{"product_id":"flora-2lp-sky-blue-vinyl","title":"Flora (2LP Sky Blue) (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eLITA Exclusive pressed on Sky Blue colored vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eFirst ever official reissue\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eProduced in full cooperation with Hiroshi Yoshimura’s estate\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eLiner notes by contemporary music writer and professor Junichi Konuma\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eRemastered from original sources by John Baldwin\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eFirst time on vinyl and streaming\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e2xLP vinyl housed in gatefold jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eDiscs cut at 45 rpm for optimal sound quality\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003eVinyl pressed at Optimal Media (Germany)\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing their 2024 reissue of Hiroshi Yoshimura’s classic album, Surround, Temporal Drift proudly presents the first-ever reissue of FLORA, Yoshimura’s underappreciated ambient classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFLORA was originally recorded and completed in 1987, and remained unreleased until 2006, nearly three years after Yoshimura’s passing in 2003. The album is chronologically and stylistically a follow-up to his acclaimed 1986 works GREEN and SURROUND, wherein Yoshimura continues to play with the ambience of sound and the sound of ambience, underscoring his mastery in the field of environmental music. Yoshimura’s other recorded works include Music For Nine Post Cards (1982), originally produced to be played back inside a museum space, and Pier \u0026amp; Loft (1983), commissioned as accompaniment to a contemporary fashion show.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"FLORA is an album that is listened to perpetually, Passed on from one listener to another, And the charm of the sound- and music-loving figure known as Hiroshi Yoshimura, Just might come drifting through. Like the scent of a small flower.\" — Junichi Konuma\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 04\/11\/2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: TEMPORAL DRIFT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Japanese Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Apocalypse Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42866478940222,"sku":"ZHW7O6-EE89-00","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2059\/7683\/files\/flora-2lp-sky-blue_j8WrD.png?v=1780794277","url":"https:\/\/goldenapplecomics.com\/products\/flora-2lp-sky-blue-vinyl","provider":"Golden Apple Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}