Enofa - Nerra Ninna Noak (2020)

This current release is from Enofa, an artist that we had released a couple of years back, and whom we are personally most enamored with…and this new album of his is cryptically entitled, “Nerra Ninna Noak”. Mr Baker has returned to our fold with a second of his pastorally infused, and most English sounding soundwalks of sorts. The crunch of the wet leaves underfoot, the bird song in the air, the folk cadences of a guitar in the distance, the overall melodic delicate electronic nuances…all of this languid, melancholic ambiance that we are accustomed to from him, are here to enjoy again. Take another lovely stroll through the woods with Enofa…where things are not always what they sound…but may be just what you/we need in dark times like these!

As regards the packaging. We had a lot of time on our hands these days, and we have made use of it in an even more than usual over-the-top fashion! As usual, TRS089 comes in two distinct physical versions. The first absurdly deluxe, and exceedingly labor intensive limited edition boxes come in an edition of just 50 copies, of which only 40 will be for sale. Each of these seriously modified, lidded boxes is a naturalistic “specimen box” of sorts. The front and back are covered with 100 year old German botanical prints, are hand stamped as usual, outlined in gold, and all the labeling is hand typed on a vintage typewriter, and then hand applied. The edges of each box are rolled with metallic silver sunflowers, and each box is then collaged inside with more vintage floral and naturalistic prints and paper ephemera, Japanese fine art papers, actual dried flowers, and in short, is given the full TRS treatment. Each box comes with a factory pressed CD on a hub inside the lid, a 60 year old handmade, wooden, insect specimen slide, vintage photos of families and children enjoying their time outdoors, in nature, and a 5.5”, 45rpm lathe cut record single, that fits snugly in it’s own forest green envelope, that has also been stamped, and adorned with an actual dried flower. And finally…each box comes wrapped in a large folded botanical print, and is then tied up with vintage twine! The high quality lathe cut records are courtesy, as ever, by Michael Lawrence at Bladud Flies, in Wales, UK.