Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the new single from Germany’s post-ambient master Markus Mehr. Much like Mehr’s first single ‘Hubble’ evoked the ink-black expanses of outer space, second single ‘Cousteau’ (also taken from debut Lava) casts its searchlight beneath the ocean. The track’s slow, majestic burn is a thing to behold, and further proof of Mehr’s mastery of dynamic drone. Bubbles of fizzy static gradually fade into view before a haunting backwards melody is introduced and then subsumed by liquiform particles and aching synths. The track builds in pressure until the elements fall away, leaving the backwards melody to sing anew before the process begins again, with a renewed feeling of heartbreaking intensity. The track’s black-hole magnetism grows as it pulls in all around it, with the resultant build erupting into giant, arcing, electric tendrils.
“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.” – Tome to the Weather Machine
Mehr’s oft collaborator, visual artist Stefanie Sixt (Sixt Sense), has created an incredibly rich and layered widescreen visual accompaniment to ‘Cousteau’. Sixt’s work traverses film, performance and animation, and has won her several key visual arts awards in Germany.
‘Cousteau’ is taken from Markus Mehr’s debut album Lava out now through Hidden Shoal. The track is available for free download from the Hidden Shoal Store. Watch the ‘Cousteau’ music video on YouTube or Vimeo. Read a full press release here.
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