http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/ Hidden Shoal Recordings Store - en 1440 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:48:23 -0400 Zen-Cart 1.2.x RSS 2.0 Feed Copyright (c) 2008 HSR Store sales@music.hiddenshoal.com (HSR Store) http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/ http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/favicon.ico http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=26&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=26 The Sound of Lights When Dim is a sumptuous unfolding ride towards a fading horizon. As with Eno’s finest moments and Sylvian’s ambient explorations, this work manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation. Track Listing:Be There Preview Radiance Preview The Delicate Sound Of Silence Preview A Song That Will Help You Remember To Forget Preview The Warm Familiar Smell Of September PreviewWest Of 4th (Kristina's Song) Preview How Life Was Meant To Be Lived PreviewLonesome Sentiment PreviewCat #: HSR010 The Sound of Lights When Dim is distributed through Tonevendor to stores throughout the US as well as internationally. If your local store doesn't stock it then ask them to order it in through Tonevendor. The CD is also available direct from the Tonevendor site. This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=26 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:48:23 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=53&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=53 From the outset The Slow and Steady Winter sets itself up to be an epic. Clocking in at over an hour long and comprising of only eight tracks the album paints its majestic landscapes with both measure and purpose, unfolding a sound that moves from immersive ambient evocations to beatific bliss rock. The Slow and Steady Winter is not concerned with singularity but rather the totality of experience. The album is a gorgeously choreographed chronicle of a Spokane winter from the ice covered fields of ‘The Early Stages of Decline’ to the thawed warm edges of spring in ‘February Sun’. The album serves as a wonderful progression from Slow Dancing Society’s previous work both in sound and mood. In part it presents a much darker vision while still radiating an ineffable sense of humanity and heart. The Slow and Steady Winter is the eagerly anticipated follow up to the critically acclaimed debut album The Sound of Lights When Dim also available through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Track Listing:The Early Stages Of Decline Preview Depths Of December Preview A Slow And Steady Winter Preview The Time We've Spent Preview Never Ending PreviewRomantica Preview The Rest Of Our Lives PreviewFebruary Sun PreviewCat #: HSR026 The Slow and Steady Winter is distributed through Tonevendor to stores throughout the US as well as internationally. If your local store doesn't stock it then ask them to order it in through Tonevendor. The CD is also available direct from the Tonevendor site. This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=53 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:45:34 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=57&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=57 From the opening strains of ‘Emmanuelle’, Monocle immediately set about wrapping you up in a blanket of dizzying hypnotic pop. Moving from bossa fuelled dark night car rides to lush shoegaze tinged astral rock, Monocle’s first full-length, Outer Sunset reflects a decidedly edgier, denser approach both compositionally and performance-wise than their debut EP. Tracks such as ‘Music of Space’ and ‘Airphase’ present some of the best newgaze pop you will hear this year leaving behind the often overbearing austerity and replacing it with an innate melancholic warmth and energy. ‘Agent Earle’ kicks off in what initially feels like parody but in true Monocle style turns itself on its head with dark chiming guitars and warning vocals only to then perform a third chameleon act slipping the listener into a blurred star belt. Where on first listen it may be easy to finger reference points such as Stereolab, Can and Lush when describing Monocle’s sound and musical vision, successive listens reveal much more. With a charming immediacy that belies its underlying complexity Monocle have produced a masterpiece of magnetic pop. As the last track fades you find yourself immediately reaching over to the play button for another round. Track Listing: Emmanuelle Preview Gaspard Preview Agent Earle Preview Music of Space Preview Green Future Preview Wave Goodbye Preview AirPhase Preview Allo Taxi Preview Outer Sunset Preview We Slip Preview Road Sign Preview Cat#: HSR027 Outer Sunset is distributed through Tonevendor to stores throughout the US as well as internationally. If your local store doesn't stock it then ask them to order it in through Tonevendor. The CD is also available direct from the Tonevendor site. This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=57 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:43:26 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=76&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=76 A twenty-first-century update of the sublime shoegaze sounds of Ride, My Majestic Star’s new single carries the listener across an expansive guitarscape with its distinctive bass-driven groove. ‘and having a reason why’ is a vertiginous wall of sound, suspended aloft with updrafts of delay and reverb and, for the first time on a My Majestic Star release, Chris Mason’s heavenly vocals. This is dance music for sleepwalkers and dreamers. The single will be available for free download until the release of the new My Majestic Star album Too Late, The Day on the 26th of August, 2008. and having a reason why Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=76 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:04:48 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=49&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=49 As its name imbues The Moon and Stars Remain in the Morning Sky is a folding in of normally separated elements into a single exquisite composite. The album manages to distill the core elements of chamber pop, folk, indie pop and rock and pours the result into a whole new shape. With intricate, complex melodies woven into impeccable arrangements Iretsu have managed to paradoxically create an album that is both stripped back and at the same time bursting with an undeniable energy and complexity. All within one track minimal pop suddenly breaks out into an anthemic hook laiden epic with strings cartwheeling over biting guitars, arpeggiated banjos and male/female chorales. The album is a masterful example of the band’s progessive avant-world music and signature experimental pop sound. Track Listing:Bad Secretary Preview Funnel Preview Clear View Preview Antique Platinum Preview Super Market PreviewWet in the Rain Preview Led Bat PreviewLead Into Gold Drone Preview Novoz PreviewThe Shore PreviewHigher and Higher PreviewCat #: HSR025 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=49 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:27:55 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=72&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=72 Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised The Slow and Steady Winter, ‘A Warm Glow’ is the perfect introduction to Drew Sullivan’s (aka Slow Dancing Society) latest opus, Priest Lake Circa ’88. ‘A Warm Glow’ finds Sullivan issuing forth waves of radiant synth drones and glistening guitars that ripple effortlessly across its sonic vista. As always, Sullivan manages to weave an intrinsically complex emotional spine through the track’s near eight minutes. ‘A Warm Glow’ speaks of both departure and eventual return and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing. 1. A Warm Glow - Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=72 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:38:09 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=75&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=75 Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised The Slow and Steady Winter, Priest Lake Circa ’88 is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. In essence, it is the second part of a double album that began with The Slow and Steady Winter, acting as a long-distance conclusion to the double album’s narrative arc. Priest Lake Circa ’88 exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While the album draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing. Track Listing:Forever Young Preview Glimmer and Gleam Preview This Lilac Life Preview Sun Spots Preview The Red Summer Sun PreviewPastel Dusk Preview A Warm Glow PreviewThe Iridescence of Innocence PreviewCat #: HSR036 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=75 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:08:00 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=71&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=71 Following on from their acclaimed The Moon and Stars Remain in the Morning Sky album, Iretsu present yet another masterful vision of what pop music can be with the release of ‘Name our Numbers, Numbers’, the first single to be taken from the EP of the same name. “All the elements are erratic if you were to try to isolate all the parts of the song and parse out what is happening. The song is marching. The song is staggering drunk up a hill, then tumbling down the other side, tearing its jeans and getting twigs in its hair—all of this in the first minute or so, but all the ideas and directions are calculated to a sum that is decidedly un-erratic” – Mathew Nicley on ‘Name our Numbers, Numbers’ Name our Numbers, Numbers Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=71 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:53:20 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=74&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=74 Following hot on the heels of the release of the EP’s superb title track, and last year’s acclaimed album The Moon and Stars Remain in the Morning Sky, Iretsu present the addictive, serpentine pop constructions of Name our Numbers, Numbers. This essential EP represents such a wonderfully individual and engaging musical vision that descriptors which seem to fit suddenly become redundant moments later. Name our Numbers, Numbers is a masterful example of Iretsu’s signature experimental pop sound – emotionally rich, melodically and rhythmically dynamic, and deeply satisfying. Track Listing:Frenetic Preview Name our Numbers, Numbers Preview6 Bump Hil Billy Stomp PreviewCat #: HSR035 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=74 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:33:58 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=69&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=69 ‘I Waste The Sea’ is the first single to be taken from the brilliant forthcoming Slow Beings album We Know Why The Earth Moves. The song is a hook filled, inebriated anthem, continually falling towards its demise yet somehow managing to pull itself up to a defiant standing position.With lyrical references to Deleuze and knowing nods towards 90’s grunge and brit pop ‘I Waste The Sea’ typifies the wonderful duality and underlying playfulness at work within The Slow Beings music. I Waste The Sea Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=69 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:52:25 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=44&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=44 On his sophomore release Chris Mason and his band The Implosion traverse the realms of melancholic pop, gorgeously crafted acoustica and shining newgaze rock. Restless is a masterful foray into pop music in all its varied guises. The albums features the recently released single ‘Fast and Furious’ with its visceral growling guitars, layered rolling hooks and aching vocals. Along with the hanging ambient acoustica of 'Wait', the down rock viscera of the Swerverdriver'esque "The Safety Day" and the gorgeous rising pop of the title track, Restless is kaleidoscopically beautiful, built around a wonderful sense of songcraft and pop sensibility. Track Listing:Tuesday Morning Preview Fast and Furious (Single) Preview Restless Preview Slow Down Preview Deer in the Headlights PreviewAbsent Friends Preview Twenty One PreviewWait Preview The Safety Day PreviewUnderground Preview Ether PreviewCat #: HSR021 This release is available at the following online stores: Perth fans can also head into Planet Music on Beautfort St Mt Lawley to pick up a copy of the album. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=44 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:27:13 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=66&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=66 With his inimitable lo-fi stylings, Richardson has produced an indie-rock gem. The album’s skewed melodicism is married to an amazing sense of songcraft that reawakens the listener to the invigorating possibilities of rock ’n’ roll. With all the playful irreverence of Robert Pollard and Pavement, Evergreen sees Toby laying down 10 songs of irrepressible lo-fi stadium rock. The album features wonky fist-in-the-air anthems that blend the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart, through to bent pop-fuelled love songs that wind their way into your aorta like cupid’s heartworm. Richardson has managed to strip the skin from classic rock ’n’ roll, cover it in fur, jewels and barbed wire and ride it through a casino. The unbridled, irrepressible feel of this album is hard to deny. Track Listing:Wherewithal Preview Golden Bear Preview Booragoon Lagoon (Single) Preview Bells in Dover Preview Daylight PreviewRosewood PreviewLong Distance Rock and Roll Preview Love Solution Preview Fruit Juice and Wine Preview Evergreen Preview Cat#: HSR032 This release is also available at the following online stores: Perth fans can also head into Planet Music on Beautfort St Mt Lawley to pick up a copy of the album. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=66 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:26:38 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=70&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=70 On their masterful debut We Know Why The Earth Moves The Slow Beings have managed to channel a range of pop and rock influences into something that is uniquely their own. Tracks such as the much loved radio single ‘I Waste The Sea’, ‘Carson Dyle’ and ‘Nil By Rote’ expose the wonderful duality and underlying playfulness at work within The Slow Beings music. Shifting from Smiths-like guitar pop to driving, hook laden indie rock through to country tinged indie pop often all within the one song, these tracks leave you in a far different musical and emotional place than you set out in. ‘(Let’s) Get (Married)’ is perfect, crafted pop with the type of warm intangible immediacy you’d expect to find on a Wrens album. Similarly ‘Yoskar-Ola Song’ exudes a kind of affected yet magnetic humanity all in the guise of gorgeous alt-country pop. The Slow Beings have an innate knack for re-inventing the edges of indie rock and pop through a reverence for its form and power, yet irreverence in its handling. Track Listing:I Waste The Sea (Single) Preview People Leave Heaven Preview Nil By Rote Preview myfriendkoolkiller Preview Yoshkar-ola Song PreviewCarson Dyle PreviewThey Dive At Dawn Preview (Let's)Get(Married) Preview We Know Why The Earth Moves Preview The Happy Few Preview Cat#: HSR034 This release is also available at the following online stores: Perth fans can also head into Planet Music on Beautfort St Mt Lawley to pick up a copy of the album. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=70 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:24:38 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=46&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=46 Cheekbone’s agile, amorphous brand of ambient electronica is constantly transforming, evoking the growth of nature and the decay of light across space, agitated by human activity and the background chatter and clang of everyday life. Yesterday expresses an aching sense of nostalgic melancholy, pining for something that only exists as memory and imagination. The EP's experimentation with melody and texture work to create luminous new soundscapes evoking seminal British electronic acts such as Aphex Twin, Plaid and Boards of Canada whilst carving its own unique space. Track Listing:Supposition Preview Behind the Irony PreviewReef PreviewFeel Thing While PreviewFar PreviewTiny PreviewYesterday PreviewCat#: HSR023 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=46 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:03:42 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=39&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=39 Featuring a collaboration with Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins fame, “A Taste Of” is laden with honey coated, magisterial guitars, sweeping electronics and lush vocals. The title track encapsulates the album with its exquisite interplaying guitars ringing out against the ethereal voice of Marjan Snykers. As with the rest of the album, this song finds that unique emotive space where sonic majesty and melodic craftsmanship paint the sky with a rich and immersive melancholy. The Colour Kane single, "Too Late (Glorybox Remix)", is also available. Track Listing:A Taste Of Preview This Preview Eve Drops Preview A Kiss In A Lowland's Meadow Preview Love Hurdles PreviewUnseen Preview Astonish PreviewShare My Ease Preview Silya PreviewBroken Preview Seaside Dream (Robin Guthrie Mix) PreviewToo Late (Glorybox Mix) PreviewCat #: HSR017 Available on CD at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles:In store or mail order - Price: $13.99 (USD) + Shipping +$2.49 S&H +$3.49 S&H +$4.49 S&H This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=39 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:47:02 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=41&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=41 With the opening strains of 'What Would One Become' the Autumn Magnets EP opens the door to an emotionally charged landscape masterfully terra formed by the Melbourne based instrumental four piece. Lush, sweeping guitars weave themselves into a rising insistency as they interplay with drifting piano, driving basslines and powerhouse drumming. Bury the Sound’s elegant, cinematic songs continually transform themselves and develop an all too rare sense of flux and movement. Track Listing: What Would One Become Preview Saratoga Preview Gemini Unbound Preview Cat#: HSR020 Available on CD at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles:In store or mail order - Price: $7.98 (USD) + Shipping +$2.49 S&H +$3.49 S&H +$4.49 S&H This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=41 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:45:10 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=38&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=38 “Somewhere Someone Else” is a work of muted radiance. Sounds of piano and guitar wash in and out of recognition, providing a kind of dislocated comfort. The album slowly breathes in and out with an undeniable melancholic warmth, like a sad dream you don’t want to wake from. Traversing some of the post ambient territories of peers such as Windy and Carl, The Dead Texan and Labradford, “Somewhere Someone Else” manages to carve its own unique sonic and emotional landscape. Track Listing:Correspondence Preview Sometimes Preview Lost Illusions Preview In A Quiet Dark Room Preview Resuscitate PreviewReverie Preview As You Fade Away PreviewAperture PreviewSmall Reminders PreviewWhile My Lungs Fill With Water PreviewCat #: HSR018 Available in-store or mail order at Aquarius Records in San Francisco and in-store or mail order through Amoeba Music in Los Angeles: Use the links below to order through Amoeba mail order - $9.99(USD) + Shipping Note: you will be taken directly to Amoeba's Paypal store. +$2.49 S&H +$3.49 S&H +$4.49 S&H This release is also available digitally at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=38 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:40:45 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=59&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=59 From the opening track of Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder Sankt Otten make their intentions known. Stephan Otten`s echoing rhodes piano falls over golden drones as Oliver Klemm drapes his elegant trademark guitar through the track like a neon waterfall. The album represents a marked progression from the bands earlier output. It draws upon the heart of their previous forays into dark melancholic trip hop yet discards the form. In doing so the band have managed to present a musical vision that is even more epic, cinematic, noirish and distinctly their own. Over its eleven instrumental tracks the album presents such an immensely crafted and expansive landscape. From the buzzing twilight halo of 'Taschensymphonie', the magisterial lament of the title track and the urgent, dramatic ambience of 'Der Groove Des Guten Gewissens' Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder is a slow burning, intensely orchestrated piece of maximalist minimalism. The albums hypnotic melancholia is undeniable as it turns lost moments into cinematic anthems. On each listen the album grows and reveals something new. This is music made for film made for music and an album only Sankt Otten could make. The first single from the album, ‘Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder’ and accompanying video is also available. Track Listing:Taschensymphonie Preview Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder (Single) Preview Festplattenliebling Preview Der Groove Des Guten Gewissens Preview Die Unvernueftigen Sterben Aus PreviewAuf Suende Folgt Strafe Preview Verlieren Ist Nicht Immer Sexy PreviewDepressive Elite Preview Mit Guter Laune Ins Elysium PreviewAnaloge Bohème Preview Stille Wasser PreviewCat#: HSR029 Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder is distributed through Tonevendor to stores throughout the US as well as internationally. If your local store doesn't stock it then ask them to order it in through Tonevendor. The CD is also available direct from the Tonevendor site. This release is also available digitally at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=59 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:39:48 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=35&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=35 Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben (Let’s Remain Friends) is a flowing cinematic patchwork that at once embraces and deconstructs the notions of genre whilst never losing sight of its warmth and totality. The album rolls elements of brooding post jazz instrumentals through, noirish Morricone’esque trip hop and ambient electronica. Beyond these ingredients, Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben is defined by its indelible sense of time and space as if each feature of it’s musical terrain was mapped out by a jazz cartographer. The first single from the album, "Fremdenzimmer" is also available. Track Listing:Fremdenzimmer (Single) Preview Happiness [Woanders als hier] Preview Zum Schweigen verdammt Preview Hoehenrausch Preview Wenn die Musik verstummt PreviewSeit Tagen kein Wunder Preview Jetzt bist Du heilig PreviewBluehende Landschaften Preview Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben PreviewFadenscheinig Preview Fallen und fangen [Johannes der Laeufer] PreviewMaerchenwald PreviewCat#: HSR015 Wir koennen ja Freunde bleiben is distributed through Tonevendor to stores throughout the US as well as internationally. If your local store doesn't stock it then ask them to order it in through Tonevendor. The CD is also available direct from the Tonevendor site. Also available in-store or mail order at Aquarius Records in San Francisco and in-store or mail order through Amoeba Music in Los Angeles: Use the links below to order through Amoeba mail order - $9.99(USD) + Shipping Note: you will be taken directly to Amoeba's Paypal store. +$2.49 S&H +$3.49 S&H +$4.49 S&H This release is also available digitally at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=35 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:38:23 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=21 Featuring the single, "Swimming in Greece", Glassacre deliver an ep full of luscious, textural dream pop. This is pop music to float inside. Track Listing:Always Further Away Preview Swimming In Greece (Single) Preview Asleep in the Lake Preview Tension Agreement Preview Take Away the Smiles PreviewCat#: HSR005 Available on CD at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles:In store or mail order - Price: $7.98 (USD) + Shipping +$2.49 S&H +$3.49 S&H +$4.49 S&H This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:36:20 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=68&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=68 Inhabiting a soundworld demarcated by fellow sonic explorers Björk and Xiu Xiu, Ghost In The Water transform the prosaic into the magical. Husband and wife Nathan and Mandy Tensen-Woolery create intimate, charming electronic pop music, suspended weightless between the twin poles of childlike enthusiasm and haunted memories. Tooth presents a luscious and intricate vision: a delicate yet expansive re-working of the traditional pop format married to gorgeous interwoven male/female vocals and an enveloping sonic canvas. These 10 intimate yet effusive lullabies are skillfully crafted from winding strings, bubbling electronics and golden vocals, setting up a heartbreaking duality between child-like optimism and the adult weight of loss and longing. Track Listing:I’m Not Afraid of Falling Preview Lake Ice Preview A Nightmare Preview Cardinal Red Preview The Campfire PreviewClean Sinks and Folded Laundry (Single) PreviewHow To Draw a Ghost Preview Magic Wand Preview Pushpins and Tape Preview From Mouth To Ground Preview Cat#: HSR033 Tooth is distributed through Tonevendor to stores throughout the US as well as internationally. If your local store doesn't stock it then ask them to order it in through Tonevendor. The CD is also available direct from the Tonevendor site. Also available in-store or mail order at Amoeba in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Use the links below to order through Amoeba mail order - $11.98(USD) + Shipping Note: you will be taken directly to Amoeba's Paypal store. +$2.49 S&H +$3.49 S&H +$4.49 S&H This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=68 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:35:10 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=15&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=15 Born from a relationship breakup and its chaos, post overseas travel, Aerospace is a textural, introspective journey. It is an album that one aurally emerses in. The whole album was an unplanned montage of musical pieces. It explores the simplicityof rich, repetitive instrumental refrains and moods, and layers them with emotive, melodic vocal lines. It doesnt try to impress the listener with clever arrangements but draws the listener.If they wish to. It is ambience without being ambient. It is an album of places and spaces.Their first single off the album, "Fairweather and the Plimsol Line" is out now. Track Listing:Hopeless Preview Private Aerospace Preview Sunday Afternoon Preview Love and Traffic Jams Preview Fairweather and the Plimsol Line (Single) PreviewTravel Song 3 Preview Anymore Preview Psycho Polka Preview 3:46 Preview Better Movin Right Along PreviewCat#: HSR001 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=15 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:09:12 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=13 1st Single from the gorgeous Aerospace Album. Immerse yourself in it's hopeful melancholy. Pop music at it's finest. Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:07:49 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=17&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=17 First single from the EP "Golden Days". Like the best outcome of a head on collision between Edwin Collins and Polvo, Toby takes us on an unbridalled ride to the heart of rocks goodness. Hop on board! Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=17 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:05:35 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=24&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=24 Featuring the single, "It Makes the Air Sound Better", "Golden Days" is a lo-fi rock opus from ex Mustang guitarist Toby Richardson. Track Listing:Those Times Are Gone Preview It Makes The Air Sound Better (Single) Preview All The West Coast Girls Preview Golden Days Preview Quite Something To See PreviewWho Says This City Don't Party PreviewCat#: HSR007 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=24 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:05:02 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=55&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=55 It’s impossible to not fall in love with this song, a wonky fist-in-the-air anthem that blends the catchy attack of The Kinks with the bluesy skronk of Captain Beefheart. In parts sounding like the B-52’s making out with Polvo in an acid filled spa, ‘Booragoon Lagoon’ is laden with warped hooks winding through beats that speak direct to your dancing parts. It is a mad collision, a rock n roll car crash at an Elvis Presley after party. Richardson has managed to strip the skin off classic rock n roll, re-cover it in fur, jewels and wire and ride it to through a casino. The unbridled and irrepressible feel of this song is hard to deny. ‘Booragoon Lagoon’ is the first single to be lifted from Toby Richardsons forthcoming full length Evergreen to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings early 2008. Booragoon Lagoon Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=55 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:03:50 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=67&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=67 Music video for the single 'The First Step to End the Life (Si Begg Remix)' taken from The Retail Sectors mini album Foregone Conclusion out now through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Video Preview (preview quality only) Details: Produced by Saru3000 (O.S.C.). Note: This video is Ipod compatible and encoded in high quality MP4 format. Compatibility with other MP4 players is not assured, although if they conform to the Mpeg4 standard and can play H.264 video and AAC audio then they should be compatible. Please check your players documentation if you are unsure. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=67 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:02:25 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=54&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=54 The Si Begg remix of ‘The First Step to End the Life’ is a work of unstoppable melancholic euphoria. From the opening strains of The Retail Sectors woven melodic guitar riff your attention is immediately entangled and just as you attempt to unwind yourself Si Begg delivers a driving heartbeat that attaches itself to your chest as if it were your own. ‘The First Step to End the Life (Si Begg Remix)’ may be one of the catchiest, most danceabale yet musically rewarding tracks of the year. The collision of Si Beggs brilliant sense of rhythm and feel and The Retail Sectors sonic and melodic complexity make for a track that simultaneously engages the head and the body. This is My Bloody Valentine for the clubbing set. The track is taken from the forthcoming Retail Sectors mini album, Foregone Conclusion to be released through Hidden Shoal Recording on the 4th of December, 2007. 1. The First Step to End the Life (Si Begg Remix - Radio Edit) Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=54 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:01:34 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=58&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=58 Foregone Conclusion, collects the pearls of previous Retail Sectors releases including collaborations with Si Begg, Maps and Diagrams, and Headphone Science, as well as a number of new and previously unreleased tracks. Layering manipulated guitars, bass, drums and electronics to create compelling, melodic instrumentals, Foregone Conclusion frequently threatens to spiral out of control, yet like an exquisite train wreck holds the listener rapt. From the elegiac ‘Beauty of the Depression’ to the bit crushing Yaporigami remix of ‘The Dread’ The Retail Sectors create inventive and utterly engaging instrumental rock. Foregone Conclusion also features the Si Begg remix of ‘The First Step to End the Life’, one of the catchiest, most danceable yet musically rewarding tracks of the year. The collision of Si Beggs innate sense of rhythm and feel and The Retail Sectors sonic and melodic complexity make for a track that talks to both head and feet simultaneously. Track Listing:The First Step to End the Life (Si Begg Remix) Preview An Introduction to the Decadence (Maps and Diagrams Remix) Preview The Longing Song (Headphone Science Remix) Preview The Decadence (Maps and Diagrams Remix) Preview The Dread (Yaporigami Remix) PreviewKaze No Owari Preview Beauty of the Depression Preview Cat#: HSR028 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=58 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:00:38 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=34&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=34 “You vs Them” is The Hero Cycle at their very best. The track woos the listener with its swinging upbeat verse whilst hiding a wonderfully epic sting in its tail that it unleashes with undeniable power. “You vs Them” contains one of the most, hook laiden, unwinding and dizzying rock finales you will hear this year. The track is the first single taken from the EP, “Lakes and Ponds” to be released on January the 16th, 2007. You vs Them Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=34 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:59:56 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=36&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=36 From the exultant indie rock joyride of "Breathing In" to the bursting pop immediacy of "Lovers Crime", "Lakes and Ponds" grabs you by the hand, tickles your palm and propels you into it's spacious and twisting trajectory. The EP manages that perfect balance between viscera and brains where pop hooks and songcraft walk hand in hand with a big layered sound. The single, "You vs Them" is also available. Track Listing: Breathing In Preview Lovers Crime Preview American Proxy Preview A New Love For Lakes And Ponds Preview You vs Them (Single) Preview Cat#: HSR016 CD Sales exclusively at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles: +$2.49 S&H +$3.49 S&H +$4.49 S&H This release is also available digitally at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=36 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:59:09 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=60&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=60 ‘tosleepingpeople’ is a lilting pop classic and sees Tangled Star at their inimitable best. The song layers gorgeously crafted, country tinged melancholic pop with Hallsworth’s wonderfully wry lyrical playfulness. In true Tangled Star style ‘tosleepingpeople’ has a such a gentle warmth offset by subtle yet masterful melodic shifts. Like an exquisite tapestry made of string each repeat listen frays another thread revealing new charms and subtle complexities. The single follows on from the bands wonderfully received first EP through Hidden Shoal Recordings It’s Now or Later and is taken from the brilliant forthcoming EP due out in the first quarter of 2008. tosleepingpeople Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=60 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:57:50 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=62&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=62 Our Man in Eden Hill sees Tangled Star building on their wonderfully received debut outing through Hidden Shoal, It’s Now or Later. Musically the EP toys with the frayed edges of country, pop and indie, while in part infusing a sense of space and possibility familiar to fans of the classic Dark Side of the Moon. As with their debut EP, Our Man in Eden Hill’s surface often belies its musical and emotional interior. Through its gentle shifts and directed detours, the EP manages to make once familiar territory foreign and offset. As chief songwriter and lyricist Craig Hallsworth explains, “If these songs are simple, they are only apparently so. To me, they are only beginning to really work when they are able to express a space of becoming... There are strange warnings and advice, mysterious imperatives and entreaties... I see the lyrics as working for and against themselves, as well as for and against the music, generating a plane of momentary, shifting affective states. There is comic desperation folded into offhand profundity. There is something depressing and defeating suddenly transformed into a rare kind of pleasure and privilege. There are secrets with nothing to hide. There is one last chance after another…” Track Listing:tosleepingpeople (Single) Preview The Skaters Preview Sunny Day Losers # 12 & 35 Preview Turn Me Preview The Waiter is Deceased PreviewCat#: HSR031 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=62 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:57:12 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=30&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=30 "It's Now or Later" is the first single and title track of the new mini album by Tangled Star. The track is an shifting, winding epic that digs itself into your bones and drags you around it's melancholic arc. Riding the edges of indie rock/pop and alt country it gives allegiance to none. Listen and feel. Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=30 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:56:33 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=29&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=29 “It’s Now or Later” charts a journey across once familiar land yet through its exultant shifts and wandering detours manages to make everything feel new again. The album’s title talks to the wonderful paradox that is infused within each song both musically and lyrically. This is the apathetic’s guide to caring too much. The first single off the album, "It's Now or Later" is available now. Track Listing:It's Now or Later (Single) Preview The Fatal Shore Preview Rascal to the Rescue Preview Button Down Preview Women in Music PreviewMenage à Dust PreviewCat#: HSR012 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=29 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:55:47 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=51&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=51 ‘Wunden gibt es immer wieder’ is a magisterial lament, an anthem for lost moments. The track kicks into life with an insistent, hypnotic beat whose empty moments are soon filled with curling strings and the heart breakingly beautiful Fripp’esque guitar work of Oliver Klemm. ‘Wunden gibt es immer wieder’ is a slow burning, instensely orchestrated piece of maximalist minimalism. This is chamber trance music. The single is taken from the forthcoming release of the same name, available on December 11th, 2007. The single also comes bundled with the bonus track 'Wandertag'. Be sure to also check out the gorgeous music video for ‘Wunden gibt es immer wieder’ available here. Wunden gibt es immer wieder Preview Wandertag (Bonus Track) Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=51 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:53:36 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=52&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=52 Music video for the stunning new Sankt Otten single 'Wunden gibt es immer wieder'. The music video was produced and directed by the brilliant German video artist Carsten Aschmann and the Hula-Offline production company. It manages to be every bit as beautiful and hypnotic as it’s sonic counterpart. The emotive synchronicity between sound and vision is uncanny and once you’ve viewed the video it becomes hard to separate the two. Video Preview (preview quality only) Details: Camera, edit and idea by Carsten Aschmann. Video produced by Hula Offline 2007. www.hula-offline.de Note: This video is Ipod compatible and encoded in high quality MP4 format. Compatibility with other MP4 players is not assured, although if they conform to the Mpeg4 standard and can play H.264 video and AAC audio then they should be compatible. Please check your players documentation if you are unsure. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=52 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:53:09 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=33&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=33 First single from the album "Wir können ja Freunde bleiben". “Fremdenzimmer” (Room for Strangers) as it translated title suggests rides a thin line between invitation and caution. At once it grabs your hand and draws you into it’s brooding, hypnotic atmosphere. Frendemzimmer Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=33 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:51:06 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=14&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=14 My Majestic Star lay down an expansive pallette on their debut release. A patchwork of light and shade where rock meets ambience and no one gets hurt. The first single "Keep the Keys from Me" is out now. Track Listing:Coffee Stains and Beer Preview Half Measures Preview Chelsea Preview Loose Mind, Tired Eyes Preview Thirty One Preview Keep the Keys from Me (Single) Preview You Greet Me with Night Laughter Preview A City Lost Preview Carry the Breeze PreviewCat#: HSR002 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=14 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:50:36 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=16 1st Single from My Majestic Star's latest album release, "Ideas are the Answer". Lilting and languid instrumental pop. Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:50:15 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=32&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=32 On this wonderful follow up EP to "Ideas are the Answer", My Majestic Star have produced a work that is at once luscious and lonely. Its gorgeous hanging guitar tones weave themselves around layered synths and syncopated drums. The EP’s five tracks each draw their own melodic atmosphere and bear witness to a wonderful paradoxical emotional tenor - a kind of hopeful melancholy. Track Listing:Fining Preview Several Moments Later Preview Attachments Preview It May Never Happen Preview The Letter F PreviewCat#: HSR014 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=32 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:49:52 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=6&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=6 Motor Eye (formerly Holding Pattern) bedazzle us with their opium laiden space jazz.Their first single off the album, "Midstream Horses" is available now. Track Listing:Midstream Horses (Single) Preview Tambourine Factory Preview Mosquito BBQ Preview Motor Eye Preview Recipe Preview Muthaship Preview In the Garden of the Embassy Preview Bon Vieux Preview The Bagman's Jazz Preview We Never Had This Conversation PreviewCat#: HSR003 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=6 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:49:14 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=8&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=8 1st Single off the album, "Motor Eye". Find the button that says Zero Gravity and float in Motor Eye's field of opium laiden space jazz. Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=8 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:48:46 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=31 On their debut release through Hidden Shoal Recordings, Moongoat have produced an EP laced with a wonderfully unsettling immersion. Playing out like a planted distant memory, each track describes an unfolding atmosphere that slowly becomes whole as it fills the room like a gas. Perhaps as an unconscious response to Eno’s experiments with music for imaginary films, this is music as film. Following in the path of modern ambient luminaries, Stars of the Lid, Moongoat work to create something larger than the drone. These compositions are deceptively complex and chart a hidden trajectory that is never quite apparent until their end. Track Listing:For Drawing Toxins Preview I Love Chocolate Cockroaches Preview Anoint My Lips With Powder Preview ...And Let Go Preview Making The Pain PreviewCat#: HSR013 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:48:22 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=50&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=50 Music video for the track 'Simpler' taken off the gorgeous Samuel Jason Lies on the Beach album. Video Preview (preview quality only) Details: Shot in Cologne, Germany. Directed and produced by Jo Dürbeck, 2007. Note: This video is Ipod compatible and encoded in high quality MP4 format. Compatibility with other MP4 players is not assured, although if they conform to the Mpeg4 standard and can play H.264 video and AAC audio then they should be compatible. Please check your players documentation if you are unsure. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=50 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:47:23 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=45&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=45 Despite its obvious mastery of the dizzying possibilities afforded by technology, Jumpel’s debut album Samuel Jason Lies On The Beach is a work of intense intimacy and humanity. The album serves as a testament to the power of careful distillation and minimalism, exuding an emotional complexity that belies its seemingly simple surface. Tracks were borne out of discrete nocturnal recording sessions where ideas sparked from a range of disparate sources: an old drum machine, a radio announcement, a forgotten guitar chord. Through a process of layering and weaving, the album began to take shape. Opaque electronic textures act like sinew, binding themselves to piano and string melodies. The result is an album that must be heard as a whole, yet seems to exist without a real beginning or end. Track Listing:Lu is Chewing Preview Cleo Preview Bills Block Preview Inlinked Castle Preview Rainday PreviewSpence Preview When Does J Come PreviewPublic Transport Preview Raum PreviewNo. 5-11 PreviewSimpler PreviewT-Ram PreviewInteridium PreviewCat #: HSR022 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=45 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:46:58 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=65&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=65 Music video for the track 'Cleo' taken off the wonderfully received Jumpel debut album Samuel Jason Lies on the Beach. The album is also available through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Video Preview (preview quality only) Details: Music and Video - Jo Dürbeck, 2008. Note: This video is Ipod compatible and encoded in high quality MP4 format. Compatibility with other MP4 players is not assured, although if they conform to the Mpeg4 standard and can play H.264 video and AAC audio then they should be compatible. Please check your players documentation if you are unsure. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=65 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:45:46 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=18 Glassacre pour out some warm sleepy street dreampop with their first single from the ep, "Slow Attack". Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:44:32 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=56&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=56 'September 16th' sees Glassacre at the height of their craft. The track is a tightly woven, intimately crafted piece of textured pop. Guitars coated in dark honey play against rolling drums as Chris Masons haunting vocals ring out across an altered twilight.As the song rallies to a kind of defeated triumph with the repeated vocal line “This is your stop”, everything shifts and the track takes a sharp 90 degree turn into a dark corridor. In true Glassacre style, ‘September 16th’ manages to discretely bridge together two disparate emotional landscapes leaving the listener without view of their origin. The single release features the bonus track ‘Sanctuary’ which finds Glassacre in drug dub dream pop mode. The song slides over you like a friendly cloud as the 5/4 beat gently slips you out of kilter. Both tracks are lifted from Glassacre’s forthcoming full length Without Sleep to be released through Hidden Shoal Recordings early 2008. September 16th PreviewSanctuary Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=56 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:43:43 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=64&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=64 The first single to be taken from the album Tooth , ‘Clean Sinks and Folded Laundry’ is a majestic slice of electronic pop. The track is both delicate yet expansive, uplifting yet bruised with longing. With ‘Clean Sinks and Folded Laundry’ Ghost In The Water present a luscious and intricate version of what pop music can be. Winding strings, bubbling electronics and the golden vocal tones of Mandy Tensen-Woolery create an undeniably transporting atmosphere. In wonderful contrast the single also comes with the infectious bonus track ‘How To Draw A Ghost’, also taken from theTooth album. Clean Sinks and Folded Laundry Preview How to Draw a Ghost (Bonus Track) Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=64 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:42:21 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=22&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=22 Industrial ambient pioneers, Enargeia release their long awaited first album with Hidden Shoal Recordings. Stretching out like a dark cloud to the horizon, this work is a long range map, acting both as navigator and vehicle. Abduction has never been so engaging. Track Listing:On the Exopolitics of Nuclear Armageddon Preview Teslas Interlude Preview Shopping Mall Musak for Aliens Preview Werner Von Braun In Memoriam Preview Calling Tau Ceti PreviewCome in Tau Ceti Preview Nuke Em PreviewHoney Boos over the Antarctic Preview Neo Apollo on the Dark Side PreviewComet Borne Tsunami-525 Preview Quantum Flux Futurism PreviewDisclosure PreviewCat#: HSR006 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=22 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:41:42 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=25 “Gulag! 25.9.98” is the second Hidden Shoal Recordings release by Australian ambient industrial pioneers Enargeia and the first in a series of live recordings to be released through 2006/2007 by the outfit. The album documents a performance recorded live at the now defunct Perth performance space, The Wizbah, and gives an insight into the sprawling and intense sonic terraforming machine that is Enargeia. Track Listing:Gulag! 25.9.98 PreviewCat#: HSR009 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:41:14 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=27&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=27 “Too Emotional for Maths”, is a rhythmically dense and intricately melodic piece of cinematic rock. The album constructs a flexing woven city of sound out of muscle and light. Guitars and drums seem to tumble perfectly in and out of each other leaving new shapes in their wake. The first single off the album, "Solo in una strada affollata" is available now. Track Listing:Wendy Carlos Preview Solo in una strada affollata (Single) Preview Cendre in * Preview Venerdì mattina: è tutto come prima, come se niente fosse Preview Eva Robin’s meets Stefania Sandrelli PreviewIvano Menchetti Preview Cendre out * PreviewTutto si dimentica PreviewCat #: HSR011 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=27 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:40:48 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=28 "Solo in una strada affollata" is the first single taken from the album, “Too Emotional for Maths”. The track is a wonderful introduction to the rhythmically dense and intricately melodic cinematic rock of Dilatazione and a gorgeous musical ride in itself. Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:40:17 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=19 First single from CSR's soon to be released ep. Dangerous and exultant molten rock. Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:39:40 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=37&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=37 With his remix of “Too Late”, Fredrik Johansson of Glorybox has managed to distill the lush guitar based sound of Colour Kane into a stripped back brooding nocturnal slice of melancholic electronica. Its beat-driven orchestral movements and driving bass, layered with the gorgeous vocals of Marjan Snykers form to create a luscious slice of downbeat atmospheric pop. The track is taken from the forthcoming Colour Kane album, “A Taste Of”. Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=37 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:38:58 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=63&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=63 Music video for the track 'Broken' taken off Colour Kane's gorgeous full length 'A Taste Of' out now through Hidden Shoal Recordings. Video Preview (preview quality only) Details: Music and Video Realisation - Colour Kane, 2008. Note: This video is Ipod compatible and encoded in high quality MP4 format. Compatibility with other MP4 players is not assured, although if they conform to the Mpeg4 standard and can play H.264 video and AAC audio then they should be compatible. Please check your players documentation if you are unsure. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=63 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:38:36 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=20 Chris Mason's delivers an exquisite pop album, laiden with beautifully crafted melancholic songs. Too many adjectives? Have a listen and you'll see why.The first single off the album, "Better" is available now. Track Listing:December Preview Somewhere to Hide Preview Better (Single) Preview Smile Preview Drowning Preview Fits and Starts Preview Michelin Man PreviewSay When Preview The Same Parade PreviewSomewhere in the Bay Preview Running PreviewCat #: HSR004 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:37:32 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=11 Chris Mason's first single from the album "Up Down Up". A luscious pop anthem. Includes bonus B side track, "Right by Your Side". Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:37:12 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=43&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=43 An essential taster for the new Chris Mason album Restless, ‘Fast and Furious’ is a heartbreaking thriller from the ground up: the insistent pulse of the drums, the visceral growl of the guitars, layered rolling hooks and Chris’s aching vocal. As Mason sings, “He’s coming back for us” the song's wonderfully razored balancing act between hope and a dark sense of fatalistic urgency is exposed. This is newgazer pop with an edge. For a limited time the single comes bundled with a bonus track taken from the upcoming Restless album. 'Deer in the Headlights' plays out like a slow loss with all the dark melancholy of Mazzy Star and the loaded cavernous spaces of Bark Psychosis. Fast and Furious Preview Deer in the Headlights (Bonus Track) Preview http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=43 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:36:15 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=48&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=48 Music video for the title track to the stunning Alone in this Dark Romantic Night EP. Video Preview (preview quality only) Details: Shot in Bordeaux, France and directed by Swedish director and film maker Jimmy Olsson, 2007. Note: This video is Ipod compatible and encoded in high quality MP4 format. Compatibility with other MP4 players is not assured, although if they conform to the Mpeg4 standard and can play H.264 video and AAC audio then they should be compatible. Please check your players documentation if you are unsure. http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=48 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:33:43 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=47&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=47 Beautiful Lunar Landscape’s music is constructed with a cartographer’s sense of detail and direction. The band’s songs have a natural dynamism, shifting between all-out bliss rock to haunting ambient pop, at times recalling the shimmering intensity of Ride or The Boo Radleys at their respective peaks, yet managing to transport the listener beyond the familiar. Alone in this Dark Romantic Night propels the listener across ink-black expanses reverberating with a wonderful sense of drama and mystery. Beautiful Lunar Landscape have created an EP that marks them as one of THE bands to watch. This is twenty-first-century trip-rock. Track Listing:Glorious Chaos Preview Alone in this Dark Romantic Night PreviewEmpty Screen PreviewEternal Beginning PreviewCat#: HSR024 This release is also available at the following online stores: http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=47 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:32:32 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=61&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=61 Limit of Maps is the 3rd volume in the Hidden Shoal Recordings free label sampler album series. The album features a wonderful selection of tracks taken off releases from the last half of 2007 as well as a number of as yet unreleased tracks from upcoming 2008 releases. As with all HSR Store digital releases the album comes with fully printable front and back cover art in PDF format. Volume 1 in our free label sampler album series, The Least Vestige of Land, and volume 2, The Garden of Forking Paths are also available. If you like what you hear then please support our artists by purchasing their releases. Track Listing:Beautiful Lunar Landscape - Eternal Beginning Preview Monocle - Green Future Preview Sankt Otten – Mit Guter Laune Ins Elysium Preview Bury The Sound - Gemini Unbound Preview Cheekbone - Far PreviewThe Retail Sectors - The Longing Song (Headphone Science Remix) Preview Jumpel - Rainday Preview Glassacre - Sanctuary Preview Tangled Star - Sunny Day Losers # 12 & 35 PreviewToby Richardson - Wherewithall Preview Iretsu - Led Bat Preview Chris Mason - Wait Preview Slow Dancing Society - Never Ending Preview Cat#: HSR030 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=61 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:05:53 -0500 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=23 Hidden Shoal Recordings free label sampler album. This is a beautiful ride through the HSR landscape with each artist offering a track from current or upcoming releases. The album comes with full printable resolution cover art in PDF format. If you like what you hear then please support our artists by purchasing their releases. Track Listing:Toby Richardson -Those Times Are Gone Preview Wayne Harriss - Private Aerospace Preview Chris Mason - December Preview Holding Pattern - Muthaship Preview My Majestic Star - You Greet Me With Night Laughter PreviewLow Budget Invaders - Forever Preview CSR - Belle Epoque Preview Glassacre - Asleep in the Lake Preview Enargeia - Modernity Sux Ass PreviewCat#: HSR008 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:36:48 -0400 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=40&language=en http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=40 "The Garden of Forking Paths" is the 2nd Volume in the Hidden Shoal Recordings free label sampler album series. The album features a wonderful selection of tracks from last quarter 2006 and first quarter 2007 releases. As with all HSR Store digital releases the album comes with fully printable cover art in PDF format. Volume 1 in our free label sampler album series, "The Least Vestige of Land", is also available. If you like what you hear then please support our artists by purchasing their releases. Track Listing:Dilatazione – Wendy Carlos Preview The Hero Cycle – Breathing In Preview Sankt Otten – Maerchenwald Preview My Majestic Star – It May Never Happen Preview Tangled Star – The Fatal Shore PreviewWes Willenbring – Sometimes Preview Colour Kane – A Kiss in a Lowlands Meadow Preview Moongoat – Anoint My Lips With Powder Preview Slow Dancing Society – The Delicate Sound of Silence PreviewCat#: HSR019 http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=40 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:36:13 -0400