Hidden Shoal News
New Antonymes Single from His Forthcoming Album
Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the release of ‘Towards Tragedy and Dissolution’, the stunning new single by acclaimed neo-classical ambient artist Antonymes, taken from the forthcoming album (For Now We See) Through A Glass Dimly. The track is available for streaming now via SoundCloud.
Sonically minimal yet emotionally formidable, ‘Towards Tragedy and Dissolution’ features the stirring string arrangements of James Banbury (The Auteurs) and Christoph Berg (Field Rotation), which engage in reflective conversation with Ian M. Hazeldine’s plaintive piano. Its emotional potency and compositional dexterity draws you into an evocative world, demanding engagement.
In addition to James Banbury and Christoph Berg, (For Now We See) Through A Glass Dimly also includes contributions from composer Stefano Guzzetti, Joanna Swan (Ilya) and writer Paul Morley. Mixed by Stefano Guzzetti and Paul Humphreys (OMD), and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri (The Sight Below), the album’s depth of sound is awe-inspiring. It is released by Hidden Shoal on 21st April 2016.
Kramies Featured at Soul Kitchen
Check out the lovely live, lo-fi acoustic version of the Kramies‘ track ‘The Fate That Never Favoured Us’ over at the excellent Soul Kitchen webzine. The performance was filmed in the haunted(!) woods of Ohio last year. While you’re in the mood for live Kramies be sure to download his latest EP, forêts antiques, which documents tracks from his 2015 live show in France. The EP is available as a free download.
Markus Mehr to Perform at Bertolt Brecht Festival
We’re excited to announce that on Monday 29th February, Markus Mehr will be performing live in a trio alongside vocalist Isabell Münsch and saxophonist Kay Fischer as part of Augsburg’s Brecht Festival, which runs from 26th February until Sunday 6th March, celebrating the work of famous playwright Bertolt Brecht. Their performance addresses the issue of “coming home”, and is based on material that Brecht wrote during his exile in the USA among other works.
Markus is currently putting the finishing touches to his new album Re-Directed, due for release on Hidden Shoal on 30th April, with the first taste of the album appearing in March. In the meantime be sure to check our his brilliant album of 2015 Binary Rooms.
Liminal Drifter In Top 10 For SBS Chill’s “Chillest 100”!
How’s this for exciting news – Liminal Drifter‘s ‘Soothed by Summer‘ just scooped the number 10 spot on SBS Chills’ “Chillest 100”! The track is lifted from his debut album Troubled Mystic. Liminal is hanging out with some esteemed company in the form of Massive Attack, Moby, Air, Sebastien Tellier and Ella Fitzgerald and many others. A brilliant achievement for a sublime track. Check out the full list including a Spotify playlist on the SBS website.
If you haven’t yet had the pleasure to soak in Troubled Mystic then you should need no further nudging. Apart from a suite of gorgeous ambient electronica and ambient pop instrumentals you’ll also find tracks featuring the stunning vocals of Chloe March. It’s an album for the ages, trust us. Grab Troubled Mystic and ‘Soothed by Summer’ via iTunes or Bandcamp.
Kramies Interview in Soul Kitchen
Kramies continues to receives waves of love from French fans and press following the release of his live EP of late last year, forêts antiques. This time our dreampop troubadour has been interviewed in the excellent French zine Soul Kitchen and talks about cool things like castles, music, traveling, his talented friends & inspirations. Great read!
Check out the interview here and download yourself a free copy of forêts antiques here.
Crisis Actors Featured in Vice Magazine!
Following on from their first live show at The Gateway in Brooklyn, Crisis Actors have just been featured and interviewed in Vice Magazine. Those who have heard their wonderful new debut EP, White Guilt, White Heat, should have an idea of what their in for but if you’re still falling short then the feature title should give you some context – “Meet the Band of Brooklyn ‘Anti-Conspiracy Theorists’ That Formed a Bernie Sanders PAC”.
Read the article here, listen to White Guilt, White Heat here and watch the video for single ‘Welcome to Babylon’ here.
Les Limbes, Markus Mehr and Chloe March in Igloo’s Best of 2015
Two Hidden Shoal releases have found their way into Igloo Magazine’s Best of 2015 list. Les Limbes self-titled debut EP and the Markus Mehr vs Chloe March EP To Set The River on Fire rest amongst wonderful company and a fabulous write up from one of our favourite music sites. Check it out here.
Antonymes Christmas EP, “At This Time Of Year”
Santa has come early people. Check out the stunning 2015 Christmas EP from Antonymes, At This Time Of Year. The EP is available via BandCamp and you can check out the video for the EP track ‘Sleep’ below or via YouTube.
Kramies Interview at Totoromoon
We’re ridiculously late in sharing this so please forgive, move on and read this wonderful interview with our very own Kramies over at the wonderful Totoromoon blog. Kramies talks about his recent French concert at the Grand Theatre in Angers, his work with Jason Lytle and even passes on tips for happiness!
While you’re active don’t forget to grab yourself a free download of his beautiful new live EP forêts antiques which documents his recent French live show.
Crisis Actors “White Guilt, White Heat” EP, New Music Video
We have a dirty little secret we’ve been keeping up until now. We’ve been given security clearance to finally to announce the release of White Guilt, White Heat, the debut EP of incendiary guitar filth from shadowy collective Crisis Actors, accompanied by the video for lead track ‘Welcome To Babylon’.
Hidden Shoal received the encrypted digital files via a portal in the dark web, accompanied by the following text: “Crisis Actors are not real people. They are a group of actors – Steve Illuminati, Todd Reptilian and Cory Alien – intent on exposing the corruption and lies of mainstream media. They are meta-conspiracists, investigative citizen journalists, and proud patriots, America’s sons.” The digital files comprise five sludgy garage rock salvos, a surge of righteous disgust, a tidal wave of guitar filth set to choke all hypocrites, corporate puppets and environmental rapists in their path. Rumours abound that there may be some link between Crisis Actors and Hidden Shoal labelmates Brother Earth, but such links can be neither confirmed nor denied. Hidden Shoal maintains they are proudly complicit in disseminating these seeds of illumination.
Read more about Crisis Actors here, grab yourself a copy of the EP here (pay what you want) here and check out the awesome music video for ‘Welcome To Babylon” here.