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He has collaborated with the likes of RY X, Hania Rani, Robert Lippok and Ah! Kosmos as well as writing the soundtrack for the 2021 French film “Presque” (“Beautiful Minds”). This new album features one track made with Frank Wiedemann - one half of acclaimed electronic duo Âme - and award-winning sound engineer Francesco Donadello who has worked with everyone from Jóhann Jóhannsson to Thom Yorke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNiklas's personal journey becomes a captivating and colourful musical journey that combines his melancholic and delicate pianism with synths and electronic beats, suggestive ambient and the evocative voices of German singer Lúisa, Spaniard Bianca Steck and the Icelandic Kaktus Einarsson, frontman of post-punk band Fufanu. It is a move towards ambient-pop that is intimate and meditative but with positive and uplifting vibes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"!K7","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50444198248779,"sku":"2007321","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50444197593419,"sku":"2007320","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Panta_Rhei_188b57d1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727025894"},{"product_id":"svalbard","title":"Svalbard","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly two years have passed since Niklas Paschburg presented his critically acclaimed debut album\u003ci\u003e Oceanic\u003c\/i\u003e in February 2018. Niklas’ musical ideas have crystalized and become cogent through a combination of extensive live performance - playing over 100 shows in the last two years - and experimentation in his Berlin Studio. Written between 2018 - 19, his second album \u003ci\u003eSvalbard\u003c\/i\u003e is released via 7K!. Niklas’ use of the piano; electronics (synth and computer) and his Grandfather’s piano accordion allow him to communicate via a number of musical traditions and languages. This versatility has allowed him to work on a variety of projects ranging from an inspired reinterpretation of Bach’s Preludes in C Minor (\u003ci\u003eBlooming\u003c\/i\u003e), to well received remixes for pop artists such as RY X and Asgeir. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSvalbard\u003c\/i\u003e was written in the winter of late 2018 to 2019 on the Norwegian archipelago, far away from his birthplace in Hamburg. The islands are isolated and their relatively rapid changing landscapes, display immediate and visible effects of climate change. These thoughts weigh heavily in the heart and mind of the 25 year-old artist, whose process was enriched by the environment which he chose to write in. Niklas was at once ensconced within the dark azure palette of winter - a piano waited for him and he brought Grandfather’s Accordion and a new Electric Harmonium along with a small number of other instruments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce Niklas had finished writing, he took these compositions to Andy Barlow of Lamb (U2, Fink and Willie Nelson). In Brighton they worked together and Andy recorded, produced and mixed ‘Svalbard’ it into its final state. \u003ci\u003eSvalbard\u003c\/i\u003e opens with \u003ci\u003eIf\u003c\/i\u003e, a song which articulates the traces which these environments have left in Niklas’ mind - something pressing is present in the music. All these impressions come from a piece of music which is both melancholic and positive, something which can cradles us from anxiety. ‘Svalbard’ balances a turbulent outlook with peaceful embraces. A relationship inspired by the Norwegian archipelago - situated in the Arctic Ocean, a place where climate change - an issue dear to the German composer and his generation - is most evident.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"7K!","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50465504526667,"sku":"1085628","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50465505083723,"sku":"1085627","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/425a667b-ccf5-41cb-8223-9f5a75191452_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727290452"},{"product_id":"mexican-alps","title":"Mexican Alps","description":"\u003cp\u003eHamburg-born composer, pianist and producer Niklas Paschburg announces his latest project, 'Mexican Alps' EP. 'La Hormiga' is a rhythmic exploration of life in motion. Pulsing beats and textured synths  create forward momentum, echoing the journey through the winding paths of Oaxaca's  mountainous surroundings, where tradition and nature intertwine.  'Mexican Alps' combines inspirations gathered  from the picturesque mountains of southern Mexico and the majestic peaks of the Swiss Alps. The EP is a mesmerizing journey through those landscapes; drawing inspiration  from nature's grandeur and the vibrancy of Día de los Muertos, Niklas blends electronic  textures, atmospheric samples, and innovative instrumentation to create a soundscape  that is both grounding and transcendent. Without relying on his signature piano, this EP  explores new creative territories, evoking deep emotional resonance and moments of  introspection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niklas Paschburg","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52291307110731,"sku":"R5968-5346","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki-116.34.10.jpg?v=1750088301"},{"product_id":"lecho-de-bretagne","title":"L'Ècho De Bretagne","description":"\u003cp\u003eA century-old grand piano, a secluded house surrounded by the greenery of Brittany, no internet connection, and a reel-to-reel recorder. \u003cem\u003eL'Écho de Bretagne\u003c\/em\u003e is a solo piano record as essential as it is intense. An album made of silences, space, slowness. A music that doesn't chase impact, but truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf his previous work, \u003cem\u003eMexican Alps\u003c\/em\u003e (2025), marked the first time the German composer and producer created an ambient-electronic album without his instrument of choice, the piano, \u003cem\u003eL'Écho de Bretagne\u003c\/em\u003e emerges as a direct response to that absence. \"It was exactly the lack of piano that brought about the need for this new record, which instead puts that instrument, so vital to me, at the very center, stripping everything else away,\" Niklas explains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith\u003cem\u003e L'Écho de Bretagne\u003c\/em\u003e, the Hamburg-born, Berlin-based musician continues his exploration by seeking solitude in nature, much like he did onSvalbard, but this time with an even more radical choice: disconnecting completely from the internet, and switching off both computer and smartphone for a while, in order to fully immerse himself in his new music. \"I rented an old cottage in Paimpol, Brittany, where I knew there was a grand piano,\" he recounts. \"When I got there, I discovered that not only was the piano more than a hundred years old, but it was also of an unknown brand, never restored, and quite difficult to play. But that gave it a unique character, and I didn't give up. Sure, it was an instrument left to its own fate, I couldn't play anything too fast. But how fascinating was that? I'm convinced that setting limits, instead of giving yourself total freedom when composing, can become an extraordinary source of inspiration.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niklas Paschburg","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56945370235211,"sku":"R8513-7643","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56945371185483,"sku":"R8513-0482","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki-4_ad9f8141-242e-49b4-b6c3-8c6a321195a8.jpg?v=1775223240"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/niklas-paschburg.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}