[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>Slow Dancing Society</h1><p><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-9141" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Drew-Sullivan-2014-300x300.jpg" alt="Slow Dancing Society" width="300" height="300" /></a><em>““a complexity of sound that allows it to stand out from traditionally ambient music… It is easy to get dissolved in this album, to let yourself fall into meditation as the music plays… an aural delight”</em> –<strong> The Silent Ballet </strong></p><p>Slow Dancing Society is Washington-based producer and musician Drew Sullivan. As with Brian Eno’s finest moments and David Sylvian’s ambient explorations, Slow Dancing Society’s music manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.</p><p><a title="Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slow-Dancing-Society/260874147036?fref=ts" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8763" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Facebook.png" alt="Facebook" width="26" height="20" /></a>  <a title="Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/SoundOfElegance" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8766" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Twitter.png" alt="Twitter" width="26" height="20" /></a>  <a title="SoundCloud" href="https://soundcloud.com/soundofelegance" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8764" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SoundCloud.png" alt="SoundCloud" width="26" height="20" /></a></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><div> </div><div> </div><h4>We Don't Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4><div> </div><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><div> </div><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><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style="border: 0; width: 600px; height: 200px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3184595053/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/" width="300" height="150" seamless=""><a href="http://antonymes.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-waves-of-light">Lost In Waves Of Light by Antonymes</a></iframe></p><div> </div><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><div> </div><div> </div><h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4><div> </div><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><div> </div><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>Slow Dancing Society is Washington based musician/producer and nostalgist extraordinaire, Drew Sullivan. If ever there was an artist who truly expressed themselves in a way that defies everything music and art expects, and at times demands, then Slow Dancing Society would be that artist. With influences ranging from classic artists such as Brian Eno, Def Leppard, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Eddie Money, Pink Floyd, Prince, Spandeau Ballet and U2 to contemporary artists like Manual, Charles Webster, Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Rós, Hammock, Red House Painters and My Morning Jacket, one might begin to understand what they are in for when they hear something coming from Slow Dancing Society.</p><p>At times there is a pure abandonment of structure, continuity, consistancy and most importantly, hipness. If one were to compare the music of Slow Dancing Society to anything, it would be our memories and our past. Which is probably why one will experience such a sense of nostalgia and an overall coloring of sentimental values when they listen to the music. One cannot refute the notions that life is abstract, doesn’t always make sense, isn’t always beautiful (though at times the contrary) and never what it seems. So why then does the music have to be?</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="News"]<h3>News</h3><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Reviews"]<h2>Reviews</h2><p>[catlist name=slow-dancing-society-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title]</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Press Releases"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p> </p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-The_Cogent_Sea-Press Release.pdf"><em>The Cogent Sea</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/Slow_Dancing_Society-Pull_Press_Release.pdf">‘Pull’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-A_Clearing.pdf">‘A Clearing’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Laterna_Magica.pdf"><em>Laterna Magica</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Ill_Leave_a_Light_On.pdf">‘I’ll Leave a Light On’ Single Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Under_The_Sodium_Lights.pdf"> <em>Under The Sodium Lights</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-and_to_the_dust_we_shall_remain.pdf">‘…and to the dust we shall return’ Single and Video Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society-Priest_Lake_Circa_88.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Priest Lake Circa ’88</em> Album Release </a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Single.pdf" target="_blank">'A Warm Glow' Single Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-New_Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf"><em>The Slow and Steady Winter</em> Album Release</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Slow_Dancing_Society_Album.pdf" target="_blank"><em>The Sounds Of Lights When Dim</em> Album Release </a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Gallery"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids="8222,8221,8220,8219"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Video"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/U7tLhh8a1lo?rel=0" width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p><p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4senhm9eiTY?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Licensing"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master & 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]