2007 has been a wonderful year for the Hidden Shoal label and its artists and it just got some thick icing layered all over the top of it. Textura magazine, the astute and passionate purveyors of fine new music, have chosen Hidden Shoal Recordings as one of its top ten favourite labels of 2007. Check out the list and read a q&a from all the labels at the Textura website.

Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced it will partner with Amazon to deliver it’s catalogue digitally through the company’s Amazon Mp3 service. From today the entire Hidden Shoal Recordings catalogue comprising over 25 releases will be available for purchase through Amazons newly developed digital music service.

Included in the titles available at Amazon MP3 is the recently released avante pop masterpiece “The Moon and Stars Remain in the Morning Sky” by Portlands Iretsu, the stunning sophomore album “The Slow and Steady Winter” by US ambient artist Slow Dancing Society and the astonishing indie bliss rock that is “Alone in this Dark Romantic Night” by French trip rock outfit Beautiful Lunar Landscape.

Just a reminder about the Myspace profile and blog embeddable HSR Radio Player. With each new Hidden Shoal Recordings release the playlist gets bigger and bigger and currently contains over 35 tracks. The playlist is automatically updated with each new release so all you need to do is sit back and let yourself and your visitors dissolve in the delicious delectations we have on offer. Full instructions for putting the player on your Myspace profile or blog are below.

Embeding the Player
If you’d like to embed HSR Radio on your Myspace profile and fluff off that pithy little single song player you get by default then copy and paste the code below into your profile and voila! The player will work just as well in your blog or website. Instant excellent music!

<b><a xhref="http://music.hiddenshoal.com" mce_href="http://music.hiddenshoal.com" >Hidden Shoal Recordings Radio</a>. <a xhref="http://www.myspace.com/hiddenshoal" mce_href="http://www.myspace.com/hiddenshoal" >Get this player</a>.</b></p> <p><object enableJSURL="false" enablehref="false" mce_href="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="210" width="400" align="center" data="http://music.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/plugins/xspf_player/myspace_hsr_free_radio.swf?autoload=true&autoplay=false&repeat_playlist=true&playlist_url=http://music.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/plugins/xspf_player/playlist.php?cat=14"></p> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"></param> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://music.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/plugins/xspf_player/myspace_hsr_free_radio.swf?autoload=true&autoplay=false&repeat_playlist=true&playlist_url=http://music.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/plugins/xspf_player/playlist.php?cat=14"></param> </object></p> <p>

Listen in to the wonderful ambient radio show, Kite Radio (playing on Stillstream) this week for a feature on the Wes Willenbring album, “Someone Somewhere Else“. Wes will be joining the host of the show for a bit of an online chat. If you’re lucky you may even catch some other gems from the HSR catalogue being played. The show broadcasts on Tuesday night from 10pm to 1am US Eastern time. Check out the Stillstream schedule for start times in other time zones.