From 10th June, New York’s BreakThru Radio will feature Hidden Shoal as their latest showcase label. DJ Mojo, who recently described Hidden Shoal as “This generation’s 4AD”, will curate and present a special HSR showcase, which promises to be an awesome listen. In advance of this eagerly awaited radio event, here’s a little more info about Breakthru Radio and DJ Mojo from the station…

BreakThru Radio
“BTR is the Internet’s voice of the world’s best independent music, where DJs take music personally… ‘Music for music lovers’ is BTR’s motto, and one that their DJs take very seriously. In a world where independent music is becoming more and more accessible, the need for select sources to filter the best is a necessity… BTR offers listeners access to unknown artists throughout the world, with a daily audience that includes more than a dozen countries. The site has garnered over 80 million listeners in its first year with its unique on-demand musical programming and focus on the best new independent music worldwide.”

DJ Mojo
“A force in the independent music scene for over four decades, BTR is thrilled to have his exquisite taste and expertise… DJ Mojo has spent the majority of his life in Brooklyn, NY heavily inundated in the local music scene. He has worked the doors of many of the city’s hottest venues, and written for such publications as Spin and Slash, and played in the UK electro-noise band Whitehouse, as well as being in the original lineup of Swans… Maximum Music airs every Tuesday on BTR featuring a wide array of music as eclectic and impressive as DJ Mojo himself… Mojo has found friendships with some of the musical greats such as Bowie and Iggy Pop, and the Beastie Boys even wrote a song about him.”

A prestigious showcase indeed! Don’t forget to check it out by streaming the show on BTR on Tuesday June 10th.

Drew Sullivan, AKA Slow Dancing Society, is putting the finishing touches to his eagerly awaited new album. Priest Lake Circa ‘88 is the second part of a two-part release that began with the The Slow and Steady Winter, which was released in 2007 to critical acclaim and a position on several best of 2007 lists.

But let’s leave it to the man himself for the full story about the release:

“I’ve managed to take literally ever single artist I’ve ever loved and still love for that matter and placed them into this album. Most of the music that has moved me so much was the music from my childhood, and summer always seemed to be that season that gave me the most memories that still reside in me today and are as vivid as ever. So many different types of music were a part of my childhood that you can find sounds from synth pop to stadium rock all the way through glam metal to the new romantics and on through art rock graciously drenched in reverb!

After relocating back to my hometown from spending what felt like a lifetime in Los Angeles, I was moved to create an album that evoked what my childhood was like and the nostalgic aspect of it and how it’s affected who I am today. In some ways this third album feels like the album I’ve been wanting to make ever since I first started creating music and I don’t honestly see myself making another album like this again. This album is quite personal to me and is a deep glimpse into what music sounds like in my head and how I experience it.”

Priest Lake Circa ‘88 will be released on Hidden Shoal Recordings this July. To keep informed of all Slow Dancing Society and other HSR news make sure to subscribe to our mailing list.

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The Ambience show on US radio station WWUH has just released a fantastic new compilation CD entitled Euphony, with exclusive tracks by HSR artists Jumpel, Monocle, Sankt Otten and Slow Dancing Society. Visit the station’s website for details of how to get hold of this limited edition release.

Tracks from the latest releases by Sankt Otten and Slow Dancing Society have been featured on the latest edition of Ultima Thule ambient radio. The show also featured new music from Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie and Robert Rich to name but a few. If you didn’t catch it live on the air then make sure to check out the stream which will be available online within the week.

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