Head over to the ever excellent Igloo Magazine for a wonderful Hidden Shoal Recordings feature and interview. I can only assume those with taste and love of electronic music in all its forms are already readers, but if not then explore and enjoy the great coverage and writing. Check out the feature here.

Today, Hidden Shoal Recordings found an old VHS cassette stuffed down the back of a sofa in their label office. Delighted to discover a playable copy of the movie Buddy Cop, the label is now proud to share its soundtrack, for free, with the world. The back of the tape reads:

Dan Lyman (Rich Bennett, star of Badge of Fury and Miami Lockdown) is a classy, refined cop from uptown. When the Deckard Crime Syndicate steals a mysterious mineral, Lyman teams up with streetwise colleague Timothy Sanna (Rich Bennett). Together, travel to the Andromeda Galaxy before syndicate boss Xavier Graffin (Greg Hoy) can turn the minerals into a gateway to a mainframe computer game, from where he can rule all communications of the universe. When Marilyn Miranda (Pam Yawbus) comes into the picture, the question of who is an enemy and who is a friend threatens to unravel the whole mission …

Discover how the whole slippery can of worms unravels by downloading the album and checking out the Buddy Cop trailer on YouTube. The download includes a code for 50% off Rich’s other releases, including the much-praised Music for Underwater Supermarkets and this year’s gorgeous album On Holiday .

Rich Bennett – Chase Scene Rich Bennett – Chase Scene

Toby Richardson’s latest installment of  irreverent rock goodness The Stones and the Rabbits has been featured on New York’s awesome BreakThru Radio. The EP was played in full on the excellent TransPacific show which features all the best music coming out of Australia. Re-stream the show in full here.

Toby Richardson – Young Sweet Lovers Toby Richardson – Young Sweet Lovers

Excerpt: “an immensely promising debut from a band definitely worth keeping an eye and ear on.”

4/5, Rave Magazine