Excerpt: "Created using synths, processed guitars, distortion  pedals, and computer (supplemented by additional sound sources including  electric shavers, ventilators, electric tooth brushes, and field  recordings), Markus Mehr's <em>Lava </em> presents nine dark ambient set-pieces that should strongly appeal to fans of Simon Scott's <em>Navigare</em>, The Sight Below's <em>It All Falls Apart</em>, Tim Hecker's <em>Mirages</em>, and Fennesz's <em>Venice</em>.  Like Fennesz, the Augsburg, South Germany-based Mehr produces   electronic-based music of majestic melodic design whose beauty is  tempered by a sound approach intent on corrosion. Smears of guitar  distortion spread like viruses throughout Mehr's slow-motion meditations  in a wide-ranging recording whose forty-six minutes cover multiple  bases.... It's all expertly done, somewhat  preternaturally so given that <em>Lava</em> is the first full-length  release from Mehr. That a summer 2010 European tour purportedly included  stops in both churches and “large disused gas tanks” isn't as odd as it  might first appear, given the hymnal and noise dimensions that are both  key aspects of Mehr's style. The release's appeal is enhanced by  presentation, in this case a large-format amaray case (the kind that  typically houses DVDs) whose size is consistent with <em>Lava</em>'s epic scale."

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