Excerpt: “the toughest music I’ve heard from the Hidden Shoal label so far… In ‘I Waste The Sea’’s rear window there’s both grunge (Nirvana) and Britpop (Blur), and maybe also traces from New Zealand’s 1980s Kiwi pop scene. It’s a powerful song with a nice pop hook… makes me excited to hear what’s to come.”
‘I Waste The Sea’, the mighty single by The Slow Beings, has just been reviewed in the latest edition of monthly Norwegian e-zine Luna Kafe. The song is taken from their brand new album We Know Why The Earth Moves, available now from the HSR Store.
Wonderful news for Sankt Otten fans, their exquisite first album through Hidden Shoal Recordings Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben is now being distributed on CD through Tonevendor. If you need a reminder why this album is so good then read on,
“Traversing the realm of noirish cinematic pop, Sankt Otten draw inspiration from such musical inventors as - Morricone, John Barry, Talk Talk - and the modern adaptors - Portishead, Bohren und der Club of Gore, David Holmes…Wir können ja Freunde bleiben (Let’s Remain Friends), is an intensely orchestrated, creamily thick bed of electronic soundscapes, slow-motion drums and the twanging noir guitars of Oliver Klemm (of “Pendikel” fame), winding through the recordings like a thin red line. If Morricone collaborated with Talk Talk, the result would sound something like this.”
The album will be available in stores throughout the US as well as through the Tonevendor website. If your local store doesn’t stock then tell them to get their act together and order it through Tonevendor! Expect more Sankt Otten/Tonevendor news soon.
Sankt Otten Fallen und Fangen Sankt Otten - Fallen und Fangen
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the new music video for the track ‘The First Step To End The Life (Si Begg Remix)‘ taken from The Retail Sectors mini album Foregone Conclusion.
“Electronica pop, catchy like hell… The layers of sound on some of the tracks (the remix parts) are dizzying and yet chilling. The soundscapes of The Retail Sectors’ instrumental music are simple, yet complex… an exciting mini album.” - Luna Kafe review of ‘The First Step To End The Life (Si Begg Remix)’
The video is available for viewing on all major community network sites as well as being featured on HSR TV. The video is also available for viewing and download in high quality Ipod ready Mpeg-4 format from the HSR Store.
The Retail Sectors - The First Step To End The Life (Si Begg Remix) The Retail Sectors - The First Step To End The Life (Si Begg Remix)
