Excerpt: "Ambient  music is difficult to define, because the word “ambient” works better as  an adjective than as a noun.  So many sub-genres are funneled into the  ambient field as to dilute its meaning.  At its worst, ambient music is  confused with new age, and regarded as background music for elevators  and spas.  In its vast middle ground, ambient music is associated with  memory, nostalgia and sepia-tinged photographs.  The <em>best </em>ambient music begs for – and deserves – better descriptors than these.... Germany’s  Markus Mehr makes music in the Stars of the Lid tradition: a studied,  slow-moving ambience, with deliberate sound placement leading to a  natural evolution.  Often his songs blossom halfway through as wider  swaths of tones are introduced; the volume rises, and listeners sit up  and take notice.  At times, his grainy textures call to mind the  instrumental recordings of Belong and 36."

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