<img class="alignleft" title="A Million Square Miles" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/Million-Square-Miles_MED.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />As part of our <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/cat/news/page/archive/hidden-shoal-turns-5/">5th birthday</a> celebrations, we’ll be looking back at the history of Hidden Shoal, year by year, casting some light on artists and releases that may have been overlooked. For one week, all releases covered below will be available from the <a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com">Hidden Shoal Store</a> with a 30% discount. Flavoursome!

In 2009, Hidden Shoal continued to release stunning music from around the world, including debut Hidden Shoal albums from Hotels, HC-B, Tarcutta, Sleeping Me, City Of Satellites and Elisa Luu, sophomore albums from Jumpel and Wes Willenbring, a third album from Sankt Otten, and EPs from Stray Ghost and Down Review (a new collaboration between Arc Lab’s Medard Fischer and Near The Parenthesis’ Tim Arndt).

2009 was also notable for the release of our compilation album <em>A Million Square Miles</em>, a project endeavouring to showcase Western Australian talent to the US (the titular million square miles). After more than three years of sharing independent music far and wide, A Million Square Miles represented a key facet of the Hidden Shoal Recordings story. The album brings together a pair of tracks from each of the then eight WA-based artists on the Hidden Shoal roster: Mukaizake, Apricot Rail, Fall Electric, Glassacre, Toby Richardson, My Majestic Star, The Slow Beings and Tangled Star.

2009 also saw Hidden Shoal join forces with The Caribbean and Scott Solter in a single EP. This not only began a special relationship with the wonderful The Caribbean and created an ongoing avenue for them to release some of their more experimental offerings, but it also began the label’s relationship with Scott Solter, which eventually led us to Boxharp (Scott Solter and Wendy Allen).

HSR046:   Jumpel <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=22&amp;products_id=98"><em>Deuxieme Bureau</em></a>
HSR047:   Hotels <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100"><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em></a>
HSR048:   HC-B <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=36&amp;products_id=102"><em>Soundcheck For A Missing Movie</em></a>
HSR049:   The Caribbean <em><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=37&amp;products_id=103">Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean</a> EP</em>
HSR050:   Sleeping Me <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=38&amp;products_id=107"><em>Cradlesongs</em></a>
HSR051:   Tarcutta <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=39&amp;products_id=110"><em>Tarcutta</em></a>
HSR052:   Tangled Star <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=15&amp;products_id=109"><em>That Time</em></a> EP
HSR053:   Apricot Rail <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=40&amp;products_id=111"><em>Apricot Rail</em></a>
HSR054:   Down Review <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=41&amp;products_id=115"><em>From Here, For Anyone</em></a> EP
HSR055:   Sankt Otten <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=17&amp;products_id=116"><em>Morgen Wieder Lustig</em></a>
HSR056:   Elisa Luu <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=42&amp;products_id=117"><em>Chromatic Sigh</em></a>
HSR057:   Various artists <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=12&amp;products_id=126"><em>A Million Square Miles</em></a>
HSR058:   Wes Willenbring <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=20&amp;products_id=125"><em>Close, But Not Too Close</em></a>
HSR059:   Stray Ghost <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=44&amp;products_id=128"><em>Each Paradise Is A Lost Paradise</em></a> EP
HSR060:   Mukaizake <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=43&amp;products_id=130"><em>Unknown Knowns</em></a>
HSR061:   City Of Satellites <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=34&amp;products_id=129"><em>Machine Is My Animal</em></a>