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Hidden Shoal is excited to release ' The Colour Of Long Days ', an as yet unreleased companion track to the acclaimed 2011 EP We Don't Look Back For Very Long by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes . In keeping with the theme of We Don't Look Back For Very Long , 'The Colour Of Long Days' is Antonymes' reworking of music by fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society . This time 'The Red Summer Sun' from "Priest Lake Circa '883 is transformed, the original's [...]

• Hidden Shoal - Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society - 'The Colour Of Long Days'

German ambient drone maestro Markus Mehr will be following up his stunning debut album Lava with not one, not two, but three Hidden Shoal releases across 2012 and 2013. The first part of the triptych, In , will be released on 26 January 2012. It comprises two monumental tracks, 'Komo' and 'Ostinato', each of which clocks in at around 25 minutes, circling around and building upon hypnotic instrumental motifs. You can take a sneak peek at what's in store by viewing some live footage of Mehr's performing ' Komo [...]

• Markus Mehr - 'Hubble'

It's not even December, yet Textura have boldly published their best of 2011 lists , featuring Scott Solter's One River among the year's best albums, and Antonymes Meets Slow Dancing Society's We Don't Look Back For Very Long among the year's best EPs. If you're not already intimately familar with Textura, subscribe to their montly round-up of the best new ambient/classical/experimental /avant-rock releases for some essential reading. Many, many thanks to Textura for their support throughout 2011!

Scott's Solter's sublime ambient album One River , recently reissued by Hidden Shoal, has just received glowing reviews over at Textura and Igloo Magazine . The album is available in CD and mp3 formats via the Hidden Shoal Store .

Last year, Kramies was interviewed by Big Smile magazine on the eve of commencing a tour of Ireland, on which he road-tested songs that would eventually become his new Hidden Shoal EP, The European . The follow-up interview has just been published, in which he talks about how the tour shaped the songs, his signing to Hidden Shoal, plus what's next. The European EP is available now from the Hidden Shoal Store in mp3 and limited edition CD postcard [...]

The reissue of Scott Solter's ambient masterpiece One River has received some loving over at the Underground of Happiness blog , where you can also watch Twins and Wives , a film by Laura and Mark Solter to accompany the album. Beautiful stuff.

[The] Caseworker's superb new album Letters From The Coast and its lead single 'National Runner' have been receiving glowing reviews left, right and centre: Rave Magazine , Groovemine , Delusions of Adequacy , Mojophenia , Listen, Dammit , Scene Point Blank , KJHK and Noise , to mention a few. Plus, there's an interview with the band at the Underground of Happiness blog . There'll no doubt be plenty there to convince you to shell out your record-buying dollar, so visit the Hidden Shoal [...]

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 - City of Satellites -'Moon In The Sea (Slow Dancing Society Remix)'

Everyone's favourite widescreen indie-rockers Umpire are over in Melbourne early next month to launch their stunning debut album Now We're Active on the east coast. The band hit Phoenix Public House in Brunswick on Friday 11 November. Yes, that's 11/11/11. And yes, the band will be on stage, doing their thing, at 11.11pm. Something magical is bound to happen, like The Boredoms rising from the bowels of the earth while playing 11 drumkits. But even if they don't, it's going to be a darned good night.

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of new single ' Coal Miners Executive Club ' by Dutch-American singer-songwriter Kramies , taken from his forthcoming EP The European . Fusing masterful songwriting with electronics and atmospherics, 'Coal Miners Executive Club' is an emotionally resonant vortex of swooning pop that simply demands repeat listens. Built around an absolutely heartbreaking chord progression on synthesizer, the song is carried skyward as layers and layers of instruments build and build, Kramies' voice all the while intoning a timeless melody. 'Coal Miners Executive Club' is available for [...]

• Hidden Shoal - Kramies - 'Coal Miners Executive Club'

Instrumental-pop wizards Apricot Rail are supporting experimental rock geniuses Akron/Family on their 'Cosmic Birth Tour' this coming Tuesday at Mojos Bar in Fremantle. Akron/Family are touring on the back of their latest release S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT , while Apricot Rail have recently released ' Surry Hills ', an enchanting new single ahead of their sophomore album due next year. Tickets are available here and doors open 8pm. Enjoy!

Hidden Shoal is excited to officially announce the upcoming release of We Don't Look Back For Very Long , the new EP by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes . We Don't Look Back For Very Long sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society's four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS's glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid. We Don't Look [...]

• Hidden Shoal - Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society - "The Grey Sea And The Long Black Land"

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 [...]

Excerpt: "'Green Light District' is the new single by Perth band Umpire, according to their label Hidden Shoal they're 'widescreen indie-rock craftsmen'. True words. Craftsmen with a big heart... 'Green Light District' is very catchy and contagious, holding a good grip onto melancholia. It's a gracious song, sort of a perfect spring (well, early summer, Norwegian style) song. This is bliss-pop like from the days of the Chills and the Bats, Flying Nun early 1990s. Neat stuff!" Luna Kafe

Last October, Liam Singer performed at the first O+ Festival , a health and arts festival held in Kingston, New York, wherein artists barter their contributions directly for medical, dental, and other wellness services from art-loving health care providers. A book and compilation album has just been released, which features Liam's glorious single 'The Brief Encounter', track 2 on his latest opus Dislocatia . Visit the O+ Book and Compilation site to stream the compilation and purchase a copy. And, of course, if you don't own [...]

Umpire's fantastic debut album Now We're Active is now, er, 'active' at three of Melbourne's finest independent records stores: Polyester Records in Fitzroy, Missing Link in the City, and Greville Records in Prahran. So, if you like your music to come with a jewel case, a super cover to look at, plus a booklet with liner notes and full lyrics, you know where to go. Head on down, grab a copy, have a chat with the smashing staff, and support your local independent record store! (If you like [...]

Excerpt: " Now We're Active is both a testament to the band's faith in their own work and a smartly crafted collection of guitar songs which, while it won't win any awards for groundbreaking artistic imagination or surreally inspired experimentalism, is probably exactly what you might want to listen to when driving from the band's Australian hometown of Perth to anywhere else on the map... Umpire reveal themselves as a band whose imaginations are very far from limited by their mastery of the soft rock format they introduce themselves with... Now [...]

Umpire's superb debut album Now We're Active has just received an excellent review on music site DOA . Visit DOA to read the review in full, or visit Umpire's reviews archive to read an excerpt. Plus, five (count 'em) tracks from the album received airplay on BreakThru Radio this weekend. Visit BreakThru Radio to restream the show, which also features Australian artists Gotye, PVT and Midnight Juggernauts. Now We're Active was launched in Perth last weekend and is [...]

Excerpt: " The Licence To Interpret Dreams is an inspiring album centred in and around the cinematic ambient and modern classical fields that will surely appeal to fans of Max Richter, Johann Johannsson or Rudi Arapahoe's brilliant Echoes From One To Another . Piano plays the lead part with Hazeldine employing an array of string and brass instruments alongside it, with the likes of harpsichord, organ, cello and glockenspiel all making a distinctive mark occasionally with angelic choir singing, field recordings and narcotic spoken word segments added in tandem to great [...]

The Licence to Interpret Dreams by Antonymes has just received wonderful reviews at instrumental music site The Silent Ballet and music blog Phantom Channel . Visit the sites to read the reviews in full, or visit Antonymes' reviews archive for lovingly edited excerpts from these and other reviews. The Licence to Interpret Dreams is available from the HSR Store .