September 2022

Nils Frahm

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Nils Frahm *!

Out now on @3000grad Special, enjoy!

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Mutual Dreams

Miret & JPattersson - La Penúltima

The new album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

EU order link: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP055
US order link: http://www.midheaven.com/item/spaces-by-frahm-nils-cd

9/10 Drowned In Sound · 9/10 Clash · 4.5/5 Fact · 4.5/5 Resident Advisor · 9/10 Popmatters · 9/10 The Line Of Best Fit · 8.5/10 Under The Radar · 8/10 Exclaim! ★★★★1/2 Music Omh · ★★★★ The Irish Times · ★★★★ Arts Desk

‘Frahm truly excels’ 9/10 Uncut 
‘Frahm works his magic’ ★★★★ Mojo
‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’ Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

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Spaces

Says

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Nils Frahm - Says

Music for Animals

Lemon Day

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Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (T-Puse Edit)

Surface

Face My Fears (From "Surface")

The Last Run (From "Surface")

Helpless (From "Surface")

Lost Memories (From "Surface")

Horse Ride (From "Surface")

The Dog with 1000 Faces

Do Dream

Stepping Stone

Seagull Scene

Sheep in Black and White

Listen to an exclusive “Solo Piano Edit” of 'Them' by Nils Frahm, taken from his approaching Late Night Tales album. The original version appears on his score of the film 'Victoria'. 

"This is the main theme from my first feature film score and it soundtracks the part where they finally kiss in the club… I soloed this piano part in the track and listening to it on its own, I almost preferred it to the original version, so I was pleased that I had the chance to use this alternative version on my mix." - Nils Frahm

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Nils Frahm - Them [Solo Piano Edit] (Late Night Tales: Nils Frahm)

Solo Remains are previously unreleased tracks from Nils Frahm’s album Solo, which was recorded on the M370, the world’s largest piano, built by the visionary piano maker David Klavins in 1987.

Nils fell in love with the sound of this giant and joined David for the new project – building an even higher piano – the Model 450. The aim of it is to explore the not yet reached physical limits of the piano instrument and also to push forward into new musical dimensions. The M450 will be characterized by an even clearer sound with more depth and richness of overtones as well as an unrivaled frequency spectrum and intensity of sound and tone. In time for the 2nd anniversary of Piano Day, Nils decided to give four previously unreleased songs from that very session to his fans and supporters of the Klavins 450 project.

“In the end, every album production leaves you with the same tough task – making the choices for the final track selection. You leave out some tracks for various reasons: some of the tracks are wonderful by themselves, but they simple don’t fit anywhere in the album and others have to be left out because otherwise the vinyl would become too long for a cut in good quality. However, these outtakes are often as important as the final selection and I thought, they might be a great surprise for Piano Day too. I hope in this case, it’s both …”

Solo Remains is available for free download in 24-bit and mp3 format.
http://www.nilsfrahm.com/works/solo-remains/

Passing

Vice Versa

Ode - SHEETS ZWEI

This October 2016, to mark its 10th anniversary Booka Shade will release an expanded re-issue of the era-defining and career-kickstarting LP Movements. 10 exclusive remixes from electronic music’s finest artists including Nils Frahm, Jonas Rathsman, Deetron, Eats Everything, Dennis Ferrer, Patrick Topping, M.A.N.D.Y, Andhim, Hunter Game and Chi Thanh of classic singles including “Night Falls”, “Mandarine Girl”, “Lost High”, “In White Rooms”, “Wasting Time”, and of course, “Body Language” will feature alongside the 2016 re-master of the original album.

Pre-order: https://BookaShade.lnk.to/BSM10so
Available on Boxset, 2LP, 2CD or digital. Out Oct 14 2016

Movements 10

Night Falls (Nils Frahm Rework)

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Taken from their forthcoming mini-album 'Ellis' out July 8 on Erased Tapes.

Pre-order the LP/CD/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP086
or from iTunes here: http://snip.ftpromo.net/ellis

For the first half of the twentieth century, Ellis Island stood as the gateway to America. For some twelve million people, it was their first encounter with the land they hoped to call home. 

Directed by acclaimed artist JR, ELLIS tells the story of one such migrant. Starring Robert De Niro, the film winds its way through the crumbling hallways of the abandoned Ellis Island hospital complex, now home to JR’s Unframed art installation. It’s a place that reverberates with the hopes and fears of those who passed through it, the echoes especially resonant today.

Entwined with the narrative is a score composed by Woodkid, performed and co-written by Nils Frahm. The delicate piano motifs of Winter Morning I culminate in a crescendo of strings, while the harmonium swells on the B-side are the foundation for De Niro’s narration: an encomium for those who shaped modern America. 

There’s perhaps never been a more fitting time for this story, with all the proceeds going to the Sea Watch initiative, a non-profit charity dedicated to the protection and rescue of civilian refugees. 

Following a screening as part of Nils’s Barbican Weekender, the ELLIS score will be out July 8th, the same week as America’s great federal holiday. It will be available via Erased Tapes as a mini album on CD, vinyl and in digital format containing a 12-page picture booklet.


IN THE ARTISTS’ OWN WORDS:

Nils Frahm: ‘The opportunity to work on JR´s fantastic short film ELLIS came through my good friend Yoann aka Woodkid. We agreed on recording the piano parts in my studio in Berlin and so it happened that JR and Woodkid were guests at Durton studio on a wonderful late summer day in 2015. We managed to record all the crucial elements that day. The music fell in our laps and melted with the images: a wonderful experience. The film has stuck in my head ever since; it moved my heart and changed my soul.

A couple of weeks later I had to cancel a trip to Brussels because of a terror warning; all events got cancelled and I stayed home, having an unexpected day off. I felt rather depressed that day, thinking that the Europe I knew was already gone. I sat down at the harmonium, listened to Robert De Niro’s voice and played for the rest of the day. The result is ‘Winter Morning II,’ the B-side of the ELLIS soundtrack release.

Robert says it all in 17 minutes. We are not facing a refugee crisis. We are facing a crisis because we do not embrace, we do not sympathise and we cannot give up fear. Art can encourage so I hope this project will help fight the fear in all of us.’

Yoann Lemoine, aka Woodkid:  ‘Ellis is my second collaboration with JR after the New York City Ballet piece for Les Bosquets. I initially wanted this piece to sound like it was recorded on an old piano that we found in the ruins of Ellis Island, in the restricted area that is not open to the public, where JR pasted the pictures on the walls for the film Ellis.

I had worked with Nils before and I wanted him to create a sound for this piano part that I composed that was extremely gentle and organic. I wanted the listener to hear the mechanisms, the breathing of the instrument. I wanted it to be imperfect, to sound like a ruin, a trace, an echo, the way the pastings on the walls seem to be ghosts, almost imperceptible.

After a few rehearsals, Nils stripped down my piano parts and we removed almost all orchestration around the piano. He then worked on the extended version that is his interpretation of my piece, with Robert de Niro’s vocals.

Because this film and this recording is historically meaningful, it was important for us to create this piece as an echo to the immigration situation in Europe, and decided to release it in support of Sea Watch.’

Ellis

Winter Morning I

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Woodkid & Nils Frahm - Winter Morning I

Happy Piano Day 2018!

Middle Names is original released by Devendra Banhart on his 2016 record "Ape In Pink Marble" (Nonesuch Records).

Middle Names (rework by Nils Frahm)

Oráculos y Oasis is my first release with guest musicians. And it was a huge pleasure that i had this opportunity. On the track Oráculos, you can hear Janosch Marti playing the trombone, he is a very good friend of mine. It brought the track on a totally different level. In Oasis, my father Daniel Fasching laid down some accordion lines, which gave that track this slight melancholic touch but still so full of joy. 

The cover art was painted and edited by IMKR.
Written & Produced by @klangdruide

KlangDruide - Oasis

This is the soundtrack of my first Imagery episode. 

Music is one way I create, but as most of you know photography is a big part of my life. In my Imagery project I combine the audio and the visual side to create one full immersion. This project is about the continuous interactions between the audio and the visual: how photography and traveling has shaped my music and how my path in music has impacted my travels and photography. 

Both music and photography are strong triggers of emotions and memories. Each “Imagery” episode relates to a special adventure, reflecting a specific sentiment. My musical vision is built around the concept of taking the listener on a journey. With this project I want to deepen the musical experience by taking the listener on my personal journey.

The first episode will take you to the wild hills of Papua. Still disconnected from the main world, it was unlike anything I have ever seen before. Imagine yourself in a place where there are no roads, walking from village to village through an area of huge biological diversity inhabited by various indigenous hill tribes. Most of these indigenous tribes are rarely in contact with foreigners from outside their microcosms. And this isolation has preserved their unique and rich traditions. 

The music guiding you through the photos reflects my intriguing and mystical experience in Papua. This track is a great example of musical storytelling and it greatly reflects the essence of what I’m looking for in music. The chords create a sense of melancholia, which for me, is one of the most interesting emotions the explore. And the melodies form an ode to the beautiful nature of Papua and the mystical hill tribes inhabiting this land. 

Much love

Joep Mencke 

The soundtrack contains a loop taken from Elemental - H. Scott Salinas, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

For full video and more info on my Imagery project checkt:
https://www.facebook.com/1561011260875148/videos/574808179744478/
https://klassifiedmusic.com/portfolio-item/imagery-episode-1-papua/
https://www.instagram.com/joepmencke/

Imagery | Episode 1 – Papua

lately i ve been getting more and more mails from fans from iran. the last mail a received made me feel quite sad.
please read below:

since it is forbidden for mouhammed to publish his music, the least i can do is publish one of his wonderful tracks here.

i cant imagine how it must feel to be full of music and living in a place where the thing you love most is prohibited.

please share some love and respect. i hope that i can go to iran one day to play a concert there.

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Hi dear Mr. Frahm, 

 I've recorded 3 EPs, and i will be very happy if you listen to them and tell me how are they. are they good enough to be listened?

 Here in Iran is no way to publish these kind of music, Iran is a Muslim country and music is called HARAM here ( means music is a sin ).
 so what we are all working is ilegal here. but this lifestyle is the only that i can & want to do, i can't do anything except playing / making music and i won't, and this is the only reason that im fighting, even by borrowing a guitar just for recording, cause i've never had a guitar. its so expensive for me.

 I described my situation to ask you for guidance Mr. Frahm, cause you crossed these steps that im stuck in. 
what shall i do as a 17 years old Iranian musician ? is there any way to publish my music by music labeling companies ? or be supported ?


Thank you very much,
Love & Regards

Mohamad


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if you feel the music as much as i do and you want to hear more, please let me know...

I don`t belong here by mouhammed m.

Nicolas Jaar - Telallas (Hita del Cid Remix)

Nicolas Jaar - Telallás (Hita del Cid Remix)

More info: www.nilsfrahm.com

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