This is the Hurdy Gurdy Man, seven tracks. I used one track for the 5 meter grand piano to play the accompaniment without the bass. A bass guitar sample for the drone. I also backed the bass guitar with samples of a Fender Rhodes Mark II and also my distant grand samples processed through multiple echos.  the synthesizers playing the voice are multi-oscillator Moog's using a unison box, double tracked with slightly differing tunings and delay settings. It is my intention to record the vocal and mix it as well. I will record the vocal and process it through a vocoder to give an eerie feeling.

I love this work.
Here are the words:

There, behind the village, 
stands a hurdy-gurdy-man,
And with numb fingers 
he plays the best he can.

Barefoot on the ice, 
he staggers back and forth,
And his little plate 
remains ever empty.

No one wants to hear him, 
no one looks at him,
And the hounds snarl 
at the old man.

And he lets it all go by, 
everything as it will,
He plays, and his hurdy-gurdy
is never still.

Strange old man, 
shall I go with you?
Will you play your hurdy-gurdy 
to my songs?

Schubert - Winterreise - Der Leiermann #24

Release date: 06 June 2011
Catalogue Number: NAWA001



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Nils Frahm writes his first score for one-take feature film ‘Victoria’ and is nominated for German film prize

LABEL: Erased Tapes RELEASE DATE: June 15th, 2015 CAT.NO: ERATP071 CD/LP/DL EAN: 4050486110577

ABOUT:
Nils Frahm has always said that he’s just waiting for something real special when being asked if he would ever score the music for a film. And that’s exactly what German director Sebastian Schipper presented to him with his one-take feature ‘Victoria’. Filmed in Berlin, Victoria’s plot sees a runaway party girl, who's asked by three friendly men to join them as they hit the town, but their wild night of partying suddenly turns into a bank robbery as the music changes from techno to subdued piano sounds.

For the recording session at Studio P4 in Berlin, Frahm enlisted the help of long-time collaborator and cellist Anne Müller, violist Viktor Orri Árnason and ambient artist Erik K. Skodvin of Deaf Center on guitar.

IN HIS OWN WORDS:

Dear viewer and listener,

I’ve finally written music for a film. It took me some time to do so, as I was patiently waiting for a movie that would truly speak to me. When director Sebastian Schipper invited me to work on Victoria, I knew it was worth the long wait. Does such a strong film even need music? I realised it wouldn’t be easy to create a score that embraces these bold pictures.

Luckily we were given unusual creative freedom by approaching the movie together with Sebastian Schipper, who was keeping the production and direction to one single team. The score was recorded in a special location, the former GDR broadcasting production facilities that today host Studio P4. We simply put a big screen in the middle of the room, filled it with microphones and instruments, set the movie on loop and kept improvising on top of it together – my good friends and I.

The guest musicians started their recording session by playing a cohesive take over the course of the whole movie. This was the most interesting part of the day, since they hadn’t seen the film before. They became spectators and creators at once, intuitively recording hundreds of different cues that way. You are about to listen to some of its highlights. I hope they do Victoria and your ears justice.

With love, Nils Frahm

‘Music for the Motion Picture Victoria’ will be released by Erased Tapes on LP/CD/Digital June 15th.

‘Victoria’ won the Berlinale Film Festival prize for Best Cinematography and has also received seven nominations including Best Soundtrack for the Deutscher Filmpreis – Germany’s highest movie award, and will be released in cinemas across Germany on June 11th with plans to release it in the UK and other countries soon.

ABOUT THE ARTWORK:

The cover illustration was drawn by Stephanie Franziska Scholz based on a still from a key scene in the film, with additional design by Torsten Posselt at FELD.

TRACK LISTING:

1 Burn With Me (Victoria Edit) by DJ Koze 2 Our Own Roof 3 A Stolen Car 4 In The Parking Garage 5 Them 6 The Bank 7 The Shooting 8 Nobody Knows Who You Are 9 Pendulum

The soundtrack opens with an edit of ‘Burn With Me’ by German producer DJ Koze. The digital Bonus Track Version features a previously unreleased track by Hamburg’s electro-punks Deichkind titled ‘Happy New Fear’ plus an additional DJ Koze track titled ‘Marilyn Whirlwind’ from his 2013 album.

PRESS:

‘Frahm's soothing electro-orchestral pieces prove especially effective, washing over the throbbing dance beats like a flood of endorphins.’ – Hollywood Reporter

‘Nils Frahm’s score is an equally flexible asset, veering from juddering electronic chaos to dreamy intrusions of piano and cello — a sonic approximation of the alternating noise in the title character’s wrecked head.’ – Variety

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: nilsfrahm.com · facebook.com/nilsfrahm · twitter.com/nilsfrahm · erasedtapes.com

Music for the Motion Picture Victoria

Our Own Roof

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YEMEN BLUES first album cast is:

Vocals & Gimbri: Ravid Kahalani
Bass & Oud: Omer Avital
Violin: Galia Hai
Cello: Hilla Epstein
Flute: Hadar Noiberg
Trumpet: Itamar Borochov
Trombone: Avi Lebovich
Middle Eastern Percussion: Itamar Doari
Latin Percussion: Rony Iwryin

Music Produced by YEMEN BLUES


Special Thanks To:

God
Eli Inari Kahalani ,Jenni Leskinen, Yair Goren, Gilad Shmueli, Ari Kushnir, Oryan Yitzhak, Zvika Yemini, Dubi Lentz, Esti Dunietz, Tziyon Golan, Leo Leruz & Arthur Leruz , Kate Baldwin, Muhammed Jabali, Mark Kakon, Re Hagai , Barak Levi,  Idan Raichel, Shalom Mor, Mika Or, Yehuda Kohlani, Haim Laroz, Basma Fahum, Zohar Kaniel, Avi Nagar Halevi, Sara Hezi, Tomer Cohen.


Credits:

Music & Lyrics: Ravid Kahalani 
Musical Director & Arrangements: Omer Avital
Recorded by: Ariel Levinson & Noam Raz
Mixed by: Tamir Muskat
Mastered by: Alan Ward

Recorded in August 2010 - live in one room at Rony Iwryn's studio.

Artwork by: Naama Yuria
Jewelry: Yemenite Art

Management: mail@yemenblues.com

Booking: booking@yemenblues.com

the music was recorded in september 2009 and August 2010, live in one room.

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