For some years now, everyone who hasn’t had their reverb uninstalled early enough has been trying their hand at the overcooked ambient soup – from the full-grown technohead to the common rock dude and the celebrated soul project. Usually this has ended in bland mediocrity or over-salted kitsch. Merrin Karras is one of the few who still achieves the beautiful: creating lush endless synth pad worlds that don’t taste like yesterday’s soaked buns. Even if he – as on »Silent Planet« (A Strangely Isolated Place) – dives into it briefly just to chase away again in the very next breath.
Merrin Karras – Silent Planet (2022)
