'The Bells feels live. It has a pulse about it. Raw and immediate and played with a sense of urgency... a work of beautiful, heart-breaking introspection' (8/10) – The Silent Ballet (US)
'It's helping bring an atmosphere of reflective, emotionally aware calm into the stress of our war-torn bunker.. And look how happy he is on the cover' – Norman Records (UK)
You can download MORE BELLS FOR YOU (2 Unreleased Bonus Tracks) here.
'In a word it's gorgeous neo classical wares…as beautiful as it is maudlin' – Norman Records (UK)
Other Releases
ELECTRIC PIANO
(2008)
Label: Atelier Musik
Available on iTunes.
MY FIRST - EP
(2007)
Label: Atelier Musik
Available on iTunes.
STREICHELFISCH
(2005)
Label: Atelier Musik
Available on iTunes.
I also appear on:
Nils Frahm & Anne Müller – 7fingers (Lacie Records) Various Erased Tapes Artists – Erased Tapes Collection II (Erased Tapes) Peter Broderick – Not At Home EP (Bella Union) - Remix Library Tapes / Nils Frahm – 3-inch CD (Sonic Pieces) Library Tapes / Nils Frahm – Live at NBI (Sonic Pieces) Not Given Lightly – A Tribute To The Giant Golden Book Of NZ..s Alt. Music Scene (Morr Music) Machinefabriek / Nils Frahm – Dauw 7-inch (Dekorder) Bobby & Blumm – Everybody Loves (Morr Music) Fugues – Unreleased Tracks 2009 (Fugues) Pingipung Blows – The Brass (Pingipung) Pingipung Plays – The Piano (Pingipung) Übertonmensch – Ultra (Atelier Musik) Übertonmensch – Ion On Ion (Atelier Musik) Siva – Same Sights New Light (Devil Duck Records)
Nils Frahm, born in 1982, had an early introduction to music. During his childhood he was taught to play piano by Nahum Brodski – a student of the last scholar of Tschaikowski. It was through this that Nils began to immerse himself in the styles of the classical pianists before him as well as contemporary composers. Today Nils Frahm works as a composer and producer in Berlin. In early 2008 he founded Durton Studio, where he has worked with likeminded musicians.
The three instrumentals, which make up his debut release 'Wintermusik' are piano led pieces, coloured with occasional celeste and reed organ parts. The record’s equal measures of sorrowful refrains and uplifting passages, combined with a real intimacy that makes for an album you'll want to return to again and again. The songs were originally intended as a Christmas present for friends and family and first released on sonic pieces, hence its winter release via London-based cinematic music label Erased Tapes.
As the curator of the Swedish boutique label Kning Disk’s Piano Series, Peter Broderick invited Nils to record a new album of piano improvisations – the result is 'The Bells', which will now also be released on Erased Tapes in the UK, Ireland and North America. The record includes pieces of improvised piano music, which were recorded in the wonderful Grunewald church in Berlin.
Hi Nils, I really enjoyed your gig tonight at Maria. Quite a contrast to the following music (which was also interesting!). Hope to hear you again. Luke
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