“Glass Flowers” - Dwala

"Glass Flowers": A Piano Suite by Dwala

In the misty hills of St. Ann’s, Trinidad, Dwala found what he was looking for: quiet.

After the chart-topping success of 1996 and the runaway single Artform, the UK-born composer and producer took to the mountains — not to chase a follow-up, but to retreat. To breathe. To reconnect. What emerged was Glass Flowers, a meditative suite of solo piano preludes, gently shaped by the landscape and spirit of his surroundings.

Composed and recorded over three tranquil days in a secluded artist’s retreat, each piece on Glass Flowers is named after the flora that framed his view: Poui, Azalea, Mango, Golden Tree. With windows thrown open to the breeze, and ambient sounds of birdsong and rainfall captured on-site, these intimate instrumentals feel less like recordings and more like postcards from a moment in time.

Dwala’s setup was simple — a digital piano, a few pedals, and the natural acoustics of a mountain sanctuary — but the sound is expansive. The compositions are tender, cinematic, and transportive: music that breathes with you. Mellow, dreamy, reflective, hopeful.

Created with visuals in mind, Glass Flowers is a natural fit for sync — equally at home in documentaries, romance films, commercials, or short-form content. It’s music that doesn’t shout — it lingers, suggests, and invites you in.