[et_pb_section fullwidth="off" specialty="on" background_color="#050505" inner_shadow="off" parallax="off" parallax_method="css"][et_pb_column type="3_4" specialty_columns="3"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left"]<h1>DrAlienSmith</h1><p><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-10320" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/DrAlienSmith-300x300.jpg" alt="DrAlienSmith" width="271" height="271" /></a><i>“The atmospheric production wizardry often makes these four tracks sound truly terrifying. The guitar sound is layered and nuanced, the percussion varied and interesting... really excellent”</i><strong><i> – </i>4ZZZ</strong></p><p>Drinking deep from the poisoned well in which the streams of doom, shoegaze, sludge and post-rock co-mingle, DrAlienSmith drowns the listener in slow motion, treacle-thick riffs. Atop distorted, detuned bass guitar and cavernous drums, surges of noise and haunting synths weave through the mix like ghosts. <i>Under Songs</i>, DrAlienSmith’s debut EP,is a stirring exercise in monolithic instrumental songcraft, densely atmospheric yet wonderfully accessible.</p><p><strong><a title="Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/draliensmith" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone wp-image-8763 size-full" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png" alt="Facebook" width="26" height="20" /></a>  <a title="Twitter" href="http://www.twitter.com/bergerkstudios" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone wp-image-8766 size-full" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png" alt="Twitter" width="26" height="20" /></a> <a title="Website" href="http://www.bergerkstudios.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone wp-image-8767 size-full" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Website.png" alt="Website" width="26" height="20" /></a> </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label="Divider" color="#ffffff" show_divider="off" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label="Artist Tabs"][et_pb_tab title="Discography"]<br />
<h3>Discography</h3>
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<h4>Under Songs</h4>
<p><iframe style="border: 0; width: 500px; height: 274px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2649323669/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/" width="300" height="150" seamless=""><a href="http://draliensmith.bandcamp.com/album/under-songs">Under Songs by DrAlienSmith</a></iframe><br />May 2014</p>
<p>DrAlienSmith’s debut EP,is a stirring exercise in monolithic instrumental songcraft, densely atmospheric yet wonderfully accessible.Drinking deep from the poisoned well in which the streams of doom, shoegaze, sludge and post-rock co-mingle, Under Songs drowns the listener in slow motion, treacle-thick riffs. Atop distorted, detuned bass guitar and cavernous drums, surges of noise and haunting synths weave through the mix like ghosts.</p>
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<h3>Biography</h3>
<p>DrAlienSmith is Perth-based producer and musician Al Smith, whose former musical projects include Lux Mammoth (with Cat Hope), Matzal (with Steve Matzkov) and Smidirin (with James W.I.T. Smith). Smith spends most of his time mixing and mastering other people’s recordings at Bergerk! Studios, and over the last 15 years has worked with more than 300 bands, including The Devil Rides Out, Drowning Horse, Abbe May, Eleventh He Reaches London, Claim The Throne and Extortion as well as Hidden Shoal’s own Tangled Star.</p>
<p>Written, performed and recorded over two years, Smith’s debut EP <em>Under Songs</em> is soundtrack music to dark and reflective moments; a melodic slow burn.</p>
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<h3>Press Releases</h3>
<p><a title="Under Songs Press Release" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/DrAlienSmith-UnderSongs.pdf"><em>Under Songs</em> EP Release</a></p>
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<h3>Licensing</h3>
<p>DrAlienSmith's music is  available for licensing (master &#038; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>
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