Slow Dancing Society News

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP Charting

November 25th, 2011

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.

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society at Textura

November 22nd, 2011

For those who aren’t already avid Textura readers (and why wouldn’t you be!?!) be sure to head over to their latest edition to read a lovely review of the Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP We Don’t Look Back For Very Long.

For the uninitiated, We Don’t Look Back For Very Long sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.

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.


Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – ‘The Grey Sea And The Long Black Land’

City of Satellites “Remixed” Album Out Now!

October 27th, 2011

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of the sumptious new album Remixed by Australian/US dreamgaze trio City Of Satellites.

Remixed sees tracks from City Of Satellites’ debut EP The Spook and album Machine Is My Animal receive the remix treatment from Manual, Syntaks, Tim Koch, Slow Dancing Society, Jatun, Tin Manzano and M-13. Tin Manzano’s remix of the title track from Machine Is My Animal is a gorgeously seductive instrumental, where restraint and space are as alluring as the sounds blooming across the stereo field. Syntaks bring their trademark wavering dream-gaze to ‘Victor! Burn City Lights’, resulting in a tantalising, sticky web of melody and beats. M-13’s take on ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ bitcrushes the original to produce an incredibly addictive slice of dreamy electroclash. Slow Dancing Society’s remix of ‘Moon in the Sea’ (from The Spook EP) is as epic and mesmerising as anyone familiar with the SDS catalogue would expect. Tim Koch’s restructuring of ‘BMX’ is masterful, rebuilt from the inside out into stunning avant-pop architecture. Jatun renders ‘Control’ as a fuzzed-out shoegaze surge, before Manual (Jonas Munk) closes the album with his remix of ‘Skeletons’, blurry and sensuous as a half-remembered dream.

“one long trip through a colorful cosmic cloud with a dreamy, mysterious flow and a lush underbelly of celestial sounds… swirling layers of enveloping orchestral harmonies and shooting stars of guitar bursts and cymbal crashes that add brilliant flairs of vaporous and heavenly ambience”Delusions of Adequacy on Machine Is My Animal

Remixed is available as an exclusive digital release through the Hidden Shoal Store and all good third party online stores. Also be sure to check out the gorgeous music video for Tin Manzano’s remix of ‘Machine Is My Anmimal’ on YouTube or Vimeo. City of Satellites other releases can be streamed and purchased here. Read a full press release here.

City of Satellites -’Moon In The Sea (Slow Dancing Society Remix)’

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP – Official Release

October 20th, 2011

Hidden Shoal is very excited to anounce the official release (including digital availability) of the Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP We Don’t Look Back For Very Long.

We Don’t Look Back For Very Long sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.

The EP is now availble in MP3 and lossless formats as well as a limited edition CD package. There is only a handful of the CD packages left in the store after pre-orders so you’ll need to be quick to secure one if you haven’t already. The CDs come in a hand-numbered letterpress edition of 100 on beautiful 700gsm GF Smith board, custom made by Ian M. Hazeldine (AKA Antonymes) and expertly mastered by Wil Bolton. Included in the physical and digital packages is a printed copy of an essay on the release by acclaimed music writer Paul Morley. CD pre-orders also include an immediate digital download of the EP.  If you missed out on the CD through Hidden Shoal there is limited stock available from Norman Records and Stashed Goods.

Head here for Digital and CD purchase as well as a full EP stream.


Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – ‘The Grey Sea And The Long Black Land’