Apr 9, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“In July of last year, I reviewed Markus Mehr’s On album here at DOA, the second part of the trilogy of albums that Off is the final section of. On is a tremendously varied and imaginative sequence of tracks, varying from ambient soundscapes to haphazardly...
Mar 18, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
[Translated excerpts from the original German review] “Off, as with the two preceding parts [In & On], is available as a download & a stylishly designed CD-R in digipak on Australian label Hidden Shoal Recordings… Markus Mehr, a native of Augsburg,...
Mar 5, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Third part of the Augsburg-based ambient composer’s conceptual trilogy (following In and On), which consists of a single 42 minute opus. It’s hard to do justice to the range of sounds you’ll find here – tremendous, rumbling, industrial atmospherics forming most...
Feb 26, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Years ago, I had a college professor who described the effect of words in poetry as taking one palmful of rose petals, which have their own scent, and one palmful of some other flower petals, rubbing them together and then opening your hands again to discover...
Feb 15, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Marcus Mehr‘s Off is the concluding element in an ambitious trilogy. In and On, reviewed here in 2012, are vastly different in style, but set the stage for a grand finale. Now that all three pieces have been released, listeners can see how and where they...
Feb 15, 2013 | Markus Mehr Reviews, Reviews
“Off, the final installment in Markus Mehr’s ambient noise triptych which also includes the luminous releases In and On, dropped last week at Australia-based Hidden Shoal Recordings. The single, 42 minute long form piece mixes new samples and loops with...
