VAN HOEN, MARK — The Warmth Inside You
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Neues Album des ex-TOUCH-Artisten! Sehr schöne & warme electronic ambience, z.T. mit wuchtiger, typisch SCALA-artiger Perkussion versehen, dicht & atmosphärisch....
„Unter seinem Pseudonym LOCUST liefert MARK VAN HOEN seit einer Dekade ein Spektrum an gefühlsgeladener, elektronischer Musik. Fixierend und missbrauchend, benutzt der gebürtige Londener neue und alte Techniken, um Musik zu produzieren, die noch täuschender ist, als sie schön ist. Sein neues Album "The Warmth Inside You" ist ein weiteres Kapitel in der sich entwickelnden Geschichte von MARK VAN HOENS elektronischer Musik. Wie immer gibt es keinen Standardsound auf diesem Longplayer, sondern handgefertigte Lieder, die einem geschlossenen Ganzen gleich sind und manchmal hat man das Gefühl, die Musik stellt einen Streifzug durch 50 Jahre elektronischer Musik dar. Der Sound ist weder zeitnah, noch ist er retro - es scheint als wäre er beides. Bei dieser Musik geht es um irgendetwas... ......PERHAPS BEST KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHIND SONIC EXPERIMENTALISTS LOCUST, AND BACKED BY A BRACE OF ACCLAIMED RELEASES ON THE SEMINAL R&S LABEL, MARK VAN HOEN HAS BEEN EXPLORING A SPECTRUM OF EMOTIVE ELECTRONIC FLAVOURS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE; FUSING AND ABUSING NEW AND OLD TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE MUSIC THAT'S AS BAFFLING AS IT IS BEAUTIFUL. MARK VAN HOEN'S NEW ALBUM "THE WARMTH INSIDE YOU" IS A FURTHER CHAPTER IN THE EVOLVING STORY OF MARK VAN HOEN'S EMOTIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC. BEHIND THE MELODIC TOP LINES LIE DEEP, INTRICATE AND COMPLEX SOUNDS, SHAPED BY MARK'S MASTERLY KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS. AS EVER, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE LIBRARY, PRESET OR STOCK SOUND ON THIS ALBUM; THEY ARE EACH CRAFTED BY HAND, TO FORM A COHESIVE WHOLE THAT SOMEHOW MANAGES TO ASSIMILATE THE LAST 50 YEARS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC. ASIDE FROM A FEW GHOSTLY VOCALS, EVERY SOUND HERE IS FROM ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZERS, AS ON SO MUCH OF MARK'S MATERIAL, WHICH GOES TO SHOW THAT THESE INSTRUMENTS, IN THE RIGHT HANDS, ARE FAR FROM THE GIMMICKS THEY WERE THOUGHT TO BE IN THE 70'S; THAT THEY HAVE NOW COME OF AGE. THE SOUND IS NEITHER CONTEMPORARY OR RETRO, BUT YET SEEMS TO BE BOTH....AND, AS WITH ALL OF MARK VAN HOEN'S MUSIC, THERE IS A SENSE OF A STORY, A MOOD, AN EMOTION. THE SENSE THAT THIS MUSIC IS ABOUT SOMETHING..“[press release]
„Unter seinem Pseudonym LOCUST liefert MARK VAN HOEN seit einer Dekade ein Spektrum an gefühlsgeladener, elektronischer Musik. Fixierend und missbrauchend, benutzt der gebürtige Londener neue und alte Techniken, um Musik zu produzieren, die noch täuschender ist, als sie schön ist. Sein neues Album "The Warmth Inside You" ist ein weiteres Kapitel in der sich entwickelnden Geschichte von MARK VAN HOENS elektronischer Musik. Wie immer gibt es keinen Standardsound auf diesem Longplayer, sondern handgefertigte Lieder, die einem geschlossenen Ganzen gleich sind und manchmal hat man das Gefühl, die Musik stellt einen Streifzug durch 50 Jahre elektronischer Musik dar. Der Sound ist weder zeitnah, noch ist er retro - es scheint als wäre er beides. Bei dieser Musik geht es um irgendetwas... ......PERHAPS BEST KNOWN AS THE MAN BEHIND SONIC EXPERIMENTALISTS LOCUST, AND BACKED BY A BRACE OF ACCLAIMED RELEASES ON THE SEMINAL R&S LABEL, MARK VAN HOEN HAS BEEN EXPLORING A SPECTRUM OF EMOTIVE ELECTRONIC FLAVOURS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE; FUSING AND ABUSING NEW AND OLD TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE MUSIC THAT'S AS BAFFLING AS IT IS BEAUTIFUL. MARK VAN HOEN'S NEW ALBUM "THE WARMTH INSIDE YOU" IS A FURTHER CHAPTER IN THE EVOLVING STORY OF MARK VAN HOEN'S EMOTIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC. BEHIND THE MELODIC TOP LINES LIE DEEP, INTRICATE AND COMPLEX SOUNDS, SHAPED BY MARK'S MASTERLY KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS. AS EVER, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE LIBRARY, PRESET OR STOCK SOUND ON THIS ALBUM; THEY ARE EACH CRAFTED BY HAND, TO FORM A COHESIVE WHOLE THAT SOMEHOW MANAGES TO ASSIMILATE THE LAST 50 YEARS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC. ASIDE FROM A FEW GHOSTLY VOCALS, EVERY SOUND HERE IS FROM ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZERS, AS ON SO MUCH OF MARK'S MATERIAL, WHICH GOES TO SHOW THAT THESE INSTRUMENTS, IN THE RIGHT HANDS, ARE FAR FROM THE GIMMICKS THEY WERE THOUGHT TO BE IN THE 70'S; THAT THEY HAVE NOW COME OF AGE. THE SOUND IS NEITHER CONTEMPORARY OR RETRO, BUT YET SEEMS TO BE BOTH....AND, AS WITH ALL OF MARK VAN HOEN'S MUSIC, THERE IS A SENSE OF A STORY, A MOOD, AN EMOTION. THE SENSE THAT THIS MUSIC IS ABOUT SOMETHING..“[press release]