<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/chagrin_MED.jpg" width="150" align="left" height="150" /><a href="http://music.hiddenshoal.com">Hidden Shoal Recordings</a> today announced the release of the album <em><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=32&amp;products_id=85">Chagrin</a></em> by Belfast-based electronic composer <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/rlvl/">RL/VL</a>.

Presenting an impeccably crafted minimalism and focus married to an ineffable sense of human frailty, <em>Chagrin</em> unfolds like the stories of ageless artefacts buried in the earth, still covered in the dirt that was once their home, brimming with micro-histories and rootless memories. Painstakingly layered from a vast array of analogue synths, tape machines, old cassettes and toys, <em>Chagrin</em>’s beauty lies in the fact that no sound is too small, no detail too elusive. This is ambient electronica of staggering emotive power.

<em>“a hovering, floating, soothing piece of art”</em> – <a href="http://www.lunakafe.com/moon148/en148b.php" target="_blank">Luna Kafe</a> on single ‘Kweens’

Featuring the stunning single ‘Kweens’, <em>Chagrin</em> extends a long line of critically acclaimed ambient and instrumental releases available through Hidden Shoal Recordings, including classic works by <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/slow-dancing-society/">Slow Dancing Society</a>, <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=17">Sankt Otten</a>, <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=20">Wes Willenbring</a> and <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=23">Cheekbone</a>.

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=32&amp;products_id=85"><em>Chagrin</em></a> is now available through Hidden Shoal Recordings in both CD and digital format. All availability and third-party distribution information can be found at the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=32&amp;products_id=85">HSR Store</a>, where the album can also be streamed in full.

A full press release can be read <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-RLVL_Album.pdf">here</a>.

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/RLVL/Chagrin/Kweens.mp3">RL/VL - Kweens</a>  <em>RL/VL - Kweens </em>