want to get involved with. Soundcheck for a Missing Movie is available at the Hidden Shoal Store . HC-B - A Dusty Book, A City of Lights HC-B - A Dusty Book, A City of Lights

Hidden Shoal Recordings is pleased to announce the official release of compilation album Crushed and Reminded , the fifth instalment in its free sampler album series. Whilst the keen eyed amongst you may have already noted that this has has been available for a few weeks now, we thought we'd allow some breathing space before making the official announcement (busy month!!!) Crushed and Reminded takes the listener on a multi-dimensional sonic rollercoaster ride, showcasing tracks from recent 2009 HSR releases. Moving from bitcrushed remixes through cinematic instrumental rock to deliciously [...]

HC-B's stunning album Soundcheck for a Missing Movie has once again had it's awesomeness quantified. The album is sitting pretty at number 13 on the KBOO (Portland) CMJ Top 30 chart ahead of albums by The Flaming Lips, Wolfmother, Slits and Nirvana. It's fair to say that the top ten are looking nervous as the Italian wunderkind prepare the offensive! Listen to and purchase the album here . HC-B - Hot Afternoon in the Bulls' Square HC-B - Hot Afternoon in the Bulls' [...]

HC-B's album Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is still getting a great deal of playtime- American station CMJ has ranked HC-B #10 in its latest Top 30! Well deserved! Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is available from the Hidden Shoal Store . HC-B - Soundcheck For A Missing Movie HC-B - Soundcheck For A Missing Movie

Sicilian quintet HC-B have announced their 2009 tour dates. If you're in any of these fine locations, make sure you don't miss HC-B live! Check the myspace for more information. The dates are: Tues, 13 Oct 2009, 10:00 PM - @ Il Conte Staccio, Roma Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 10:00 PM - @ CantinaMediterraneo , Frosinone, N/B Thurs, 15 Oct 2009, 10:00 PM [...]

A track from HC-B, A Dusty Book, A City of Lights , is featured on the latest Electrical Language Podcast . This is a beautiful track off an equally beautiful album- get to the Hidden Shoal Store to bag yourself a copy. HC-B - A Dusty Book, A City of Lights HC-B - A Dusty Book, A City of Lights

Hidden Shoal releases continue to get loved up by radio, this time by excellent Canadian station CITR where HC-B's spellbinding album Soundcheck for a Missing Movie is sitting pretty at number 4 in their top 30 chart. The album is also on heavy rotation at a number of US college station inlcuding Berkely's awesome KALX . More HC-B radio news soon! HC-B Black HC-B Black

HC-B 's album Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is getting some US college radio action, coming in at #26 on the WFDU Top 30! Get your paws on this delicious album at the Hidden Shoal Store . HC-B - Missing Movie HC-B - Missing Movie

The awesome Japanese music store Linus Records now stocks the HC-B , Apricot Rail and Tarcutta albums and the Down Review and Bury The Sound EPs! Check out all these releases at Linus Records , or at the Hidden Shoal Store . HC-B Black HC-B - Black

Excerpt (translated from the Italian): "A remarkable quantity of electric, acoustic and electronic instruments, and voice used occasionally, with which HC-B create their imaginative soundtracks, unifying post-punk, post-rock and the avant-garde in eclectic compositions. More authoritative and intriguing than their album Sliding On Barents Sea (2003), Soundcheck For A Missing Movie hypnotizes with eight complex episodes, where physical flashes sometimes break cerebral and emotional harmonies' calm." Il Mucchio Selvaggio

Excerpt (translated from the Italian): "two different faces in one soul: the first dissonant, moving music of legendary proportions in loud masses with a large ensemble; the second introverted, defined by math-rock grids. HC-B's aesthetics are oriented to the reconstruction of livid and rough landscapes... Obscure and violent emotions, mitigated by the magical artifices of poetry. 8/103 Rockerilla