2011 is almost over and 2012 is knocking on the door like a life insurance salesman at the apocalypse (I’ll work on that one). To end the year with some lovin and fantastic music we are having a huge sale over at the Hidden Shoal Store. Over 20 CD & digital releases are on sale from artists such as Slow Dancing Society, Sankt Otten, Markus Mehr, City of Satellites, Apricot Rail, Umpire, Wes Willenbring, Hotels, Rich Bennett, Liam Singer and Salli Lunn to name but a few. All CD purchases include free shipping and an immediate mp3 album download and as special bonus for our wonderful fans, every CD purchase will recieve a free bonus copy of the Hidden Shoal various artists CD A Million Square Miles.

It’s a total win-win so head to the Hidden Shoal Store and check the specials on the front page. The sale ends on the 1st of Jan 2012 and some CD stock is very limited so do be quick.

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the re-release and of the glacial ambient masterpiece One River by acclaimed US producer Scott Solter.  First released on Tell-All Records in 2005, One River sees Solter exploring the space between Brian Eno’s seminal Music For Airports and William Basinski’s  contemporary classic The Disintegration Loops. The music sighs and aches beautifully, gradually transforming with subtlety and grace, lulling the listener into blissful reverie. Solter has produced, recorded, mixed and remixed numerous indie artists, including Spoon, The Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice, Pattern is Movement, Superchunk, Okkervil River, Liam Singer, St Vincent, Neon Indian, The Caribbean and Salli Lunn. He is also a member of The Ballustrade Ensemble and Hidden Shoal outfit Boxharp.

“If you can imagine the pure abstraction of middle C, without the intermediation of breath or fingers touching strings or any effort at all, that’s essentially the sound of One River.” – Dusted

“a mixture of heavily processed guitars, field recordings, and manipulated voices (provided by Wendy Allen) comparable to Brian Eno. Seven songs run seamlessly together, each inhaling and exhaling tone after tone… landscape imagery comes to mind in every song, making listening to this record not so like hearing a story as taking a journey.” – Pitchfork

The album is available now on CD and digital formats worldwide, distributed through Hidden Shoal in Australia and n5mailorder in the US and internationally. Head to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream and purchase the album and grab the free download of the first track taken from the album, ‘The Great Cold’. All CD purchases come with an immediate digital download of the album. One River is accompanied by a stunning album length film by Mark Solter and Laura Solter entitled Twins and Wives. The film will be available for streaming on YouTube and Vimeo on the 30th of September and will see a limited edition DVD release in the coming months.

Scott Solter – ‘The Great Cold’

Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of ‘Mirror Girl (Scott Solter Remix)’, taken from the forthcoming album A Frame of Reference by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn. In-demand producer, musician and remixer extraordinaire Scott Solter, well known for working with bands as diverse as Superchunk, St Vincent, Neon Indian, Pattern is Movement and Boxharp, has worked his magic with Salli Lunn’s ‘Mirror Girl’. Solter’s remix pares back the original’s spidery postpunk guitars to bring a lurching industrial rhythm section to the fore. The interplay between the clattering drums, throbbing filtered bass and Lasse Skjold Bertelsen’s vocal creates a sweaty, nocturnal atmosphere that proves alluring and addictive. The track is accompanied by a superb video by Cam Merton, Hidden Shoal label manager and experimental film-maker, which renders the dark majesty of the track as a kaleidoscopic cascade of image fragments, like some sort of psychedelic tv nightmare.

‘Mirror Girl (Scott Solter Remix)’ is taken from the forthcoming album A Frame of Reference, which includes remixes of Heresy and Rite tracks by artists such as Markus Mehr, City Of Satellites and Manual, plus all new, previously unreleased material recorded with Jonas Munk (Manual) during the Heresy and Rite sessions.

‘Mirror Girl (Scott Solter Remix)’ is available for download now from the Hidden Shoal Store and its accompanying video is available for streaming on Youtube and Vimeo. A Frame of Reference is released on 8 September 2011. Album Heresy and Rite is available worldwide in CD and digital formats through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Read a full press release here.

We’re pleased to announce that a range of Hidden Shoal CD releases are now available for online purchase by Australian customers directly through the Hidden Shoal store. Even better all CD purchases include an immediate MP3 download of the release and shipping is free! Currently available titles include CD’s by Umpire, Wes Willenbring, Hotels, Slow Dancing Society, Markus Mehr, Liam Singer, Iretsu, Sankt Otten, Salli Lunn, My Majestic Star, Mukaizake, Jumpel, City of Satellites, Boxharp, Apricot Rail and Antonymes with more added soon. Be quick as we’re getting very near sold out status for a number of titles.

And of course our US and international fans should continue to head to our wonderful distributor n5mailorder for Hidden Shoal CD titles.