Hidden Shoal

Have been a huge admirer of this label for some time now as they continue to release outstanding material…

The Heart

Perth’s mythic isolation is oft romanticised. The most isolated city in the world according to popular media. Whilst there is a thread in this romanticism that rings true, we think there is a more interesting notion of distance at play with our artists. Over the last 10 years we have witnessed a minor retreat from the stage to the home studio amongst our musical kin. It is this inner space and padding from the outside that has nurtured a purposeful and useful remoteness. A space where unresolved aesthetics gambol with an unrestrained playfulness. We embrace this space, as do our artists; each in their unique voice.

So much aural wonder lay around us and reached no further than one hundred people. “Lets make a device to hurtle our work into the world”, “sure….sure……yeh…..lets do that.” and thus Hidden Shoal Recordings was born early 2006 in Perth, Western Australia.

Just listen from a distance to the distance. Work it out later.

The Body

Hidden Shoal Recordings’ current catalogue includes releases that slip between the edges of experimental ambient work, shoegazing pop, post-rock and indie rock. The label has earned a reputation for releasing exciting and engaging new independent music unbound by genre or style. Hidden Shoal Recordings was recently chosen as one of the top ten favourite labels of 2007 by Textura magazine and has been dubbed “This generations 4AD” by prominent New York radio host DJ Mojo.

The Hidden Shoal Team

www.hiddenshoal.com

Press Releases:

• 135. September 29th, 2009 – Elisa Luu Chromatic Sigh Album Official CD Release.
• 134. September 28th, 2009 – Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window (Tin Man Spilt Milk Remix)’ Single Release.
• 133. September 25th, 2009 – Wes Willenbring ‘Oh, Most’ Single Release.
• 132. September 22nd, 2009 – Sankt Otten Morgen wieder lustig Album Official CD Release.
• 131. September 17th, 2009 – Mukaizake Signing.
• 130. September 15th, 2009 – My Majestic Star ‘Crampling’ Single Release.
• 129. September 10th, 2009 – Elisa Luu Chromatic Sigh Album Digital Pre-Release.
• 128. September 1st, 2009 – Sankt Otten Morgen wieder lustig Album Digital Pre-Release.
• 127. August 11th, 2009 – Down Review From Here, For Anyone EP Release.
• 126. August 5th, 2009 – Elisa Luu ‘The Garden’ Single Release.
• 125. July 30th, 2009 – Sankt Otten ‘Lustig, lustig demain encore lustig’ Single Release.
• 124. July 23rd, 2009 – Tarcutta Self-Titled Album Official Release.
• 123. July 21st, 2009 – Elisa Luu Signing.
• 122. July 9th, 2009 – Down Review Debut Single Release.
• 121. July 4th, 2009 – Apricot Rail Debut Album Release.
• 120. June 30th, 2009 – Down Review Signing.
• 119. June 23rd, 2009 – Tarcutta Self-Titled Album Digital Pre-Release.
• 118. June 11th, 2009 – Tangled Star That Time EP Release.
• 117. June 2nd, 2009 – Apricot Rail ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ Single Release.
• 116. May 26th, 2009 – Sleeping Me Cradlesongs Album Release.
• 115. May 19th, 2009 – Tarcutta ‘You’ve Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Before You Waltz’ Single Release.
• 114. May 18th, 2009 – Apricot Rail Signing.
• 113. May 14th, 2009 – Tangled Star ’seabirdtown’ Single Release.
• 112. May 5th, 2009 – Hidden Shoal Recordings Third Birthday.
• 111. April 28th, 2009 – Sleeping Me ‘Legs Like Gravestone’ Single Release.
• 110. April 22nd, 2009 – Tangled Star Our Man in Eden Hill EP CD Re-Issue.
• 109. April 2nd, 2009 – The Caribbean Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean EP Release.
• 108. March 27th, 2009 – HC-B Soundcheck for a Missing Movie Official CD Release.
• 107. March 16th, 2009 – Tarcutta Signing
• 106. March 3rd, 2009 – HC-B Soundcheck for a Missing Movie Digital Pre-Release.
• 105. February 26th, 2009 – The Caribbean Single Release.
• 104. February 21st, 2009 – The Caribbean Remix EP Announced.
• 103. February 14th, 2009 – Hotels’ Where Hearts Go Broke Album Release.
• 102. February 13th, 2009 – Jumpel’s Deuxième Bureau Official CD Release.
• 101. February 5th, 2009 – HC-B Single Release.
• 100. January 30th, 2009 – Sleeping Me Signing.
• 99. January 27th, 2009 – Jumpel’s Deuxième Bureau Digital Pre-Release.
• 98. January 16th, 2009 – Hotels’ ‘Hydra’ Single Release.
• 97. December 22nd, 2008 – Hotels Signing.
• 96. December 20th, 2008 – HSR 4th Label Sampler Album East-West Section Release.
• 95. December 17th, 2008 – Jumpel ‘Quicken Belts’ Single Release.
• 94. December 16th, 2008 – Ghost In The Water Cardinal Red EP Release.
• 93. December 11th, 2008 – Sankt Otten Tiefgang EP Release.
• 92. December 4th, 2008 – HC-B Signing.
• 91. December 3rd, 2008 – The Slow Beings ‘Nil By Rote’ Single Release.
• 90. November 25th, 2008 – City Of Satellites The Spook EP Release.
• 89. November 11th, 2008 – Fall Electric Measure And Step Album Release.
• 88. October 30th, 2008 – RL/VL Chagrin Album Release.
• 87. October 23rd, 2008 – City Of Satellites ‘Moon In The Sea’ single Release.
• 86. October 14th, 2008 – Fall Electric ‘Faithless Friend’ single Release.
• 85. October 1st, 2008 – RL/VL ‘Kweens’ single Release.
• 84. September 23rd, 2008 – Sankt Otten Eine Kleine Traurigkeit Album Re-Release.
  
• 83. September 12th, 2008 – City Of Satellites Signing.
• 82. September 9th, 2008 – Rich Bennett Music For Underwater Supermarkets Mini Album Release.
• 81. September 1st, 2008 – RL/VL Signing.
• 80. August 26th, 2008- My Majestic Star Too Late, The Day Album Release.
• 79. August 19th, 2008- Sankt Otten ‘Fernfahrer’ Single Release.
• 78. August 12th, 2008- Rich Bennett ‘Aisle 8: The Underwater Supermarket’ single Release.
• 77. July 31st, 2008- My Majestic Star ‘and having a reason why’ Single Release.
• 76. July 29th, 2008- Fall Electric Signing.
• 75. July 22nd, 2008- Slow Dancing Society Priest Lake Circa ‘88 Album Release.
• 74. July 8th, 2008- Iretsu Name our Numbers, Numbers EP Release.
• 73. June 26th, 2008- The Slow Beings We Know Why The Earth Moves CD Release.
• 72. June 20th, 2008- Sankt Otten Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder US CD Release.
• 71. June 17th, 2008- Slow Dancing Society ‘A Warm Glow’ single Release.
• 70. June 5th, 2008 - Iretsu ‘Name our Numbers, Numbers’ single Release.
• 69. May 20th, 2008 – The Slow Beings Album ‘We Know Why The Earth Moves’ Digital Release.
• 68. April 22nd, 2008 – The Slow Beings ‘I Waste The Sea’ single Release.
• 67. April 8th, 2008 – Ghost In The Water Tooth Released.
• 66. April 8th, 2008 – Monocle’s Outer Sunset Tonevendor distribution.
• 65. March 28th, 2008 – The Slow Beings Signing.
• 64. March 11th, 2008 – Toby Richardson Evergreen Album Release.
• 63. March 6th, 2008 – Jumpel ‘Cleo’ Music Video Release.
• 62. March 4th, 2008 – Colour Kane ‘Broken’ Music Video Release.
• 61. February 28th, 2008 – Ghost In The Water ‘Clean Sinks and Folded Laundry’ Single Release.
• 60. February 26th, 2008 – Tangled Star Our Man in Eden Hill EP Release.
• 59. February 22th, 2008 – Ghost In The Water Signing.
• 58. January 18th, 2008 – Monocle Outer Sunset CD Release.
• 57. December 13th, 2007 – Tangled Star tosleepingpeople Single Release.
• 56. December 11th, 2007 – Sankt Otten Album Release.
• 55. December 4th, 2007 – The Retail Sectors Mini Album Release.
• 54. November 27th, 2007 – Monocle Album Release.
• 53. November 22nd, 2007 – Glassacre Single Release.
• 52. November 20th, 2007 – Toby Richardson Single Release.
• 51. November 6th, 2007 – Slow Dancing Society Album Release.
• 50. November 1st, 2007 – Bury the Sound and Glassacre US CD Re-Releases.
• 49. October 30th, 2007 – Sankt Otten Single and Video Release.
• 48. October 20th, 2007 – The Retail Sectors Signing.
• 47. October 9th, 2007 – Iretsu Album Release.
• 46. September 18th, 2007 – Iretsu Signing.
• 45. September 10th, 2007 – HSR Exclusive US CD Re-Releases.
• 44. September 4th, 2007 – Beautiful Lunar Landscape EP Release.
• 43. August 21st, 2007 – Cheekbone EP Release.
• 42. August 17th, 2007 – Monocle Signing.
• 41. August 7th, 2007 – Jumpel Album Release.
• 40. July 24th, 2007 – Beautiful Lunar Landscape Signing.
• 39. July 17th, 2007 – Chris Mason Album Release.
• 38. July 9th, 2007 – Jumpel and Cheekbone Signings.
• 37. July 6th, 2007 – Chris Mason Single Release.
• 36. July 3rd, 2007 – Bury the Sound EP Official Release.
• 35. June 21st, 2007 – Bury the Sound EP Pre-Release.
• 34. May 16th, 2007 – Bury the Sound label signing.
• 33. May 1st, 2007 – HSR 1st Birthday and 2nd Sampler Album Release.
• 32. Apr 24th, 2007 – Colour Kane album official release.
• 31. Mar 27th, 2007 – Wes Willenbring album official release.
• 30. Mar 20th, 2007 – Colour Kane album pre-release.
• 29. Feb 26th, 2007 – Wes Willenbring album pre-release.
• 28. Feb 15th, 2007 – My Majestic Star official ep release.
• 27. Feb 12th, 2007 – Wes Willenbring label signing.
• 26. Feb 6th, 2007 – Sankt Otten official album release.
• 25. Feb 1st, 2007 – Tangled Star official album release.
• 24. Jan 30th, 2007 – Colour Kane single release.
• 23. Jan 26th, 2007 – Dilatazione official album release.
• 22. Jan 26th, 2007 – Colour Kane label signing.
• 21. Jan 22nd, 2007 – Slow Dancing Society official album release.
• 20. Jan 16th, 2007 – The Hero Cycle ep release.
• 19. Jan 10th, 2007 – Sankt Otten album pre-release.
• 18. Dec 15th, 2006 – The Hero Cycle single release.
• 17. Dec 12th, 2006 – The Hero Cycle label signing.
• 16. Dec 6th, 2006 – Sankt Otten single release.
• 15. Dec 4th, 2006 – My Majestic Star ep pre-release.
• 14. Nov 27th, 2006 – Moongoat ep pre-release.
• 13. Nov 23rd, 2006 – Sankt Otten label signing.
• 12. Nov 20th, 2006 – Tangled Star “It’s Now or Later” pre-release.
• 11. Nov 14th, 2006 – Moongoat label signing.
• 10. Nov 11th, 2006 – Dilatazione “Too Emotional For Maths” pre-release.
• 9. Nov 8th, 2006 – Tangled Star label signing.
• 8. Nov 6th, 2006 – Slow Dancing Society “The Sound Of Lights When Dim” pre-release.
• 7. Nov 3rd, 2006 – Dilatazione label signing.
• 6. October 26th, 2006 – Slow Dancing Society label signing.
• 5. October 24th, 2006 – Enargeia “Gulag! 25.9.98? live release.
• 4. July 18th, 2006 – Toby Richardson “Golden Days” ep release and Itunes distribution deal.
• 3. June 8th, 2006 – Label sampler album release, Enargeia “UFO: Stryker Force” release and Glassacre “Slow Attack” release.
• 2. May 9th, 2006 – Holding Pattern “Motor Eye” release, Chris Mason “Up Down Up” release.
• 1. May 2nd, 2006 – Label launch, Wayne Harriss “Aerospace” release and My Majestic Star “Ideas Are The Answer” release.