Sheets is a deluxe artefact containing the sheet music to ten of nils frahms piano works, a selection of photographs from awardwinning visual artist stuart bailes, illustrated instructions on how to modify your piano to achieve nils signature felt sound, and a digital pass to download audio copies of the titles featured in the book. Nils frahm s concert grand, meticulously sampled in a legendary space pure, felt dampened, and sound design versions, with extensive customization options innovative particles engine sparks ideas for solo compositions, scoring, and more. I understand why nils frahm stuffed felt in his piano, not to disturb his neighbors but doing so muffled the striker hitting the piano wires. Whilst most record producers strive hard to avoid recording the mechanical sound of the piano, frahm takes the opposite tack adding extra hammer sounds as an integral, percussive element for the otherwise airy, minimalist piano tracks. After the release of encore 1 in june 2018, nils frahm expanded the all melody universe even further with encores 2 just six months later. Dec 18, 2015 nils frahm a winged victory for the sullen bbc proms 2015 full performance duration. I remember our first ever conversation happened on skype. Nils frahm, neneh cherry and gaika have also been added to the east london festival, which returns in may. Frahms heart lies in improvisation, in the magic of a moment where, inspired by the space and the audience, his fingers can create new compositions loosely based around his familiar. Berlinbased pianist nils frahm is already a firebrand in the music world, collaborating with contemporaries such as peter broderick, olafur arnalds and anne muller. We managed to record all the crucial elements that day.
Theres a very literal reason for the title of nils frahms new album, felt. He is known for combining classical and electronic music and for an unconventional approach to the piano in which he mixes a grand piano, upright piano, roland juno60, rhodes piano, drum machines, and moog taurus. Sheets is a deluxe artefact containing the sheet music to ten of nils frahm s piano works, a selection of photographs from awardwinning visual artist stuart bailes, illustrated instructions on how to modify your piano to achieve nils signature felt sound,and a digital pass to download audio copies of the titles featured in the book. A solo act one man and many keyboards nils frahm was fully engaging, constantly in motion, tweaking his sound and adding parts. Nils has been quite busy setting up a whole new studio in the 1950s east german funkhaus historical building near the river spree.
For this release he changed the way he recorded his music, specifically by placing microphones deep within the piano to help capture a more intimate, closeup sound. Nils frahm re by erased tapes 200 published on 20120920t12. For 2011s felt, the german pianist draped a heavy cloth over the strings of his instrumenta gesture of respect for his. The felt itself is an additional instrument, a scrape of percussion as each key is played and released. He wanted to play the piano during the dead of night, without disturbing his neighbours, so he layed thick felt in front of its strings to muffle the sound. Nils frahm free download hires24 bitlossless quality. It was released on 7 october 2011 on erased tapes records. Nils frahms concert grand, meticulously sampled in a legendary space pure, feltdampened, and sound design versions, with extensive customization options innovative particles engine sparks ideas for solo compositions, scoring, and more.
Bleep we sell the best music from the best record labels and artists in the world. Nils then publicly asked his fans to submit their reworks. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. Putting together a series of works for piano over the last year, initially given the working title music for nine fingers, the pieces are now entitled screws, a reference to the steel links currently holding frahms thumb together. But by doing so, the microphone and tape gain had to be turned way up, picking up everything. A central part of berlins cultural history, funkhaus now also plays a role in the recording of nils frahms new album all melody, released today via erased tapes records. Apr 24, 2015 nils frahms piano is bigger than yours boundless german composer and pianist nils frahm took advantage of the wild tones conjured by the worlds largest piano to make his most recent album, solo. Felt, an album by nils frahm on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Rather than being frustrated, he unexpectedly found himself enchanted by this dampened sound, and it opened up new compositional as well as playing possibilities.
And thats exactly what german director sebastian schipper presented to him with his onetake feature victoria. Stream nils frahm boiler room x dimensions opening concert live set by boiler room from desktop or your mobile device. But it turned out that nils fell in love with the quietness and special beauty of this piano. Black notes to mark this years 88th day and as an acknowledgement to these unprecedented circumstances we find ourselves in, piano day founder, pianist and producer nils frahm releases a collection of eight solo piano pieces titled empty out now. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our coo. Pianist nils frahm and ambient duo a winged victory for the sullen team up alongside live dancers to produce a supersized, indieclassical romp. Realising a longterm plan to create a recording studio that would match the scope of his ideas, frahm has taken over funkhaus saal 3 a grand space originally used. Berlinbased pianist nils frahm is already a firebrand in the modern classical world, collaborating with contemporaries such as peter broderick, olafur arnalds and anne muller.
Shop vinyl and cds and complete your nils frahm collection. The artist explains, the idea behind encores is one we had from before all melody. Maybe you should check if i play music in your hometown soon or simply see if you find interesting details about my musical love affairs. Every space i performed in has its own magic and spirit. Nils frahm re by erased tapes 200 free listening on. Each piece felt like a journey, building, ebbing, digressing, often reaching dramatic heights. In a world first, we speak at length to olafur arnalds and nils frahm. The pianist heavy breathing, piano mechanical noises, creaking piano seat, tape hiss, etc. Download them for free, and check out frahms previous work on erased tapes.
Slated for a release on his home label erased tapes on january 26th. Nils frahm has always said that hes just waiting for something real special when being asked if he would ever score the music for a film. Encores 3, encores 2, encores 1, keys, ambre, top tracks. Listen free to nils frahm felt keep, less and more. But hey also feeling sorry for yourself has its place somewhere.
Felt 2011 having recorded his last album live in a large, reverberant church, nils frahm now invites you to put on your headphones and dive into a world of microscopic and delicate sounds so intimate that you could be sitting beside him. His recent release, screws, is available for free to download and. The liner notes from nils frahm are written as a letter dear beloved listener. Nils frahms piano is bigger than yours boundless german composer and pianist nils frahm took advantage of the wild tones conjured by the worlds largest piano to.
We specialise in finding the highest quality products regardless of format or genre. Includes unlimited streaming of felt via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Nils frahm had an early introduction to music, learning the piano throughout his childhood. The name of the record refers to nils placing felt on the strings of his piano, initially to dampen the sound to enable nighttime playing and later as he liked the sound it produced. Nils frahm says by erased tapes 200 free listening. If you would like to stay in touch, please sign up for my newsletter and make. I simulated this as if it had added felt between the hammers and strings as is a prime. Nils frahm played this on his solo album released in 2015. Music for the motion picture victoria by nils frahm. Sheets is being distributed exclusively by faber and will be available in good music shops worldwide. Stream felt by nils frahm and 50 million songs with amazon music unlimited. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. His unconventional approach to an ageold instrument, played contemplatively and intimately, has won him many fans around the world.
If you listen to just one album by nils frahm it should be felt. Stream nils frahm screws reworked, a playlist by erased tapes 200 from desktop or your mobile device. Pianist nils frahm recovered from a hand injury by composing and recording a. Put together in late night sessions at his home studio, this third release from german modern classical impresario nils frahm has floor boards creaking and errant noises rustling in the gaps between his delicately poised chords, frahms breathing faintly audible as his ghostly piano tinkering. Nils frahm boiler room x dimensions opening concert live. The hard cover book includes a selection of photographs from. Stream nils frahm says by erased tapes 200 from desktop or your mobile device. Nils frahm born 20 september 1982 is a german musician, composer and record producer based in berlin. 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. Nils frahm a winged victory for the sullen bbc proms 2015 full performance duration. Put together in late night sessions at his home studio, this third release from german modern classical impresario nils frahm has floor boards creaking and errant noises rustling in the gaps between his delicately poised chords, frahms. Nils frahm is a german musician, composer, and record producer based in berlin.
Today nils frahm works as an accomplished composer and producer from his berlinbased durton studio. Pianist nils frahm recovered from a hand injury by composing and recording a series of pieces for nine fingers. Nils frahm biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. For a couple of days i felt like this all could be over. Filmed in berlin, victorias plot sees a runaway party girl, whos asked by three friendly men to join them as they hit the town, but their. If the story of my music was like, yeah, i download illegal software.
For felt, we find nils back behind the piano, playing solo pieces that are hauntingly beautiful, dangerously gorgeous and melancholy elated. First of all, i dont think ive heard an album from nils frahm that didnt impress me. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jan 24, 2018 its hard for nils frahm to resist the pull of a good concept. Oh, and while im going through frahm s discography, dont forget his collaboration with anne muller on 7fingers one of my all time favorite glitchy modern classical albums. Empty, all encores, all melody, tag eins tag zwei, solo remains, singles. Stream felt, a playlist by nils frahm from desktop or your mobile device.
This trend is also reflected in felt, the second full length album from berlinbased pianistcomposer nils frahm. Berlinbased pianist nils frahm is already a firebrand in the music world, collaborating with contemporaries such as peter broderick. Felt is a body of music so intimate and hushed you can practically hear the microphones breathing. The berlinbased composer nils frahms spaces is a live album patchworked together from various recordings, containing songs both old and. Different arrangements, but of course still the recognizable repetitive tones. It was through this that nils began to immerse himself in the styles of classical pianists. Your piano compositions in felt and screws are beautifully. Felt was used by nils to dampen his piano for nighttime playing in respect for his neighbours.
Download nils frahm songs, singles and albums on mp3. It was almost no surprise to see nils frahm credited for mixing and. Stream nils frahms felt music news drowned in sound. Rosss harmonium spaces is an ode to the joy of live performance. Theres a very literal reason for the title of nils frahm s new album, felt. Sheets eins is a deluxe artefact available in hard and soft cover, containing the sheet music to ten of nils frahms piano works, illustrated instructions on how to modify your piano to achieve nils signature felt sound. Electronic, techno, electro, house, experimental, grime, dubstep, hip hop, alternative, indie, and many more. Nils frahm combines three encores eps into new fulllength for erased tapes. These nine intimate recordings were offered to fans to download for free and in return fans thanked nils by sending him their audio and visual reinterpretations. Felt is a 2011 album by german composer nils frahm. While all melody s textures are magnificent, plickplocking susurrations, his treatment of the human voice is like a gash in an otherwise beauteous canvas. All melody, an album by nils frahm on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
Download the series from trebuchet magazine for free. Spaces was mastered by the gifted hands of mandy parnell and was released in the form of a cd, 2xlp and download on november 19, 20 via erased tapes america. After the wellreceived felt and screws, nils frahm is back with what seems like a new direction. Nils frahm born 20 september 1982 is a german musician, composer, and record producer based in berlin. Oh, and while im going through frahms discography, dont forget his collaboration with anne muller on 7fingers one of my all time favorite glitchy modern classical albums. Berlinbased contemporary composer nils frahm has built a steady reputation for his intimate, poignant piano recordings, yet they so far only showed a fragment of what to expect from a nils frahm concert. He is known for combining classical and electronic music and for an unconvent. Berlin based producer and pianist nils frahm will be back early next year with the long awaited brand new record entitled all melody. Here you can find out more about what i have been doing in the past and what i will be working on next. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. He was kind enough to make some time for a conversation over skype just before his german tour. Jan 26, 2018 for his new album all melody, nils frahm transformed saal 3 at the former east german broadcast centre funkhaus in berlin into an analogue recording studio to match the scope of his ideas. Tristram kentonthe observer w hen he was a boy, nils frahm was taught to play the piano by a stern russian, nahum brodsky, who himself had been.
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