Formed in 2008, Liyr is a martial industrial project coming from France. Stephane years ago was involved into industrial electro with Skoyz but his new project has nothing to do with those sounds. FRAGMENTS OF DUST sees Stephane taking the moniker of Sven Mann to give his vision about human passions and disgraces. Inspired by Celtic esoterism (Liyr is the God of Sea in Celtic myths), musically Liyr mix classical music and bombastic percussions, succeeding into bringing to the lovers of these sounds a strong album full of pathos. It's not easy to build a strong and rich sound using mainly samples without risking to have a mishmash but despite the lo-fi approach to sound (I hear there's a bit of brilliance missing), Sven Mann on all the tracks is able to create powerful sounds where melody and percussive blasts join perfectly.