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Hidden Rivers is the alias of Huw Roberts, an artist who sounds infatuated with IDM, drone and raindrops. His music is upended by strong walls of ambient but uses a haze of twinkling synth melodies and programmed percussion to differentiate parts of its humble landscape: a lot of ambient music makes you think of the pretty countryside, but Hidden Rivers describes it in detail, building with a light touch a la (who else) Boards of Canada . More than that, though, the work of Josh Mason comes to mind, particularly ‘The Symbiont’, a record which counterbalanced droning figures with little but all-important modulations in sound. (Norman Records) https://www.normanrecords.com/records/154034-hidden-rivers-where-moss-grows#reviews_content As well as releasing music as Hidden Rivers, Roberts is also one-half of the ambient/modern-classical duo Nest along with Otto Totland. Huw runs the Welsh record label, Serein - http://www.serein.co.uk