<a href="http://blog.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Markus_Mehr_6.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-224" title="Markus Mehr" src="http://blog.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Markus_Mehr_6-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="159" height="245" /></a>We asked Markus Mehr if he'd be so kind as to make a mixtape for us of his favourite tunes. What we got was this wonderfully eclectic mix below that has been on high rotation in the Hidden Shoal office since it arrived. There's something incredibly satisfying hearing Taylor Deupree follow up the Beach Boys - if only this could happen live! There's also something almost revealing when listening to the mix and pondering on Mehr's latest masterpiece <em>On</em>. The complexity and variety of elements that, almost despite themselves, make a greater whole than the sum of their parts.

Enjoy the mix, read Markus's liner notes below and don’t forget to check out  <em>On</em> and Mehr's previous albums <em>In</em> and <em>Lava</em> over at the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/markus-mehr/">Hidden Shoal Store</a>.
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<strong>1. B-52s – 52 Girls</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">This track is from the yellow album – one of my few desert island discs.</p>
<strong>2. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Nostalgia</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I overlooked this one at first, but it’s a grower.</p>
<strong>3. Stephan Mathieu – Hidden Name</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">A very reeellaaaxed track, like Stephan himself. Nice guy, brilliant artist.</p>
<strong>4. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I´m the proud owner of all the Beach Boys albums on vinyl! I would consider myself a fan...</p>
<strong>5. Taylor Deupree – Worn</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Super track, never seen this guy live – have to.</p>
<strong>6. Dean Taylor – Fire And Rain</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Oh, how I love 70s American crooner shit. This one is very touching.</p>
<strong>7. Aki Omnda – Dance</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Didn't know this guy, but a friend gave me a tape with this one on. The fact I’ve put this one on this mixtape is sign of how much I like it.</p>
<strong>8. Deaf Center – New Beginning</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I also discovered this very late. ‚New Beginning’ is from the album <em>Owl Splinters</em> – I highly recommend this CD for lovers of music with a darker feel.</p>
<strong>9. Gerald Fiebig –  6:39 Über Halberstadt</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">A fellow from my hometown. We will perform together soon.</p>
<strong>10. Four Tet – Jupiter</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">A mixtape without this track is not a mixtape!</p>
<strong>11. Hatchback – White Diamond</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I first heard this track in a record store in New York, asked the owner of the shop what it was, and bought it.</p>
<strong>12. Space – Magic Fly</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I´m a bit addicted to good disco shit of the 70s too. This is one of my all-time favourites</p>
<strong>13. Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Crazy stuff.</p>
<strong>14. Tom Hessler – Glass Kreisel</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">One of my closest friends, so I´m biased. He’s actually quite a popular songwriter with really good German lyrics. ‚Glass Kreisel’ shows his passion for the dance terrain.</p>
<strong>15. Nilsson – One</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">When it comes down to songcraft, this is one of the best songs ever written.</p>
<strong>16. Philip Jeck &amp; Janek Schaefer - <em>Song for Europe</em></strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Two heroes of mine.</p>
<strong>17. Danijel Zambo – Im Verschneiten Walde</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Again, a buddy from my hometown –check him out! This guy is a genius.</p>
<strong>18. Aun – Protection</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">You’ve got to see him on stage. This is killer.</p>
<strong>19. Ben Frost – Killshot</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The title says it all! The whole album blew me away.</p>
<strong>20. Pioneers of HiFi – Zeitforscher</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">A project of mine... Forgive my indulgence!</p>
<strong>21. Andy Williams – Too Late</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">As I said before, I´m really into this crooner stuff. Andy Williams was the King of Mount Schmaltz.</p>
<strong>22. Chant Des Derwishes De Turquie – Unknown</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Bought this record in a weird record store out of curiosity. Musically we´ve got something in common.</p>
<strong>23. Philip Jeck – Pilot Dark Blue Night</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">My hero.</p>
<strong>24. Jerome Faria – Untitled</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Very interesting stuff. I only know this one track, but I will check out more.</p>
<strong>25. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Castalia</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Huge fan – nothing more to say.</p>
<strong>26. Nils Frahm – Peter</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The show pony of Erased Tapes – for good reason. I love his approach to classical music.</p>
<strong>27.  KTL – Wicked Way </strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The goods when it comes to drone music.</p>
<strong>28. DJ Shadow  – Six Days</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">It closes how it began, with the genius touch of Miles Davis. Good party stuff.</p>