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Apricot Rail's stunning new single 'Surry Hills' has just scooped a glowing review over at The Silent Ballet . Check out the review here and download the track for free here .

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 .

Excerpt: " The Licence To Interpret Dreams is a captivating yet lethargic album, slowly layering simple parts as a means of carrying the listener along, creating a hazy and ambiguous sense of place, dreamlike in its contours... Rich with imagery from the song titles and the striking album art, Antonymes' work still manages to convey a sense of vagueness and ambiguity, making the references to dreams carry more weight. A dreamlike logic, or better, perhaps, a counterlogic, guides the trajectory of the album... Hazeldine is certainly a thoughtful craftsman, and he [...]

Antonymes ' ethereal debut single ' Endlessly ', released early this month, has already been receiving some well-deserved attention from Losing Today and The Silent Ballet . Do yourself a favour and take a listen below... Antonymes - Endlessly Antonymes - Endlessly

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Excerpt: "For the past two years, Antonymes has been working hard to make an impact, which seems an odd thing to say about a man whose music is so quiet. And yet, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, it often takes more talent to play fewer notes: to know when to hold back, to pry open bars of silence. The License to Interpret Dreams succeeds because it establishes a contemplative mood through music, silence, and (occasional) spoken word. To say that the artist pulls it off without really trying is [...]

Excerpt: "Ambient music is difficult to define, because the word "ambient" works better as an adjective than as a noun. So many sub-genres are funneled into the ambient field as to dilute its meaning. At its worst, ambient music is confused with new age, and regarded as background music for elevators and spas. In its vast middle ground, ambient music is associated with memory, nostalgia and sepia-tinged photographs. The best ambient music begs for – and deserves – better descriptors than these.... Germany's Markus Mehr makes music in the Stars of [...]

2009DFA RecordsBuy6/10Were The Future Will Come simply a collection of its strongest singles, The Juan Maclean would have achieved world renown. When much of the dance community has departed for the shores of trance, electrohouse, and for those adventurous (trendy) enough, dubstep, he's released what seems to be a long-play throwback to the days of unadulterated house which is at its best

Excerpt: " If there is one thing Tarcutta displays in its knack for opening tracks, it's the ability to both write great melodies and, perhaps more importantly, use them smartly. 'Liberace Fibonacci's opening organ riff demonstrates this perfectly: it's immediately grabbing but doesn't outshine the rest of the piece. Rather, snippets and reinterpretations of it show up throughout the song, giving it a nicely unified, decidedly song-like feel without resorting to a verse-chorus-verse structure... their debut does arguably what a debut should be doing: it samples a bit of everything from the sonic palette the band has available. Above all, [...]

2009Electronic Eel RecordsBuy8/10So much electronic music is conceived as little more than a means to some separate end. It's a shame, yes, but it's also a reality: house is for dancing, trance is for getting fucked up, electro is for nostalgia, etc. This current state of affairs makes Axiotronic's latest release all the more refreshing; Of Latitude and Longitude is presented as electronica,

2009Mush RecordsBuy7.5/10To those of us whose introduction to prolific British producer Stephen Wilkinson's Bibio came with Ambivalence Avenue's 'Pitchfork Best New Music' ambience, it might come as a bit of a shock to hear that said album is a drastic artistic departure. Want proof, Sherman? All you've got to do is wake up Mr. Peabody and set the Wayback Machine to five months earlier...(Read

2009Mush RecordsBuy7.5/10To those of us whose introduction to prolific British producer Stephen Wilkinson's Bibio came with Ambivalence Avenue's 'Pitchfork Best New Music' ambience, it might come as a bit of a shock to hear that said album is a drastic artistic departure. Want proof, Sherman? All you've got to do is wake up Mr. Peabody and set the Wayback Machine to five months earlier...(Read

Excerpt: "The band takes us on a journey through images they have captured in their mind, reforming them into a wide variety of tracks, ranging from cliff-hanging moments featuring crashing cymbals and feedback-laden electric guitar to the romantic and melodic sound of glockenspiels and strings. The group not only showcases these elements expertly, but infuses them together along with the sounds of trumpets, samples, clarinet, powerful bass guitar, piano, and synth sounds... Soundcheck for a Missing Movie is a must-listen for its unique, post rock-based take on the usual symphonic movie soundtrack we expect in our heads, a [...]

HC-B's cinematic opus Soundcheck For A Missing Movie has just received a glowing review on post-rock review site The Silent Ballet . Visit TSB to read the review in full, or pop along to HC-B's reviews section for an excerpt. Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is available in CD and mp3 format from the HSR Store . HC-B Crystal Lane HC-B - Crystal Lane

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2009Statler & WaldorfBuy6.5/10With its eclectic backgrounds, lush accompaniment, and murmured vocals, IO has all the makings of an indie classic. It could have been the next You Forgot It In People. Instead, Danish band Antifilm has come up with something more along the lines of Feel Good Lost: a great first step, but not quite there...(Read more at the Silent Ballet)

2009Shoreless RecordingsBuy6.5/10At its most banal, A Prayer to False Gods sounds like the jarring hum of unshielded stereo wire. But when bvdub (San Francisco disc jockey Brock Van Wey's nom de guerre) hits his stride, the result is nothing short of sublime...(Read more at the Silent Ballet)

2009Self ReleasedBuy7/10All the Different Deaths...and Rebirths does not break very much new ground as standard genre fare. But Nicker Hill Orchestra, given the confines in which they work, provide enough embellishment to - however incrementally - advance the post rock sound a few steps into the future...(Read more at the Silent Ballet)

A few months ago, as I was travelling the world of breakbeat music in search of fun tracks, I stumbled upon a neat drum and bass outfit called Boxcutter.So this morning, as I was perusing that other website I write for, I was very pleasantly surprised to see that name, "Boxcutter", under the list album reviews posted this morning. Lo and behold, it was the same DJ as I had heard previously!

2009Still RecordsBuy3/10To hear it told by many, the Belgian experimentalists aMute have crafted a desolate, nuanced aural landscape in Infernal Heights for a Drama. And while I acknowledge that it is not fair to fault aMute for delivering something which deviated from my expectations, it is fair to fault them for a meandering, directionless array of noise...(Read more at the Silent Ballet)

2009Buy5.5/10As a genre, "post-rock" had a good run; the late 90s and turn of the millennium saw a slew of releases which should still be looked upon in fifty years as being classics, as legendary. The story since 2003 has been a little different. Certainly there have been exceptions, but the rule has been repackaging the tired formula of thunderous percussion and shimmering tremolo guitar set

2009Buy5.5/10As a genre, "post-rock" had a good run; the late 90s and turn of the millennium saw a slew of releases which should still be looked upon in fifty years as being classics, as legendary. The story since 2003 has been a little different. Certainly there have been exceptions, but the rule has been repackaging the tired formula of thunderous percussion and shimmering tremolo guitar set