[2] However, the commercial success which had been predicted by many in the music industry and press failed to materialise, and Merz withdrew from his recording contract with Epic's parent company, Sony BMG, in 2001.

More acclaim followed in the US, where the track Dangerous Heady Love Scheme was iTunes Single of the Week, and Postcard From A Dark Star, Presume Too Much, Toy, Credo, Serene and Somewhere To Run were all selected as ‘Today's Top Tune’ for LA radio station KCRW.

Recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios just outside Bath, Rockfield Studios in Wales, produced with Bruno Ellingham the record features a few notable musicians: Charlie Jones, some time bass player with Robert Plant & Jimmy Page and Goldfrapp, Clive Deamer, drummer for Portishead and Radiohead, with The Earlies guesting on backing vocals.

In 2012 Merz recorded his fourth album No Compass Will Find Home collaborating with electronic music pioneer Matthew Herbert on the production and mix.

[7] November 2015 Accidental Records released the fifth Merz album Thinking Like A Mountain, mixed by Matthew Herbert and featuring collaborations with musicians Shahzad Ismaily, Julian Sartorius, Dimlite, Gyda Valtysdottir and Ewan Pearson.

This atypical concert, featuring the live music created by Laraaji and Merz and the art, film and set design of Jed Ochmanek engineered an atmosphere similar to recitals in churches: calm, sublimity, respect, humility; free of old-world religiousness and iconography.

The latest Merz release Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound is a collaborative, mainly instrumental album containing music created with both Laraaji and Shahzad Ismaily respectively.

Merz has also co-written, appeared as a vocalist and musician with Victoria Williams, Fred Frith, Arto Lindsay, Orbital (band), Guy Called Gerald, Tom Middleton, Maxim (The Prodigy), Leftfield, Lemn Sissay, Leo Abrahams, Dive Index, Dan Le Sac, Dorit Chrysler, Tythe, Anne Marie Almedal, Manuel Troller, has created remixes for Matthew Herbert, Dan Le Sac, Hayley Ross, produced the debut album of the band Jon Hood, and has lectured a songwriting masterclass at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.