Stella Z - Music to Watch Seeds Grow By 005: Stella Z (Fig) [Cassette]

Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.: WatchSeeds005
Release Date: 19 May 2025
Genre: Ambient/Drone

A1. Silent Forest, Moonlit Ficus
A2. Inward, Outward, Flourish
A3. Treefrog, Postman and Bell
A4. Moraceae Family
A5. Fruitless Oddities
B1. Last Flight Of The Wasp
B2. Mission Purple
B3. The Departing
B4. Self-Portrait As A Fig

Following the contemplative explorations of previous works in the series and hot on the heels of the beautiful Cosmos from E Ruscha, Stella Z's "Figs" emerges as a delicate meditation on growth, patience, and the hidden life of fruit.

Recorded in London yet deeply inspired by distant memories from China, the album is a musical documentary that explores the fig—a plant with a profound personal significance to Stella. "The fig tree was the big, generous presence in our old home, feeding my family and neighbours every summer," Stella shares. "When we moved to an apartment, we thought we had lost the fig tree. But my mum took a cutting and planted it at our new place. To our surprise, a small fig tree started growing again, as if it had never left."

Early support from Vladimir Ivkovic, DJ Harvey, Jaye Ward, Laurent Garnier.