Flowers Become Screens

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"Flowers Become Screens"
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Single by Delerium
from the album Semantic Spaces and The Best Of
Released1994
Genre Ambient
Length7:56(album version)
4:22 (radio edit)
Label Nettwerk
Songwriter(s) Bill Leeb
Rhys Fulber
Kristy Thirsk
Producer(s) Delerium
Delerium singles chronology
"Flowers Become Screens"
(1994)
""Euphoria (Firefly)"
(1997)

"Flowers Become Screens" is the debut single by the Canadian electronic music group Delerium featuring singer Kristy Thirsk from their 1994 album Semantic Spaces . The B-side of the single is the track "Incantation" from the same album. In some territories, "Incantation" was used as the A-side of the single instead of "Flowers Become Screens". [1] [2] [3]

"Flowers Becomes Screens" was remixed by Deepsky in 2000 as a bonus track on the album Poem . [4]

Both songs have a music video directed by William Morrison and Paddy Gillen.

Track listings

US/Canada single - 1994
  1. "Flowers Become Screens (Edit)" - 4:22
  2. "Flowers Become Screens (Frequency Modulation Mix)" - 7:57
  3. "Flowers Become Screens (Return to Babylon Mix)" - 5:34
  4. "Incantation (12" Mix/Edit)" - 8:53
US/Canada vinyl - 1994
  1. "Flowers Become Screens (Frequency Modulation Mix)" - 7:57
  2. "Flowers Become Screens (Return to Babylon Mix) - 5:34
  3. "Flowers Become Screens (Cryogenics Mix) - 7:29)
"Incantation" vinyl - 1994
  1. "Incantation (Extended Mix)" - 8:53
  2. "Incantation (7" Edit)" - 8:53
  3. "Incantation (Methadone Dub)" - 8:53
German single - 1994
  1. "Incantation (Radio Edit)" - 3:35
  2. "Flowers Become Screens (Radio Edit)" - 4:22
  3. "Flowers Become Screens (Frequency Modulation Mix)" - 7:57
  4. "Flowers Become Screens (Return to Babylon Mix)" - 5:34
Canada promo CD - 1995
  1. "Flowers Become Screens (Edit)" - 4:22
  2. "Flatlands"

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