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UK’s Merz has released 6 albums since his eponymous debut. After huge hype, 3 minor hit singles and a major label release in 1999, he walked away from the deal. Returning from self-imposed exile in 2005, he released 2nd album Loveheart on UK label Gronland, a work that won him renewed respect, then in 2008 scaled the iTunes charts in the USA with follow-up album Moi et Mon Camion, solidifying his reputation for heartfelt tunes and enigmatic displays of multi-instrumental talent.
His 4th album, No Compass Will Find Home, was recorded in the Swiss Alps and produced with electronic music pioneer <a href="spotify:artist:0zdn1nNmOZXHZ9K28FvcFp" data-name="Matthew Herbert">Matthew Herbert</a>. Released on Accidental Records Jan 2013. Subsequently gave birth to a follow up collaboration; Julian Sartorius Drum and Vocal Renditions, a radical re-working of the original record by experimental drummer Sartorius.
In 2015 Accidental released 5th Merz album Thinking Like A Mountain, mixed by Matthew Herbert and featuring notable musicians <a href="spotify:artist:4FaBmP30QiO2lXc3yyuqrV" data-name="Shahzad Ismaily">Shahzad Ismaily</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6uZnp5qm39fcS98jofdiHz" data-name="Julian Sartorius">Julian Sartorius</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:35tWzCzjzv7skImbSeb2hc" data-name="Gyða Valtýsdóttir">Gyða Valtýsdóttir</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:66aihwzUYfaMjBxcumVf1j" data-name="Dimlite">Dimlite</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6PQgiQKFKgk7EJElgUPo7y" data-name="Ewan Pearson">Ewan Pearson</a>. Mojo called it “Merz’s brave new beginning”. Upon release it became one of KCRW Radio’s most played albums.
June 2019 saw the release of a new collaborative album from Merz, <a href="spotify:artist:6sd3qv6kReAdo6WsLBtXX4" data-name="Laraaji">Laraaji</a> and Shahzad Ismaily titled Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound. The UK’s Guardian newspaper selected the record as their Contemporary Music Album of the Month.
New single, Juniper marks the beginning of a new era of Merz music. Released on 7th October 2025.
His 4th album, No Compass Will Find Home, was recorded in the Swiss Alps and produced with electronic music pioneer <a href="spotify:artist:0zdn1nNmOZXHZ9K28FvcFp" data-name="Matthew Herbert">Matthew Herbert</a>. Released on Accidental Records Jan 2013. Subsequently gave birth to a follow up collaboration; Julian Sartorius Drum and Vocal Renditions, a radical re-working of the original record by experimental drummer Sartorius.
In 2015 Accidental released 5th Merz album Thinking Like A Mountain, mixed by Matthew Herbert and featuring notable musicians <a href="spotify:artist:4FaBmP30QiO2lXc3yyuqrV" data-name="Shahzad Ismaily">Shahzad Ismaily</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6uZnp5qm39fcS98jofdiHz" data-name="Julian Sartorius">Julian Sartorius</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:35tWzCzjzv7skImbSeb2hc" data-name="Gyða Valtýsdóttir">Gyða Valtýsdóttir</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:66aihwzUYfaMjBxcumVf1j" data-name="Dimlite">Dimlite</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6PQgiQKFKgk7EJElgUPo7y" data-name="Ewan Pearson">Ewan Pearson</a>. Mojo called it “Merz’s brave new beginning”. Upon release it became one of KCRW Radio’s most played albums.
June 2019 saw the release of a new collaborative album from Merz, <a href="spotify:artist:6sd3qv6kReAdo6WsLBtXX4" data-name="Laraaji">Laraaji</a> and Shahzad Ismaily titled Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound. The UK’s Guardian newspaper selected the record as their Contemporary Music Album of the Month.
New single, Juniper marks the beginning of a new era of Merz music. Released on 7th October 2025.
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