Rich Bennett will be launching his gorgeous new mini-album Music For Underwater Supermarkets at Union Hall, Brooklyn next Monday, September 29th. The album will be played from start to finish, ambient interludes included, with a full band playing vibes, guitar, trumpet, flute, drum machine, and Rich himself on bass and synth. Support comes from Lisbonne(Marie Merlet from Monade) and Zooey.

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Hidden Shoal Recordings are proud to announce the re-release of the debut album by German cinematic pop outfit Sankt Otten. Before the stunning success of albums Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben and Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder, Germany’s Sankt Otten crafted their equally essential debut, Eine Kleine Traurigkeit (A Small Sadness). Built around brooding cinematic samples of horns and strings, the supple drumwork of Stephan Otten, and Carsten Sandkaemper’s distinctive guitar and arresting vocal presence. Including the hypnotic single ‘Fernfahrer’ alongside 11 other tracks of bewitching noir alchemy and brooding filmic pop, the album justifies the band’s early label as the ‘German Portishead’. Indeed, the album feels like an unconscious eight-year precursor to Portishead’s Third, with Sankt Otten taking the trip-hop aesthetic to more experimental ends than their contemporaries of the time.

Eine Kleine Traurigkeit is now available through Hidden Shoal Recordings in both CD and digital format. All availability information, including third-party store availability, can be found at the HSR Store.

Stream the album in full here and read a full press release here.

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New Hidden Shoal signing RL/VL (aka Jack Hamill) will be playing live this Saturday night as part of a Planet Mu / Tippex Records event at Corsica Studios, Elephant Road, London. This is going to be a shit-hot night of cutting-edge electronica, featuring artists such as Boxcutter, Sunken Foal and µ-ziq, so be sure to check it out.

My Majestic Star’s addictive and immersive new album Too Late, The Day has just been reviewed on the Racket Scan blog. Visit Racket Scan to read the review in full, or go to MMS’s reviews section to read an excerpt. The album is available on CD through Tonevendor, and on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store.

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