{"product_id":"locust-morning-light","title":"Locust - Morning Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eApollo 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally 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.\u003cbr\u003eSeeking 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003eReviewers 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis reissue restores Morning Light to vinyl for the first time in over two decades.\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APOLLO RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Standard Black Vinyl","offer_id":53201801871687,"sku":"TRI-69686","price":36.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/48de16eea11384adcca0d828af6eb205_44b6a175-70a8-4f43-a4e3-c9c06e95e850.jpg?v=1769321465","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/locust-morning-light","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}