专辑「Khmer」可说是摩瓦的个人代表作，在此之前，由于摩瓦优异的爵士即兴能力，让他有机会跟Elvin Jones、George Russell、Gary Peacock、Sidsel Endresen等在欧洲爵士乐界居领导地位的音乐家们合作。这张1997年发行的「Khmer」则是第一张由摩瓦主导的专辑；摩瓦从93年开始利用电脑构思出整张专辑的音乐概念，并找来了Eivind Aarset(曾经和Arild Andersen合作过)、Morten Molster(挪威摇滚乐团The September When吉他手)以及擅于弹奏民谣吉他的Roger Ludvigsen，这三位各有所长的吉他手丰富了整张专辑的层次感。 　　  　　在这张荣获LA Weekly 选为98年年度「最佳爵士录音专辑」的唱片中，成功的将小号、扬琴、Acoustic Guitar等乐器的即兴演奏加上各式的取样，与Trip-Hop、drum 'n'bass、techno、工业摇滚等音乐型式交相融合，形成了一幅幅格局宽广的融合音乐图像，就像走入漫天大雾的小径间一般的幽静而迷蒙、也像北国海岸边的那种冷静而透彻的蓝、时而又像台风来袭时狂乱的风雨，宁静深远而又波涛汹涌，实为爵士乐与电子音乐融合之不可不听的佳作！ 　　  　　by Chris Genzel 　　  　　Khmer is surely the most unusual album ever released by ECM -- unusual because the label, which is best known for elevated chamber jazz, presents the solo debut of trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer as a production that plays with modern electronica methods while not eschewing the well-known ECM aesthetic. Molvaer's music is somewhere between scary and majestic, and changes between ominous ambient sounds and hard breakbeats, along which atonal screeching guitars combined with melancholic melodies, create a fascinating mélange. Above all this thrones Molvaer's trumpet: lyrical, hectic, calm and sad, trembling and screaming. Molvaer is one of the most progressive and intelligent voices in jazz today, and with Khmer he's recorded one of the best jazz albums of the '90s. Two CD singles were released in addition to this album. The first, "Khmer: The Remixes," contains three remixes of Khmer songs (an ECM novum, too), from Rockers Hi-Fi among others; the second, "Ligotage," offers a new track and another remix. The first CD single was included in the U.S. release of Khmer.