Head over to the wonderful Headphone Commute and check out this exclusive Hidden Shoal mix. The mix features 16 tracks lovingly curated and sequenced from the Hidden Shoal catalogue by the label's manager Cam Merton. Stream, download, enjoy !
Excerpt: "On his third full length album for Hidden Shoal, Jumpel curates gentle whispers, lonely glances and tired sighs, in his carefully produced environmental snapshots of the world. Europa is Jo Dürbeck's continuation of sound exploration as Jumpel, inspired by his travels around the continent, transforming his memories into eleven tracks titled after the visited cities. From Stockholm to Madrid to Vienna and Lisbon, Dürbeck's album is more than an audio travelogue, it is an "abstracted sonic diary, painting the intangibility and romanticism of memory and travel using sparse yet resonant sound." There's no trickery here to ploy the listener and bend his [...]
Excerpt: "From the very first drops of sonic mist surrounding the mysterious arrangement of this cinematic journey, I already know, that this album will remain on my rotation for the years to come. The Licence To Interpret Dreams is a sophomore release by Ian M Hazeldine (although the first for Hidden Shoal), hailing from North Wales. I enter the world of Antonymes in complete darkness, with the lights shut and my lids closed. This way I can truly listen. Listen with my full attention focused on each sound and breath. As the string dynamics in the first dream rise, I am swept into [...]
Excerpt: "Slow Dancing Society is a solo project of Washington based producer and musician, Drew Sullivan. His contemplative, ambient explorations fling you into the heavens, where you remain suspended by his cerebral skein of shimmering notes. Under The Sodium Lights is Sullivan's fourth full length album for Hidden Shoal, and is a perfect follow up for his 2008 release, Priest Lake Circa '88 (see Headphone Commute Review andInterview with Drew Sullivan). As I listen, snow falls gently and surrounds me with its quiet aspect as SDS works its way into my cranium, soothing my frayed nerves and restoring the balance. A long silence demarcates [...]
Excerpt: "Markus Mehr is one of the new artists that captured our ears and hearts. With its thick layers of frequency-heavy guitars and synth pads, Lava floats into our studios, first swallowing the floors, then suffocating the lungs. Rising fumes of sonic vapors come up to the neck, then the ears, restricting the flow of air pressure beyond its delicious onslaught. Using his guitars, synths and a computer, Augsburg-based (south Germany) Mehr twists, processes, and distorts the sound, until it moves like a solid wall, like a heavy tank, like molten lava. Inspired by the masters of experimental ambient and textured [...]
The always awesome Headphone Commute blog (one of our favourite reads for new music) has written up a Hidden Shoal extravaganza today with 4 reviews of recent Hidden Shoal releases including Markus Mehr , Slow Dancing Society , Jumpel and Antonymes . If that wasn't enough the latest site update also includes a fantastic interview with Markus Mehr. Keep your eyes peeled for more Hidden Shoal loveliness at Headphone Commute soon. Hubble by Markus Mehr Markus Mehr - 'Hubble'
Pleq has recorded an amazing mix for the great Headphone Commute. The mix is complied from a selection of his own tracks and remixes and is a beautifully beguiling way to spend 50 minutes. The tracks are fully of fragile piano notes, warm electronic fuzz and a lovely sense of space and time. You feel like you are inside the electronic dreams of Erik Satie. Do composers dream of electronic bleeps? This is the full track listing: [...]
Excerpt: "Boxharp is singer/songwriter Wendy Allen and producer/engineer Scott Solter. It is also a dulcimer style harp that frequently appears in the band's intriguing mix of modern beats, Celtic/Appalachian folk, and antique musical renderings. Like other artists that have married unusual musical genres, such as Afro Celt Sound System's West African-Celtic melange, Boxharp deftly mixes ghostly vocals with warm, ambient tones. Wendy and Scott meander through Burl Ives, poet Vachel Lindsay, and dive back to 1733 for the Leatherwing Bat (also known as The Bird's Courting Song). The ghost of Sandy Denny also seems to flit [...]
We're thrilled to see Markus Mehr 's Lava featured on Headphone Commute 's ' best of 2010 ', and also pleasantly surprised to see Wes Willenbring 's album from 2009, Close, But Not Too Close , featured on their round-up as part of ' 2009's 20 Overlooked Albums ' list. Great to see Wes and Markus rubbing shoulders with some really great artists and labels two years in a row! Thanks to the marvellous Headphone Commute site for the inclusions. Markus Mehr [...]
Toen Subheim 2,5 jaar geleden gepresenteerd werd op Eclectro , leverde dat direct een ingewikkelde discussie over het Eurovisiesongfestival, sirtaki en de staat van elektronica in Griekenland. Gelukkig bleef de muziek van zijn album Approach probleemloos overeind te midden van de algehele verwarring. Eind 2010 heeft de Griekse producer van filmische idm, ambient en neoklassiek een nieuw album op stapel staan: No Land Called Home verschijnt 9 november op het kwaliteitslabel Ad Noiseam. Voor Headphone Commute , zeg maar de internationale variant van Eclectro, maakte Subheim een prachtige mix waarin [...]
Another blast from the back end of last year. Our Wes Willenbring was interviewed on Headphone Commute 'Reflections of 20092, stating that he indeed spent most of his time last year listening to music from the past, preferring to hear a musicians influences over their immediate work. For a full read of the article follow the link; Reflections on 2009 : Yann Novak, Porn Sword Tobacco and Wes Willenbring .Wes Willenbring's latest album 'Close, But Not Too Close' is available for purchase at the Hidden Shoal store . Wes Willenbring - 'Oh Most' Wes Willenbring [...]
Headphone Commute has published a glowing review of Stray Ghost's Each Paradise Is A Lost Paradise as part of its Best EPs of 2009. Head across to Headphone Commute to read this review in full. This EP is available in digital formats from Hidden Shoal Recordings . Stray Ghost - Reminiscences Et Reves De Beaute Stray Ghost - Reminiscences Et Reves De Beaute
Hidden Shoal Recordings are excited to announce the release of the stunning new single by German instrumental duo Sankt Otten . ' Lustig, lustig demain encore lustig ' is the neon drug nightscape to Sankt Otten's 2007 single ' Wunden gibt es immer wieder 's electric opium day. The track is like a magnet, irresistibly drawing the listener along with its hypnotic drums. The arpeggiated synth hook then digs in, before Oliver Klemm's brooding ebowed guitar unleashes a killer blow. Soaked in majestic refrains, 'Lustig, lustig demain encore lustig' is a reminder that Sankt Otten's power lies [...]
+ A mix of the Black Rio 2 compilation , we mentioned a few days ago by DJ Cliffy himself. Out now . + Spaced out 80s Italo disco from Robot Scientists ( mediafire ) ( tracklist ) + Amazing retro Italo mix from Flemming Dalum. + Cosmic journey through Space/Time by Steven Vena / Darklord. (via Dollar Bin Jams ) + Intelligent Breakcore mix by Headphone Commute + Live mix from Disco Exota in [...]
Great news for anyone who has yet to be lost in the expansive warmth that is Slow Dancing Society 's Priest Lake Circa '88 - the album is now available on CD through n5Mailorder along with a bevy of other fantastic HSR releases. Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised The Slow and Steady Winter , Priest Lake Circa '88 is Drew Sullivan's finest work to date. The album exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and [...]
Slow Dancing Society's majestic Priest Lake Circa '88 has made it into Headphone Commute's astonishingly exhaustive best of 2008 list (see Tier 3: The Essentials of 2008 Top 40). Slow Dancing Society This Lilac Life Slow Dancing Society - This Lilac Life
Nog meer jaarlijstjesgeweld op deze mooie Kerstochtend, want op één van mijn favoriete muziekblogs, Headphone Commute , is een top 10 te vinden van de volgens de schrijfster beste mixen van het afgelopen jaar. Alle 10 de mixen zijn vrij te downloaden en er is voor elk wat wils, want het aanbod beperkt zich niet tot niet één genre. Van Pinch tot Anders Ilar, van Amon Tobin tot Emanuele Errante, er zit ongetwijfeld iets tussen waarmee je je optimaal kan voorbereiden op de jaarlijkse gourmetverplichtingen! Eén mix licht ik er nog even uit. De mix "For Dog [...]
Excerpt: "Hidden Shoal delivers once again! ... With Brian Eno serving as the main influence for Sullivan's work, I could attempt to classify the music as abstract ambient meeting experimental shoegaze. Or I could just name a few of my favorite artists that come to mind immediately upon my first listen: Stars of the Lid, Hammock, and Bitcrush. If those are the names on your watchlist, then you better rush out to secure a copy of the latest (and all) from Slow Dancing Society." Headphone Commute
Slow Dancing Society's luscious new album Priest Lake Circa '88 has just received a glowing review on the Headphone Commute blog, accompanied by a short interview with the man himself, Drew Sullivan. Visit Headphone Commute to read the review and interview in full, or visit the Slow Dancing Society reviews section for an excerpt. Slow Dancing Society This Lilac Life Slow Dancing Society - This Lilac Life
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