Artist
Label
Keplar[23]
Arovane
Lilies (2023 Remaster)
Keplar
/
2023
Includes Instant Download
LP
24.99
KeplarRev14LP / Includes Download Code
Die-cut sleeve, poly-lined inners, edition of 500 copies
Incl. VAT plus shipping / Orders from outside the EU are exempt from VAT
Tracklist
1Ten Hours (2023 Remaster)3:01
2Windy Wish Trees (2023 Remaster)3:20
3Passage To Nagoya (2023 Remaster)2:07
4Cry Osaka Cry (2023 Remaster)5:09
5Pink Lilies (2023 Remaster)4:01
6Lilies (2023 Remaster)5:27
7Tokyo Ghost Stories (2023 Remaster)5:07
8Instant Gods Out Of The Box (2023 Remaster)4:35
9Good Bye Forever (2023 Remaster)3:49

Arovane's acclaimed 2004 album »Lilies« has been out of print on vinyl for nearly 2 decades now. It finally gets a well-deserved reissue through the Berlin based Keplar label. The new version has been remastered by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering and comes with a brand new cover artwork.

»Lilies« was a follow-up to »Tides« in every sense, exploring a trip to Japan and drawing on shimmering textures and the sort of melodies that you might need some time to recover from. There's a hugely evocative sense to these tracks, emotionally driven, free of complexity or conceit, piano melodies providing the central focus for a twilight cascade of light that seems perfect for the Tokyo skyline - just as the sun sets. It's an album that radiates warmth and vulnerability, fusing the technological might at the heart of each track (and at the heart of the city) with an age-old understanding that certain echoes of sound, small melodic changes and cushioned lullabies can imprint sounds on your mind like childhood memories - remembered forever. Like a dreamlike score, or maybe even an alternate soundtrack to »Lost in Translation« - the sort of music that intertwines with images and stays in your mind indefinately.

After coming back from Tokyo and completing the production of »Lilies«, Uwe Zahn disassembled his studio in the big flat in an old building in Berlin's Prenzlauerberg district and stored it away in boxes. He needed a break from making music. »Lilies« was the last album prior to a nine-year hiatus for Arovane, ending in 2013 with the release of »Ve Palor«.

All tracks composed and recorded by Uwe Zahn.
Vocals on track #5 by kazumi.
Originally released on City Centre Offices in 2004.
Remaster and cut by Kassian Troyer @ D&M.
Cover art by Jim Kühnel based on a photograph by Uwe Zahn.