<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/in_MED.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the release of new album <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> by German experimental ambient artist <a href="../artists/markus-mehr/">Markus Mehr</a>, the first of a triptych that also includes the forthcoming releases <em>On</em> and <em>Off</em>, all released over the next 12 months.

Markus Mehr follows up his stunning debut album <em><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=145">Lava</a> </em>with three new releases. <em>In</em> is the first part of the triptych, comprising two monumental tracks,  ‘Komo’ and ‘Ostinato’, each of which clocks in at around 25 minutes,  circling around and building upon hypnotic instrumental motifs. ‘Komo’  gradually emerges from silence, its distant, filtered throb reluctantly  revealing its source material – a heartbreaking string part whose  emotional impact intensifies as the loop clarifies. ‘Ostinato’ is an  altogether darker, gnarlier experience, its string loops chewed into  distorted knots which are highlighted by treated guitars and crafted  electronics.

<em>“In this blissful wanderlust Mehr succeeds in spades creating a  completely engrossing, engaging and all together reliable album full of  the most powerful ambient-drone tracks this year.”</em> – <strong>Tome to the Weather Machine on <em>Lava</em></strong>
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“They’re ‘big’ compositions, the sheer scale of the sonic work is rather  awe inspiring, but they never sound antagonistic or uncomfortable… it  sounds like the ebb and flow of space itself – individual snippets of a  grand, repeating, organic process that keeps the universe in balance…”</em> – <strong>No Ripcord on <em>Lava</em></strong>

<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> is  available for purchase  now in digital format and for CD pre-order. The CD version of the album comes as a limited edition two panel CD  cardboard sleeve of 100 numbered units with artwork by Stuart Medley. Head to the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=46&amp;products_id=193">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all availability details and read a full press release <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Markus_Mehr-In.pdf">here</a>.

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Markus Mehr - <em>In</em> (excerpt)</strong>