Throughout the month of May 2011, Hidden Shoal Recordings is celebrating its fifth birthday. The celebrations kick off on Friday 6 May with the release of its latest free sampler album, Hydrozoa, which compiles 18 singles released over the last 18 months. Other delicious surprises will be revealed in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more info.

Since starting up in Perth, Western Australia in 2006, Hidden Shoal has developed an enviable roster of genre-defying global and local recording artists. With 40+ acts from 10+ different countries ranging from the gorgeous neo-classical/minimal ambient of Antonymes through to the genius space-pop of Hotels and beyond the visionary team at Hidden Shoal continues to play an integral role in promoting exciting new independent music.

We’ve just started playing with 8tracks in the hope of getting regular mixes published for your listening pleasure. We’ll test the platform out a little more and if it feels good then expect more of these to come. Here’s something gentle and exploratory to start the show.

Just a quick one, our very own Stray Ghost caught the attention of Scott Raymond of WVKR Secret Music, with his latest release  Nothing, But Death take a peek here.

Stray Ghost – Part 4 Stray Ghost – Part 4

Stray Ghost’s latest Nothing, But Death has been piquing interest all over the blogosphere. A recent review on Music Musings and Miscellany draws on the old wisdom of ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’. While the title is grim, Anthony Saggers draws the listener into a breathtakingly joyous musical landscape. Don’t take our word for it, you can take a read of the review here. Deer Diary also took a moment last week to have a listen, so have a read here.

Stray Ghost – Part 4 Stray Ghost – Part 4