Monday 27 February 2012

Hidden Shoal artist profile: Antonymes

Now that the archiving of my music writing is out of the way, I can get on with the business of profiling the awesome Hidden Shoal artists whose music is available for licensing via dots and loops. The Hidden Shoal catalogue spans a startling array of genres and styles, from minimal, delicate ambient to heavy, rhythmic indie-rock. Nestled beautifully at the minimal, delicate ambient end of the spectrum is Antonymes.

Antonymes
Antonymes is designer, photographer and musician Ian M. Hazeldine, who is based in Wales. Ian's recorded output to date is characterised by sparse, thoughtful piano melodies, exquisitely rendered atmospheric textures and a truly cinematic approach to sound. His music is perfectly suited to moments of reflection, scenes of nature, and narratives that unfurl slowly and deliberately.

His album The Licence To Interpret Dreams was released to widespread critical acclaim in 2011. It comprises 12 beautiful pieces, including the single 'Endlessly', which is featured on my YouTube channel:



Another of Antonymes' songs, 'The Slow Beginnings of a Fragile Acceptance', which opens The Licence To Intepret Dreams, can be streamed on Soundcloud as part of an atmospheric/ambient compilation I've put together:



If you're interested in licensing Antonymes' music for your creative project, please contact tim@dots-and-loops.com

Monday 13 February 2012

[sic] Magazine reviews, 2009

My reviews for [sic] Magazine started off slow, with lots of repeats of stuff covered on Luna Kafe, plus the following newies published in 2009:

AristeiA, How To Kill A King EP

Redjetson, Other Arms

worriedaboutsatan, Arrivals

Trespassers William, The Natural Order Of Things EP

Maybeshewill, Sing The Word Hope In Four-part Harmony

Atlas Sound, Logos

Extradition Order, Since The Bomb Dropped

Luna Kafe reviews, 2009

What with writing artist bios and press releases for Hidden Shoal Recordings and starting to review for [sic] Magazine too, I scaled back my reviews for Luna Kafe quite a bit in 2009. 

Levator, The Biggest Waves Come At Night

St Kilda, EP

The Samuel Jackson Five, Goodbye Melody Mountain

Wilderness, (K)no(w)here

Brad Shepik, Human Activity Suite

All Tomorrow's Parties, Mount Buller, Victoria, 9-10.1. 09

Womadelaide, Adelaide Botanic Park, 6-9.3.09

Mellow Drunk, One Thousand Lights

Ploug, Pettersen & Badenhorst, Equilibrium

Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest

Tortoise, Beacons Of Ancestorship

Sean Noonan's Brewed By Noon, Boxing Dreams

Ryan Blotnick, Everything Forgets

Sacred Harp, Sacred Harp EP

Tim's 10 Favourite Releases Of 2009

Tuesday 7 February 2012

YouTube channel!

To demonstrate how savvy I am with all this Web 2.0 malarkey, I now have a YouTube channel, which includes a playlist of tracks from the Hidden Shoal Recordings label. These tracks, and hundreds more, are available for licensing via dots and loops. I'll be adding to the playlist progressively, so be sure to subscribe to my channel for updates. All the videos make for excellent viewing, ranging from the intimate ambient soundscaping of Markus Mehr's 'Cousteau' to the widescreen indie-rock of Umpire's 'Supply Chins'. Enjoy!