Sankt Otten’s Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben and Slow Dancing Society’s The Slow and Steady Winter have both featured in Ultima Thule host Nev Dorrington’s Top 20 Ambient/Electronic releases of 2007. Good on ya Nev!
Epic EPs by Beautiful Lunar Landscape and Bury the Sound have featured in Angry Ape and Sonic Frontiers reviewer Michael Henaghan’s top 10 EPs/singles of 2007. Pop along to Michael’s MySpace page to see the full list.
Excerpt: “Cheekbone is another artist from the excellent Hidden Shoal Recordings, a label rapidly growing a reputation for its download-only electronica acts… Although Yesterday can hardly be described as formulaic, most of the seven tracks here follow a similar pattern, usually consisting of one central melody, which is slowly engulfed in chattering digitised noise before the noise subsides again. It’s like a journey though space but on ‘Reef’ it’s down a safe, fascinating route rather than a macabre, mysterious one… the EP reaches an impressive peak with the elegant ‘Far’ as one central, chilly melody expands into several layers, each one of them enticing as the other. HSR have produced another winner.”
Cheekbone’s stunning Yesterday EP has just received an excellent review on the Leonard’s Lair weblog, where it is described as “another winner” for Hidden Shoal. Check out the site, or read an excerpt in the Cheekbone reviews section.
