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01. MARK VAN HOEN - Put My Trust In You
02. MARK VAN HOEN - Where Is The Truth
03. MARK VAN HOEN - Yourself
04. MARK VAN HOEN - She's Selda
05. MARK VAN HOEN - 1979
06. MARK VAN HOEN - Your Voice
07. MARK VAN HOEN - I Need Silence
08. MARK VAN HOEN - Render The Voice
09. MARK VAN HOEN - Beautiful
10. MARK VAN HOEN - Photophone Call
11. MARK VAN HOEN - Soyuz A
ARTIST
TITLE
Where Is The Truth
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
CCO 046LP CCO 046LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/27/2010

LP version. Mark Van Hoen bought his first synthesizer and tape recorder in 1981, and immediately began making electronic music with influences from Brian Eno and Cabaret Voltaire. Most recordings were made at his home studio, but others were made at the radio stations he worked at during the '80s. As a contemporary of Aphex Twin, he was signed in 1993 on R&S Records as Locust. Listening to what he's done in the past over various labels from R&S, Touch, 4AD and now City Centre Offices, it's clear that it's time for Van Hoen's music to be up for critical reappraisal. He is a greatly admired and influential composer and performer that has inspired many other musicians. Recorded in London UK and Brooklyn, USA and finished in his recording studio in Woodstock, New York, this album is more than just a mere collection of tracks. A life-changing discovery and enlightenment is expressed in this rich, dense and emotive album. While working through the red tape involved in emigrating from the UK to the USA, he discovered quite by chance that his identity and childhood family life contained the dark secret of a covered up adoption. His life-long sense of displacement started to make sense and the cathartic voyage that ensued is explored in this album. More collaborative than his previous solo works, Where Is The Truth includes contributions from other musicians including Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3) and Julia Frodahl (Edison Woods). Reliant not only on Mark's familiar brooding electronic tones, it features more electro-acoustic sounds than in previous releases. Interestingly, this album also consolidates many of the styles and sounds Mark has explored on previous albums, as a solo artist, collaborator and producer. Where Is The Truth sees Mark Van Hoen entering a new phase.