![]() ![]() The title track from Enya’s breakthrough LP, this delicate piano instrumental brings to mind Slowdive’s under-regarded 1995 album Pygmalion, highlighting how Enya can sit comfortably alongside supposedly more credible artists. ![]() Smaoitím … (D’Aodh Agus Do Mháire Uí Dhúgain) (1988)Įnya’s exploration of nature is never sentimental, and this affectingly sparse B-side to the jaunty Orinoco Flow is moving in its minimalism, her perfect voice singing of loss in the legend of a tidal wave sweeping ashore in her grandparents’ home of Maragallen, Ireland, and drowning the villagers as they prayed in church. It’s a floaty track interrupted by a deeper bass boom – another pointer to Nicky Ryan’s experimental tendencies. Sumiregusa, inspired by a Japanese haiku, is an ode to the wild violet. The natural world is a constant source of inspiration in Enya’s music. If it’s good enough for a “wrecker of civilisation”, it should be good enough for you. Nicki Minaj spoke about her love of Enya on Stephen Colbert’s TV chatshow, saying: “It’s so peaceful, and it helps me with harmonies and sounds … I tap into my Enya.” Colbert made a trite comment about the singer being “like an elf”, and Minaj’s withering glance showed that her appreciation for Enya’s harmonisation, beautifully showcased in Deireadh an Tuath, marks her as a true believer.Įnya’s non-ironic influence on contemporary experimental electronic musicians such as Holly Herndon and Gazelle Twin is well-known, but the fan that surprises many is Chris Carter of Throbbing Gristle, who recently selected Only Time as a favourite track. Roma Ryan wrote the lyrics for Aníron in JRR Tolkien’s elvish dialect Sindarin, which in turn inspired her to develop Loxian, a fully realised language for Enya’s Celtic space travellers. Aníron (2001)Įnya’s singular and timeless evocation of vast landscapes and Celtic-inspired otherworldliness made her the obvious candidate to contribute to the soundtracks of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films. At one point it featured 100 layered vocals, all eventually removed. A fascinating document of an artist finding her feet, this simple piano sketch would later reappear as a transportive instrumental on Watermark. Miss Clare Remembers (1984)Įnya’s first solo release, as Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, was on a cassette compilation put out by the experimental label Touch Travel. Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy 17. ![]() This will not stop all the weeds, but the few that make it through can be easily picked by hand.Enya in 1997. You can also try to use wood chips to cover a certain area where you do not want anything to grow. This may take more time than using a synthetic herbicide, but you can feel a little better about using these products. You can also try pouring boiling hot water or spraying white vinegar on the target plants. This is probably one of the most difficult methods because there is no assurance that you will get the whole plant out this way. You can manually pull the plants out of the ground. If you don’t plan on using herbicides, there are a few organic methods you can use to try to get rid of toxic plants. If you follow the instructions precisely, then everything should run smoothly for you. ![]() Once you have purchased the herbicide you will want to make sure to follow the label posted on the container. You can find many herbicides meant for yard use by simply searching the term online. This can be especially easy if you own a grass lawn and use an herbicide that targets broadleaf (non-grass) species. The easiest but possibly most controversial way to get rid of poisonous plants is by using herbicides. ![]()
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