[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>My Majestic Star</h1><p><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/My_Majestic_Star_1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-9066" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/My_Majestic_Star_1-300x199.jpg" alt="My Majestic Star" width="300" height="199" /></a>“a record that respects and honors our melancholy without ever falling for the fallacy that it’s a permanent state of affairs… rootless music for the hours alone” – Stylus</p><p>Shades of ambience flow into moments of shoegaze rock, turning through melancholic piano arcs and following the well-trodden path of obscure narrative. No manifesto, no thesis, no all-encompassing mantra. Just experimentation with guitars, keyboards and samplers, and a feeling that music should, in some instances, be allowed to evolve as an entity of itself.<strong> <br /></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"]
<h3>Discography</h3>
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<h4>We Don't Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>
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<p><iframe style="border: 0; width: 600px; height: 274px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4290771882/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=none/transparent=true/" width="300" height="150" seamless=""><a href="http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/we-dont-look-back-for-very-long">We Don't Look Back For Very Long by Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society</a></iframe></p>
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<p><em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.</p>
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<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>
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<p>Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style="font-style: italic;">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album, as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game, producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being released today. Antonymes new album <span style="font-style: italic;">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> has been met with universal acclaim since its release in April. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow.</p>
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<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>
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<p><iframe style="border: 0; width: 600px; height: 550px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1679006704/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/" width="300" height="150" seamless=""><a href="http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/the-licence-to-interpret-dreams">The Licence To Interpret Dreams by Antonymes</a></iframe></p>
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<p><span style="font-style: italic;">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow. The album’s scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener ‘The Slow Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano notes are overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless, lingering chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’. Single ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the Strange Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant magnetic spirit.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Bio"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>My Majestic Star began as a solo recording project for Perth artist Chris Mason (<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/chris-mason/">Chris Mason Implosion</a>, <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/glassacre/">Glassacre</a>). The motivation was to experiment with guitars, samplers and keyboards to create music that evolved naturally of its own volition. With a background in, and love for, shoegaze and post-rock, the result was a melding of fuzzed-out ambience and shimmering, haunting melodies, which culminated in the release of the first My Majestic Star album <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=14"><em>Ideas Are the Answer</em></a>. Recorded entirely by Mason, the album is a collection of tracks meant to evoke the listener’s own interpretations, resulting in music of a non-narrative nature that nevertheless seeks to tell a story or, more accurately, allow the listener to create their own. The follow-up EP <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=32"><em>Fining</em></a> continued this ethic but also introduced pop elements into the mix.</p><p>With the recent release of the new album <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=79"><em>Too Late, The Day</em></a>, My Majestic Star has taken the next step and evolved into a live act. With the addition of friends who also happen to be ridiculously talented musicians – Miriam Braun (Tragic Delicate), Stuart Medley (Benji, Fur Versions, <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/holding-pattern/">Motor Eye</a>) and Jamie Hamilton (PB, M-16’s) – My Majestic Star live is more raw, urgent and self-evolving than the recorded material. The purpose is to not simply play the songs as they have been recorded but to adapt them to a live environment – to allow them to take on a life of their own and develop with each performance.</p><p>My Majestic Star exists for a listener to create their own path in the music, to take what they hear and relate it to themselves, to create their own stories and come to their own conclusions. It may be wrong; it doesn’t matter. Listen and decide for yourself.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="News"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=my-majestic-star-news content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Reviews"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=my-majestic-star-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Press Releases"]<h3>Press Releases</h3>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-My_Majestic_Star-I%20Havent_Got_It_In_Me.pdf">My Majestic Star <em>I Haven’t Got It In Me</em> Album Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-My_Majestic_Star-Crampling.pdf">My Majestic Star ‘Crampling’ Single Release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-My_Majetsic_Star_Too_Late_The_Day_Album.pdf">My Majestic Star <em>Too Late, The Day</em> Album release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-My_Majestic_Star_Single_Release.pdf">My Majestic Star ‘and having a reason why’ single release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-My_Majestic_Star_EP_Release.pdf">My Majestic Star Fining EP release</a>

<a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release_2_May.pdf">Label launch, Wayne Harriss “Aerospace” release and My Majestic Star “Ideas Are The Answer” release</a>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Gallery"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p><p>[gallery ids="9069,9070,9071"]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Video"]<h3>Music Videos</h3>

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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BzkpUdLRUMQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Licensing"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>My Majestic Star's music is  available for licensing (master &amp; 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>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_4"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label="Sidebar" orientation="left" area="sidebar-1" background_layout="dark" module_id="shoalsidebar" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]