LOCUST – ST. CECILIA
2020-08-17Suction Records is thrilled to present a new vinyl release of “The Plaintive”, the first new album since 2014 by the legendary, and somewhat underrated electronic project of Mark Van Hoen, Locust. When Suction was formed in 1997, they were deeply enthralled with the UK “listening” electronic scene, otherwise known as electronica or IDM, but besides the obvious icons, Aphex Twin, Autechre, and other luminaries of labels like Rephlex, Warp, and Skam Records, one of their heroes was the lesser known Locust, whose productions were murkier, more hypnotic, and deeply organic sounding. Those early Locust records, released via R&S/Apollo Records, were, and have remained, firm Suction favourites.