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Scott Solter “One River” – BlogCritics

“As a producer and mixer, Scott Solter has worked with Superchunk, Okkervil River, the Mountain Goats, Pattern Is Movement, and the Court and Spark. One River is a re-release of an ambient album he made in 2005. Ambient music is by nature intangible, meant to evoke sensations and feelings rather than the structure [...]

Scott Solter “One River” – Cyclic Defrost

“Scott Solter, one half of Boxharp and prolific recording engineer, producer, mixer, re-mixer and musician, reissues his 2005 album ‘One River’. It has aspects of what is con temporarily described as glacial ambient, in that it is built from monolithic drone scapes that move slowly and invoke qualities of sparse almost [...]

Scott Solter “One River” – Textura

“Though Scott Solter’s One River isn’t a new recording—it was first released in 2005 on Tell-All Records—it’s as timeless a recording of ambient music as could be imagined—and beautiful, too, I might add. Its title is well-chosen, as the recording unfolds in an uninterrupted, thirty-four-minute flow, despite the seven-track [...]

Scott Solter “One River” Review Round Up

A busy end to 2011 and a sweet but small break over the xmas period means that we have a number of end of year reviews and the like we need to pass on. The first of these catch ups is for Scott Solter’s sublime re-issue of One River which generated much deserved love last [...]

City of Satellites “Remixed” No. 4 on the WRAS Charts

City of Satellites wonderful remix album of late last year is still doing great things in the US college radio charts. Last weeks WRAS CMJ charts saw the album grab the number 4 spot amongst some fine company. The albumk features remixes by such wonderful artists as Manual (Jonas Munk), Syntaks, Tim Koch, Jatun, M-13, [...]

Mess + Noise Gives Some Umpire Lovin’

Umpire’s wonderful new single ‘Supply Chins’, off their frighteningly awesome 2011 debut album Now We’re Active, had a sweet little write up over at the fantastic Australian zine Mess + Noise. Check out the post here and download the track for free here.

Markus Mehr “In” – A Closer Listen

“One’s enjoyment of this album will likely hinge on one’s regard for repetition. When a loop changes timbre yet repeats for 25 minutes, is this a good thing or bad? Is the intricate process behind such tweaking fascinating to the ear, or tedious? A curious beauty can arise from the cyclical [...]

Markus Mehr’s “In” Reviewed at A Closer Listen

Markus Mehr’s mesmerising new album In has just scooped a lovely review at the excellent new site A Closer Listen. Check the review out here and the album out here.

Salli Lunn’s “A Frame Of Reference” Charting at KJHK

Salli Lunn’s awesome A Frame of Reference has made a sweet dent in the latest KJHK (Kansas) top 30, sitting pretty at number 8! A Frame of Reference by Danish spectral noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn comprises remixes of songs from their stunning debut album Heresy and Rite, plus previously unreleased tracks. Stream it and grab it [...]

Kramies “The European” – PopMatters

“Kramies Windt is on to something here. The songwriter’s debut five-track EP for Hidden Shoal marries wafting synth textures and an acoustic guitar bedrock to well-honed direct songcraft, making every cut a keeper. Kramies’ efforts (aided by longtime collaborators Dave Paolucci and producer Todd Tobias) are best realized on the title [...]

Kramies Review in PopMatters

More love for Kramies wonderful new EP The European, this time via a lovely review in PopMatters. Check out the glowing words here. The European is available now as a limited edition CD postcard as well as all digital formats.

Kramies Charting at Soma FM

Kramies beautiful track ‘Antiquarian Days’ is sitting at number 8 in the Soma FM top 30 track by spins chart and number 3 on the Top 30 tracks by Listeners (on demand). Sweet! ‘Antiquarian Days’ is lifted off Kramies gorgeous EP The European which is available now as a limited edition CD postcard as well as [...]

Markus Mehr “In” Released

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of new album In by German experimental ambient artist Markus Mehr, the first of a triptych that also includes the forthcoming releases On and Off, all released over the next 12 months. Markus Mehr follows up his stunning debut album Lava with three new releases. In is [...]

Umpire ‘Supply Chins’ – Beat

“Lot of fine beards in this strapping Perth band. Taken from their debut album Now We’re Active, Supply Chins is a swinging, shimmering sing-along indie track with a slow blowing explosion of a chorus. It is big and beautiful, optimistic and ambitious, bursting with horns and swinging guitars and a melody that floods your head [...]

Umpire “Now We’re Active” – Music Emissions

Excerpt: “‘Green Light District’ kicks it all off with jangly but epic sweeping guitars-guitars that suddenly take off with abrasive but melodic washes, especially toward the end the vocals soar ala Wings-era McCartney. On “Supply Chins”, the now moody, distorted guitars rub against regretful but dreamy vocals-a psych pop masterpiece. Likewise, “Jewellery Can Be Disturbing” [...]

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – New Track, Free Download

Hidden Shoal is excited to release ‘The Colour Of Long Days’, an as yet unreleased companion track to the acclaimed 2011 EP We Don’t Look Back For Very Long by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. In keeping with the theme of We Don’t Look Back For Very Long, ‘The Colour Of Long Days’ is Antonymes’ [...]

New Umpire Single – Free Download

Hidden Shoal Recordings is excited to announce the release of ‘Supply Chins’, the second single from Perth’s widescreen indie-rock craftsmen Umpire, taken from their brilliant 2011 debut album Now We’re Active. On an album crammed to breaking point with hooks, ‘Supply Chins’ has perhaps the catchiest hooks of all. Alternating between a massive fist-pumping chorus and [...]

Hidden Shoal Radio, Google+ and More, More More!

Just a few quick miscellaneous bits and pieces we’ve been meaning to pass on. We have recently set up a page on Google+ so if you’re a G+ user then head over and join the Hidden Shoal circle. We’ve also been building a HSR Radio playlist (mp3 clips) over at our YouTube Channel which is [...]

End of Year CD & Digital Sale at the Hidden Shoal Store!

2011 is almost over and 2012 is knocking on the door like a life insurance salesman at the apocalypse (I’ll work on that one). To end the year with some lovin and fantastic music we are having a huge sale over at the Hidden Shoal Store. Over 20 CD & digital releases are on sale [...]

Kramies and City of Satellites Reviewed at Luna Kafe

Two lovely reviews for recent Hidden Shoal releases over at Norway’s Luna Kafe. The first was in November’s edition of the zine for City of Satellites‘ Remixed, “The outcome is stunning… With so many different remixers it is as expected some variations here, but it still feels like a wholesome album, tied nicely together by [...]

Interview with Conor Devlin of [The] Caseworker at DOA

Head over to Delusions of Adequacy to read a fantastic interview with Conor Devlin of The Caseworker. Conor waxes lyrical about everything musical from Steely Dan to Opeth to The Caseworker. Regular DOA readers will remeber the glowing review of The Caseworker’s stunning 2011 album Letters From The Coast. Speaking of which, after your fill [...]

Markus Mehr Triptych Coming in 2012

German ambient drone maestro Markus Mehr will be following up his stunning debut album Lava with not one, not two, but three Hidden Shoal releases across 2012 and 2013. The first part of the triptych, In, will be released on 26 January 2012. It comprises two monumental tracks, ‘Komo’ and ‘Ostinato’, each of which clocks in [...]

US Radio Love

Lots of lovely US college radio action happening for our current round of releases. Here’s a run down! City of Satellites Remixed is one of WRSU top 5 RPM adds and Kramies The European is one of the top 5 Radio 200 adds, Salli Lunn’s A Frame of Reference and Kramies’ The European are in [...]

Scott Solter and Antonymes in Textura’s Best of 2011

It’s not even December, yet Textura have boldly published their best of 2011 lists, featuring Scott Solter’s One River among the year’s best albums, and Antonymes Meets Slow Dancing Society’s We Don’t Look Back For Very Long among the year’s best EPs. If you’re not already intimately familar with Textura, subscribe to their montly round-up [...]

Scott Solter’s One River Reviewed on Textura and Igloo

Scott’s Solter’s sublime ambient album One River, recently reissued by Hidden Shoal, has just received glowing reviews over at Textura and Igloo Magazine. The album is available in CD and mp3 formats via the Hidden Shoal Store.

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP Charting

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 [...]

Kramies Interviews on Big Smile Magazine

Last year, Kramies was interviewed by Big Smile magazine on the eve of commencing a tour of Ireland, on which he road-tested songs that would eventually become his new Hidden Shoal EP, The European. The follow-up interview has just been published, in which he talks about how the tour shaped the songs, his signing to [...]

Kramies “The European” EP Official Release

Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the official release of The European, the new EP by Colorado based Dutch-American atmos-pop artist Kramies. Produced by Todd Tobias (Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard, Circus Devils), The European sets Kramies’ gorgeous voice and acoustic guitar within a glowing tableau, epic in scope yet delicate in detail. The EP [...]

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society at Textura

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 [...]

[The] Caseworker at Skeleton Crew Quarterly

[The] Caseworker’s superb new album Letters From The Coast has received another lovely review, this time over at the very savvy Skeleton Crew Quarterly. Check out the review and then head to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream this beautiful thing in full and buy it after you’ve fallen deeply in love it, just as [...]

Antonymes + Slow Dancing Society ‘We Don’t Look Back for Very Long’ – TwiceRemembered

Excerpt: ….It’s the perfect marriage of Sullivan’s 80’s era Ambient meet Hazeldine neo classical minimal ambient. To top it off it’s mastered by Wil Bolton (Hibernate records artists and the owner of the fine “Time Lapse” album) and comes in a limited edition of 100 copies that are letter pressed on 700gm GF Smith board [...]

[The] Caseworker ‘Letters From The Coast’ – DOA

Excerpt: “They aren’t exactly mysterious, [The] Caseworker, they just spread themselves around a lot. With band members variously inhabiting San Francisco, Switzerland and rural England, they seem less of an actual band and more of an association bound only by their musicality…. What it is, is a mellow, blissed out sequence of West Coast guitar pop, one [...]

[The] Caseworker – ‘Letters From the Coast’ – Lost at E Minor

Excerpt: “Letters from the Coast sees the band exude the feel of a shoegazing Velvet Underground as if reared by the Flying Nun label: the perfect balance of drone and chime. Perfectly intoxicating.” Lost At E Minor

Salli Lunn ‘A Frame Of Reference’ – Music Emission

Excerpt: “It might seem curious for a band to follow up its debut with a record of remixes of songs from that debut, but Salli Lunn are anything but predictable. The Danish noise rockers show on “A Frame of Reference” the hidden depth of many of their prior songs, as well as willingness to re-envision [...]

Postcard CD Pre-Orders for Kramies “The European”

Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the availability of CD postcard pre-orders for The European, the forthcoming EP by Colorado based Dutch-American atmos-pop artist Kramies. Produced by Todd Tobias (Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard, Circus Devils), The European sets Kramies’ gorgeous voice and acoustic guitar within a glowing tableau, epic in scope yet delicate in detail. [...]

Scott Solter’s One River on The Underground of Happiness

The reissue of Scott Solter’s ambient masterpiece One River has received some loving over at the Underground of Happiness blog, where you can also watch Twins and Wives, a film by Laura and Mark Solter to accompany the album. Beautiful stuff.

[The] Caseworker Review Bonanza!

[The] Caseworker’s superb new album Letters From The Coast and its lead single ‘National Runner’ have been receiving glowing reviews left, right and centre: Rave Magazine, Groovemine, Delusions of Adequacy, Mojophenia, Listen, Dammit, Scene Point Blank, KJHK and Noise, to mention a few. Plus, there’s an interview with the band at the Underground of Happiness blog. [...]

Review Round-up for Salli Lunn Remix Album

Salli Lunn’s remix album A Frame of Reference – which includes remixes by Scott Solter, Manual, and Hidden Shoal’s very own Markus Mehr and City of Satellites – has received a lot of delicious coverage of late, including Brisbane’s Rave Magazine and 4ZZZ radio station, the Delusions of Adequacy review site, and the German blog [...]

Umpire No Longer Active in Melbourne on 11/11/11

Sad news, Melbourne-based Umpire fans: the band have had to cancel their show at Phoenix Public House on 11/11/11. Fingers crossed for next year!

City of Satellites “Remixed” Album Out Now!

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. [...]

Liam Singer CD Giveaway and Album Track by Track

Head over to the HSR blog to read a wonderful track by track breakdown of Liam Singer’s 2010 masterpiece Dislocatia (by the man himself!). If that wasn’t enough we’re also giving away copies of the Dislocatia CD for two lucky folks. Read and win here!

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP – Official Release

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 [...]

Luscious New Dream Pop from Kramies – Free Download!

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of new single ‘Coal Miners Executive Club’ by Dutch-American singer-songwriter Kramies, taken from his forthcoming EP The European. Fusing masterful songwriting with electronics and atmospherics, ‘Coal Miners Executive Club’ is an emotionally resonant vortex of swooning pop that simply demands repeat listens. Built around an absolutely heartbreaking [...]

[The] Caseworker Reviews and Radio Charting

[The] Caseworker’s awesome new album Letters From The Coast is recieving deserved love from press and radio following its recent release. The album is charting in the top 30 at both KJHK and Bagel Radio and has started to recieve strong airplay across other US college radio. More charting news soon! Letters From The Coast has [...]

City of Satellites Remixed by Tin Manzano – Free Download and Music Video

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of single ‘Machine Is My Animal (Tin Manzano remix)’, taken from the forthcoming album Remixed by dreampop/shoegaze trio City Of Satellites, and its stunning accompanying video. Tin Manzano’s re-working of the title track from City Of Satellites’ debut album Machine Is My Animal weaves and loops [...]

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP – Pre-Order Now!

Hidden Shoal is very excited to be able to offer pre-orders for the limited edition CD release of the Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society EP We Don’t Look Back For Very Long. Do get in quick though as we only have 60 of the available 100 units in our store. The remaining 40 will be [...]

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society Pre-Order Update

Just a quick update on the upcoming availability of pre-orders for We Don’t Look Back For Very Long. Firstly we are very excited to announce that each CD package will include a printed copy of an absolutely beautiful essay on the EP by the wonderful Paul Morley. The CD release comes as a limited [...]

“Twins and Wives: a film for One River” – Available for Streaming Now!

The stunning album length film by Mark Solter and Laura Solter to accompany Scott Solter’s re-issued glacial ambient masterpiece One River is now available for streaming at YouTube and Vimeo in its 33+ minutes full HD glory. The film comprises 7 visual movements echoing and expanding upon the 7 movements that make up [...]

Apricot Rail Supporting Akron/Family

Instrumental-pop wizards Apricot Rail are supporting experimental rock geniuses Akron/Family on their ‘Cosmic Birth Tour’ this coming Tuesday at Mojos Bar in Fremantle. Akron/Family are touring on the back of their latest release S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, while Apricot Rail have recently released ‘Surry Hills‘, an enchanting new single ahead of [...]

Scott Solter ‘One River’ – Twiceremoved

Excerpt: “Scott Solter’s “One River” is a digital and cd re-release of this US Ambient musician/producers album that was originally released on Tell-All records in 2005. Scott Solter wears many hats also being a remixer (such as Hidden Shoal artists Salli Lunn, The Caribbean and other artists such as Division day [...]