Morning Light
Reissue of 1997 ambient • trip-hop • dream-pop masterpiece on R&S ambient division Apollo! TIP!

Morning Light

Locust

€ 34,95
  • 2 x LP
Label
Apollo Records
Expected release
20 February 2026
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Description

2LP - Black Vinyl, Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

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.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Your Selfish Ways
  • 2.Morning Light
  • 3.Just Like You
  • 4.One Way Or Another
  • 5.Folie

B

  • 1.No-one In The World
  • 2.Clouds At My Feet
  • 3.Summer Rain
  • 4.Ancient Hometown
  • 5.The Girl With The Fairytale Dream

C

  • 1.All Your Own Way
  • 2.Juke Box Heart
  • 3.The Daydream Girl From Sealand
  • 4.I Am The Murderer

D

  • 1.Some Love Will Remain Unsaid
  • 2.Shadow Play
  • 3.On The Horizon
  • 4.Just After Sunset

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