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.

We Don’t Look Back For Very Long, the recently released collaboration between Antonymes and Slow Dancing Society, is currently sitting pretty at number 12 on the Asheville FM CMJ Top 30 charts and number 3 on their Classical/Ambient charts along with the likes of Fennesz, Chubby Wolf, Wolves In The Throne Room and Zola Jesus to name a few.

The EP is now availble in MP3 and lossless formats and was also released as a limited edition CD package. If you missed out on the CD through Hidden Shoal there may still be limited stock available from Norman Records and Stashed Goods. Head here for digital as well as a full EP stream.

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 formats.