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Neither quite a new LP nor exactly a compilation, it offers “an anatomy of all my ways of thinking musically and playing,” Frahm says, adding with a smile, “Maybe I could say it’s an album I worked on for twelve years, and finally I have enough material?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leiter","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50402328379723,"sku":"1136972","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50402328150347,"sku":"1136971","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/76847d03-bfed-4dc5-952a-abe9c720bb1a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726541332"},{"product_id":"day-2","title":"Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDay\u003c\/i\u003e may come as a surprise to those who, over the last decade, have watched Frahm shift slowly away from the piano compositions with which he first made his name in favour of a nonetheless still-distinctive approach that’s considerably more instrumentally complex and intricately arranged. In addition, in 2021, having spent the early part of the pandemic arranging his archives, he released the 80 minute, 23-track Old Friends New Friends, a compilation of previously unreleased piano music intended to enable him to ”start over” with a clean slate. Judging from the extended, ambient nature of Music For Animals, it proved a successful gambit, but Frahm has never been able to resist returning to his first love, and those who enjoyed earlier acclaimed albums like The Bells, Felt and Screws will once again revel in \u003ci\u003eDay\u003c\/i\u003e’s familiar, personal style. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDay\u003c\/i\u003e, which contains six tracks, three over the six-minute mark, is the first in a pair of albums Frahm has lined up for 2024. In keeping with their nature, however, he won’t be making a song and dance about the release. Instead, he’ll resume his ongoing world tour, which has already included fifteen sold-out dates at Berlin’s Funkhaus as well as a show at Athen’s Acropolis. It will continue with shows all over the world, among them several sold-out dates at London’s Barbican in July 2024, where he previously curated a weekend of music, film and art, Possibly Colliding, in 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is best enjoyed in the manner in which it was recorded, in the intimacy of a peaceful, cosy room. There are muffled pedal creaks on the cyclical, quietly jazzy ‘You Name It’ and, during the palliative ripples of ‘Butter Notes’’ arpeggios, the sound of dogs barking in the streets outside. The compassionate, hesitant ‘Tuesdays’ and emotionally ambiguous ‘Towards Zero’ linger with the poignant persistence of Harold Budd’s earliest work, while ‘Hands On’ is a sometimes brighter, airier tune that sets its own, deliberate pace, and, as he has on occasions before, ‘Changes’ sees Frahm employing elements of his instrument’s construction in a ‘prepared piano’ fashion. Characterised by its confidential mood, \u003ci\u003eDay\u003c\/i\u003e confirms that, while Frahm is arguably now best known for elaborate, celebratory concerts calling upon an arsenal of pianos, organs, keyboards, synths, even a glass harmonica, he’s still a prolific master of affecting simplicity, tenderness and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leiter","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50412894454091,"sku":"2175840","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed_75_234cfea0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726669418"},{"product_id":"spaces-2","title":"Spaces","description":"Intimate modern composition captured in beautifully imperfect live recordings. \u003cb\u003eFrahm\u003c\/b\u003e blurs classical, ambient and electronic music into something deeply human and emotionally absorbing.","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":50420715159883,"sku":"368784","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50420714733899,"sku":"368783","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/359eb991-530d-4667-9a37-4962a8ed058c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726753813"},{"product_id":"wintermusik","title":"Wintermusik","description":"\u003cp\u003elimited vinyl with free download and bonus download label compilation. frahm's piano playing is in a similar mold to gonzales' solo piano, also inevitably bringing to mind the likes of peter broderick and max richter. with the inclusion of some tastefully deployed celeste and reed organ you might also find yourself thinking of yann tiersen soundtracks or hauschka's chiming piano preparations, but looking beyond merely making aesthetic comparisons and you'll find an enormously impressive compositional quality at the root of frahm's music. there are just three pieces here, but each one is underpinned by strong themes and a style of writing that far transcends the often too-pastoral-for-its-own good genre. while shorter compositions 'ambre' and 'nue' are comparatively concise and florid (with the former of the two exhibiting something approaching a modern classical version of pop hooks) the album's centre-piece, 'tristana' is a more contemplative outing, entrenched in rich atmospherics and the haunting timbres of the celeste.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50422616555851,"sku":"320638","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50422618128715,"sku":"1030797","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Wintermusik_-_EP_38a95b7c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726765308"},{"product_id":"7-fingers","title":"7 Fingers","description":"\u003cp\u003eit will come as no surprise then that nils frahm, an accomplished composer and producer who signed to erased tapes in 2009, has extended his collaborative live musings to encompass the recording studio, working for the first time with noted cellist and fellow berliner anne mller to produce 7 fingers. with their first collective release frahm and mller have built a world where modern classical and electronica collide creating an intoxicating and delicious collection of songs. primarily a pianist nils frahm provides evidence with '7 fingers' that he can effortlessly turn electric throwing in loops, samples and glitches to accompany and showcase mller on cello. anne mller, a renowned musician noted for her work with the wolf-ferrari-ensemble, phillip boa and recent tours with agnes obel, proves an amp musical partner for frahm. as the recognition continues to grow for nils frahm's previous solo piano works wintermusik and the bells, 2011 sees a new side to this young talent as he embarks on a detour into strings, symphonies and glitch beats alongside the estimable anne mller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50422633070923,"sku":"336754","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50422633529675,"sku":"336755","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7fingers_9ce33eba_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726765435"},{"product_id":"solo-3","title":"Solo","description":"\u003cp\u003eNils Frahm reveals new 'Solo' album and the 'Klavins 450' piano project on the world's first Piano Day! 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Since the day Nils first encountered the impressive studio of a family friend, he had envisioned to create one of his own at such a large scale. Fast forward to the present day and Nils is now the proud host of Saal 3, part of the historical 1950s East German Funkhaus building beside the River Spree. It is here where he has spent most of his time deconstructing and reconstructing the entire space from the cabling and electricity to the woodwork, before moving on to the finer elements; building a pipe organ and creating a mixing desk all from scratch with the help of his friends. 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Despite being confined within the majestic four walls of the Funkhaus, buried deep in its reverb chambers, or in an old dry well in Mallorca, \u003ci\u003eAll Melody\u003c\/i\u003e is, in fact, proof that music is limitless, timeless, and reflects that of Nils’ own capabilities. From a boy’s dream to resetting the parameters of music itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Housed in tip-on sleeve with photograph including 12-page photo booklet and download code. Plus Bonus label sampler CD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2CD - Housed in tip on Sleeve. 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Their latest collaborative 2-track release 'Life Story Love and Glory' is a live improv affair on two pianos, recorded in 2012 at Nils's Durton Studio in Berlin. Fans may wonder why they have waited until 2015 to release these tracks, but having revealed a new website www.arnaldsfrahm.com you may think this may not be the end to their musical story this year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":50422652535115,"sku":"393202","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Life_Story_Love_and_Glory_-_Single_95427daf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726765609"},{"product_id":"screws","title":"Screws","description":"\u003cp\u003eI am sitting in front of a sheet of paper. My right hand is bending over my left thumb. The first day I got out of my cast I could bend it by 15°. Now I am already at 50° and that makes me happy. 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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. Fascinated by the results, Nils then publicly asked his fans to submit their reworks or any form of art that was inspired by the release and all these submissions have been collected since on a dedicated website: screws.nilsfrahm.com. It gave birth to the 'Screws Reworked' project from which Nils selected nine reworks to feature on a special edition re-issue which also includes his original 'Screws'. Helios, Bug Lover and Plasma Rüby are amongst Nils's final selection for 'Screws Reworked', housed in an inner sleeve a visual rework created by Adam Young aka Saturnine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50422798057803,"sku":"396560","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50422799040843,"sku":"2202792","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screws_Reworked_9d031e41_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726766934"},{"product_id":"stare","title":"Stare","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released as a strictly limited 10-inch vinyl record exclusive on Record Store Day 2012, this long sold-out must-have for fans of these two artists will finally be re-issued - this time in 12-inch format! 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The ambient\/electronic work 'Stare' is a true family effort with long-time collaborator Anne Müller joining in on cello and all graphics created by close label-friend and designer Torsten Posselt of FELD Studios.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50422802612555,"sku":"391660","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Stare_-_EP_c859c829_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726766983"},{"product_id":"juno-reworked-luke-abbot-and-clark","title":"Juno - Reworked","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter releasing Nils Frahm's two-track solo synthesiser EP 'Juno' in a highly sought after 7\" edition, Erased Tapes now re-release the original Juno tracks with guest reworks by Border Community's modular synth wizard Luke Abbott and Warp veteran Clark. Both known for their like-minded use of analogue synthesisers in their music, it makes them the perfect artists to rework the originals. 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A CD version, \u003cem\u003eNight and Day\u003c\/em\u003e, includes all eleven tracks from both \u003cem\u003eDay\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNight\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrahm recorded the pieces on \u003cem\u003eNight\u003c\/em\u003e on the Klavins M450 piano, installed in his studio at the renowned Funkhaus complex in Berlin. It was built by German-Latvian piano maker David Klavins for the first Piano Day in 2015, a celebration that will mark its 10th anniversary this March. 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It conjures images of Frahm, lit only by a candle, huddled over his instrument, playing for the sheer companionship that it offers, while also prompting acknowledgment of his ability to tease affecting melodies from minimal means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Monuments Again’ is more immediately accessible, its subtly jazzy nature disguising a gentle melancholy, with Frahm’s fingers dancing over the keyboard with increasing intensity until, at its conclusion, he reiterates its central theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its name, ‘Kanten’ – ‘Angles’ in English – is a more traditional affair, a timeless piece of solo chamber music devoted early on to the piano’s lower keys, lending it not so much a sense of menace as a measure of foreboding, at least until Frahm’s right hand takes up the quietly uplifting, melodic initiative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe eight-minute long ‘Listening Over’ also feels initially like a more formal affair, distinguished as much by quiet trills as enviable patience, Frahm often hesitating carefully over its notes, ultimately evoking a sense of relief without the normally attendant tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf, however, there’s been a certain air of darkness up to this point, \u003cem\u003eNight\u003c\/em\u003e closes with ‘Canton’, its delicious airiness perhaps the record’s equivalent of a glimpse of dawn, its tender melody like the day’s first sunbeams peeking over the horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a perfect conclusion to a typically beguiling collection that, as always, points to a musical character that is immediately, distinctively Frahm’s. 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