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Lithops is the solo guise of Jan St Werner, known as half of popular Koln/Dusseldorf-based duo Mouse on Mars. Also a member of abstract ambient outfit Microstoria, Werner tends toward middle ground with his Lithops material, fusing the smooth digital weirdness of Microstoria with the smudgy, off-kilter beats and warm, imperfect textures of Mouse on Mars releases such as Instrumentals and Glam. Lithops tracks rub the outer edges of inferential electronics, and often sound as though they began their lives as studio accidents, all fumbly, peripatetic rhythms emerging from a haze of muffled bass and overdriving synth textures.