Lithops

Lithops is the solo project of Jan St. Werner, a German electronic musician best known as one-half of the pioneering experimental duo Mouse on Mars. Since the late ’90s, Lithops has carved out a space for glitchy, hyper-textured electronic explorations that blur the line between rhythmic chaos and meticulous sonic architecture. His work often feels like a laboratory of fractured beats, warped synths, and abstract field recordings, with releases like *Queries* and *Scrypt* showcasing his knack for transforming erratic sounds into oddly hypnotic grooves. Recent albums like *Mound Magnet* and *Ye Viols!* continue his trend of playfully disorienting listeners while maintaining a sly, almost mischievous sense of melody. Based in Berlin, St. Werner’s Lithops project remains a vital offshoot of his broader legacy in avant-garde electronic music—always unpredictable, never boring.

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