Lachlan X. Morris Chooses Tangible Sound Over Digital Noise

In a world where music has dissolved into an endless stream of digital noise,
Newcastle singer-songwriter Lachlan X. Morris has chosen a different path —
one that feels almost radical in its simplicity.

His fifth studio album, Illusionaires, is being released exclusively on physical formats:
vinyl and compact disc.
No streaming.
No algorithms.
No instant access.

This is not rebellion.
It is intention.
A conscious choice to let music exist as a physical presence,
not as background data flowing through a digital feed.

Music That Returns to the Body

Streaming made music infinitely accessible — and, in many ways, infinitely disposable.

Morris is offering something else entirely: a musical experience that:

• occupies real space,

It recalls the era when an album wasn’t a file,
but an object —
something you held, unfolded, studied, lived with.

Illusionaires is crafted to be exactly that.

💿 A Vinyl You Must Experience: Just 150 Copies

The first pressing consists of only 150 vinyl records,
produced at Zenith Records, the largest vinyl plant in the Southern Hemisphere.

This scarcity isn’t about exclusivity.
It is about a deeper kind of value:

• slower engagement,

When the supply is limited, the focus shifts from how many listen to how deeply each listener feels.

The Independent Route: Music Without Mediation

The album is released through Hiss & Crackle Records,
a Newcastle-based label known for ensuring that artists keep 100% of their revenue.

In an industry shaped by algorithmic ranking and fractional streaming payouts,
this model feels like a quiet evolution —
an adult, intentional recalibration of what artistic ownership means.

Recorded over two and a half years at RTN Studios in Mayfield,
the album will be launched live at The Stag & Hunter Hotel —
a venue where sound lives in the room,
not in an algorithmic recommendation engine.

🌍 A Global Shift Back to the Tangible

This decision doesn’t exist in a vacuum. As AI-generated music climbs charts and digital platforms grow louder and more crowded, people increasingly seek what feels grounded and real.

They are tired of speed.
Tired of disposability.
Tired of music without a center.

Physical formats restore:

• a sense of time,

This is not stepping backward — it is stepping inward.

Deeper Meaning: Sound as Resonance, Not Data

Illusionaires reflects a larger truth: the future of music may not lie in acceleration, but in depth.

AI can replicate patterns.
Algorithms can predict tastes.
Streaming can deliver instantly.

But only a human artist can create:

• vibration,

Physical music embodies this truth.
It anchors the art in form, weight, presence.

It brings music back to the body
— and brings the listener back to themselves.

Algorithms reflect the collective.
Humans express the unique.

And as long as artists like Morris continue to choose presence over noise,depth over speed,
connection over convenience, music will remain alive —not just streamed, but felt.