Did you think »Soundscape 1: Surrounds« was the last release by the great Japanese ambient artist Hiroshi Yoshimura to be discovered? Not at all. After »Green« and the aforementioned »Surrounds«, both from 1986, Yoshimura began recording »Flora« in 1987. However, the album was not released until 2006, only on CD, almost three years after his death. Stylistically, it follows on from its two predecessors, with the piano taking a somewhat more central role overall. Here we are on the way to »Static for Piano«, which he recorded in 1988.
Floral sounds
The Los Angeles based label Temporal Drift is releasing »Flora« on vinyl for the first time on 20 March 2025. Double vinyl, 11 tracks, almost an hour of playing time. In a Black Vinyl Edition, a Blue Vinyl Edition and a Daisy Yellow Vinyl Edition limited to 300 copies, available exclusively from HHV Records.
