Over the course of last year, British enigma Nhor released four separate "Wildflowers" cassette tapes in very limited quantities, each depicting one of the four seasons. On these recordings, Nhor, like nature itself, does not need raw volume to make himself heard. The pauses are just as important as the single notes and the ethereal piano chords feel like brushstrokes on small vignettes. Prophecy Productions/Lupus Lounge have compiled "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter" together with an additional unreleased track for each season. Thus, "Wildflowers" will bloom into its full glory on gatefold double vinyl with an A2 poster – 100 minutes of music distilled from the 365 days of the year.
"Wildflowers are beautiful things," says Nhor, "blooming for such fleeting spells, once in a year. My music feels more akin to an idea, thought, or a moment lost in dreamy haze than it does to a song. It is as fleeting as wildflowers, a moment that falls away as soon as it is perceived. I wanted to hear how the seasons impacted on my emotions and feelings. It began as a private conversation between myself and the landscapes that surround me. This has bestowed a somnolent nature to the album, and a gentle loneliness that can be found in those moments, as moonlight softly awakens wildflowers. I am very proud to be able to share them with you now.
As always, my music should be listened to quietly, with patience, and alone."
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01. Windowpanes
02. I knelt at the altar that lays atop the stars
03. And so passes the glory of our world
04. There was a time when I knew the way
05. Wildflowers
06. Vernal
07. Let the rains knock at my door
08. In moonlight
09. Light, sing to me
10. Where morning breaks over the pines
11. I have no stars left to wish upon
12. Even in dreams
13. You will never shine as bright as the moon
14. I remember
15. Sunlit rest
16. All that is sacred to me
17. Where they once were
18. The trees knew not of me then
19. Moonfall
20. We set their bodies free in the cold river
21. What we hid in the night
22. Fire promises guidance
23. In search of those we lost
24. Fate
25. Bereft
26. Murmurations above me
27. Owls through snowfall
28. Wreaths of hoarfrost
29. The moon belongs to all and none
30. They leave no trace
31. I found you there, beside the night
32. Mercy
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