"I am an unabashed Hidden Shoal fan. The Australian label has been pumping out releases of lush, cinematic aspirations of ambient and neo-classical artists for a better part of it's existence that, at times, is overcome by its eclectic output ranging from <a href="https://thecrisisactors.bandcamp.com/album/white-guilt-white-heat">conspiracy-punks </a>to <a href="https://thecaseworker.bandcamp.com/">90's slowcore revivalists</a> to every deriviation of weirdos (Australian and otherwise) in between. <em>Long Distance Transmissions</em>, however, is a surprisingly cohesive collection of sprawling ambient, electro-acoustic, post-classical and just about ever derivation (Australian and otherwise) of lushly produced, slightly melancholic, wordless music in between. Highlights include <strong>Markus Mehr's</strong> <strong>Tim Hecker-</strong>meets-<strong>Heinz Riegler</strong> meditative distorted synth composition "Hubble, the chopped and glitched electro-acoustic number by <strong>Kryshe</strong>, the minor key minimalist techno of <strong>Cheekbone</strong> and the emotional heft of the 80's nostalgia of <strong>Slow Dancing Society's </strong>bubbling arpeggios and soundtrack-worthy dynamics. It makes sense that Hidden Shoal also exists as a licensing company, many of these compositions, if not already, seem to soundtrack some deeply resonant scenes in films (never made)."

- <strong><a title="Tome To The Weather Machine" href="http://www.tometotheweathermachine.com/features/2016/01/tape-haul-first-batch" target="_blank">Tome To The Weather Machine</a></strong>