Locust – Morning Light

APOLLO (EU)SKU: AMBLP7942

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Condition : New
Format : 2LP
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説明

シューゲイザーの重要バンドSeefeelのメンバーとしても知られ、実験的なアンビエントを追求してきたMark Van Hoen。彼がLocust名義で放った、トリップホップとドリームポップの境界を揺るがすエモーショナルな名盤がヴァイナルで復刻!

かつてSeefeelでの活動やダークな抽象音楽で名を馳せたMark Van Hoen。彼が1997年に名門Apollo Recordsから発表した本作『Morning Light』は、それまでの冷徹な響きから一転し、よりメロディックで人間味のある響きを追求した意欲作だ。SlowdiveのNeil HalsteadやZoe Niblettといった多彩なゲストをヴォーカルに迎え、断片的なダンス・リズムとライヴ感のある楽器演奏、そして親密な歌声が溶け合う、映画のような情景を描き出している。

The Carpentersの名曲を幽玄に再構築した「No-One In The World」のカヴァーから、静かに感情が溢れ出す「All Your Own Way」まで、全13曲にわたって憂いと美しさが交錯する。Massive AttackやPortishead、さらにはThis Mortal Coilとも比較されるその独自の響きは、実験的なエレクトロニカとドリーミーなポップ・ミュージックが幸福な融合を遂げた一つの到達点と言える。

20年以上もの時を経て再びヴァイナル化された本作。細やかな音の粒子と、ヴォーカルの生々しい実体感は、静謐ながらも確かな影響力を放ち続けるアンビエント・トリップホップの金字塔を鮮烈に蘇らせている。

 

A1. Your Selfish Ways
A2. Morning Light
A3. Just Like You
A4. One Way Or Another
A5. Folie
B1. No-one In The World
B2. Clouds At My Feet
B3. Summer Rain
B4. Ancient Hometown
B5. The Girl With The Fairytale Dream
C1. All Your Own Way
C2. Juke Box Heart
C3. The Daydream Girl From Sealand
C4. I Am The Murderer
D1. Some Love Will Remain Unsaid
D2. Shadow Play
D3. On The Horizon
D4. Just After Sunset

 

 

Apollo Records proudly present the vinyl reissue of ‘Morning Light’, the acclaimed 1997 album from Mark Van Hoen’s Locust project; a work that blurred the boundaries between ambient electronics, trip-hop, and dream-pop with an emotional precision few have matched since.

Originally issued during the label’s pioneering late-’90s era, ‘Morning Light’ marked a bold evolution for Van Hoen, best known at the time for his dark, abstract ambient work under Locust and as a member of Seefeel. Seeking to create something more human and melodic, Van Hoen assembled a rotating cast of collaborators, including Zoe Niblett, Craig Bethell, Neil Halstead (Slowdive/Mojave 3), and Wendy Roberts, blending fractured dance rhythms, live instrumentation, and intimate vocal performances into something both deeply personal and effortlessly cinematic.

From the haunting reimagining of The Carpenters’ ‘No-One In The World’ to the slow blooming emotional arcs of ‘All Your Own Way,’ ‘Folie’, and ‘The Girl With The Fairytale Dream’, the album’s 13 tracks form a widescreen narrative of melancholy and beauty. Reviewers at the time hailed it as “a subtle delight” and “sheer God-given genius”, comparing its mood and texture to Massive Attack, This Mortal Coil, and Portishead, yet noting its entirely singular voice.

This reissue restores Morning Light to vinyl for the first time in over two decades. A crucial artefact from the fertile intersection of experimental electronica and ethereal pop, ‘Morning Light’ stands today as one of the label’s most quietly influential releases.

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