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<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6201" title="Markus Mehr - &quot;Off&quot;" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/OFF-Front-Cover-1400px-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="153" height="153" />We're incredibly excited to be able to share a sneak preview of  <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/markus-mehr/">Markus Mehr</a>'s forthcoming full length album <em>Off</em>. The album is the third and final part of a trilogy that includes the critically acclaimed releases <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=193"><em>In</em></a> and <a href="http://markusmehr.bandcamp.com/album/on"><em>On</em></a>. The album will be available from the 24th of January, 2013. To whet your appetite we have a streaming excerpt from the album on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hidden_shoal/markus-mehr-off-excerpt" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> (also embedded below) and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HutzAwvmsY4" target="_blank">Youtube</a>.

<em>Off</em> is not only the culmination of Markus Mehr's trilogy, but it may also be the culmination of his career's work thus far. The single-track album begins in silence, as a thrumming loop gradually emerges. From there, a beautiful piano refrain is introduced, noise ebbs and flows, threatening to engulf the piece, while field recordings and swooningly transportive synth patterns drift into focus. During its 42-minute runtime, the piece immerses the listener in a dizzyingly beautiful soundworld that's ever-shifting. Certain passages allude to other sequences and samples in the preceding albums, linking the three albums into a kaleidoscopic mobius strip.

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<strong>Markus Mehr - <em>Off</em> (Excerpt)</strong>

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