This guy is amazing live.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
timely thread. I don't know if he's getting a push or what but I've also just discovered this guy and a live performance of 'says' made me well up at a piece of music for the first time in ages.
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 01:24 (ten years ago) link
He makes the occasional appearance on this thread: The "classical" music you buy from Boomkat (2010): a thread to discuss Sylvain Chauveau, Johann Johannsson, Peter Broderick, Olafur Arnalds and others
― djh, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
Crikey:
Today the Barbican announces an exciting new concert date for autumn 2014: Nils Frahm will be performing in the Barbican Hall on 29 October 2014 following his new album release Spaces (now out on Erased Tapes).
Nils FrahmWednesday 29 October 2014 / 19:30, Barbican HallTickets £15/£17.50/£20
― djh, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I really like him but then I really like stuff like this, I don't ask for a hell of a lot from music anymore I've become an unapologetic vibesist
"says" kinda ruling my comedown atm, the rest of the new one also to a lesser extent, just great for when you're emotionally fragile
― malapopism (wins), Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:42 (ten years ago) link
Nils! A friend of mine and a genius fiftyfold.
He's also a truly incredible mixing engineer, and I highly recommend the following 2013 records that he worked on -
Rauelsson - VoraGreg Haines - Where We Were
― Davey D, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
discovered this guy by wandering into one of his live performances during Big Ears a few weeks ago and was absolutely floored; the first thing I did when I got back home was order every record of his that I could find. "For - Peter - Toilet Brushes - More" is absolute godhead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQwrQETH-nw
shame that Spaces isn't on Spotify in its entirety because I want to force everyone I know who likes long composition stuff like this to listen to all of it
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Sunday, 13 April 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2273
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 18 September 2014 07:12 (ten years ago) link
pretty amazing
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 18 September 2014 07:16 (ten years ago) link
thanking u, love those
second one is brilliant, very delia & gavin
― lex pretend, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
saw him this weekend, it was astounding. weird mix of baby boomers shepherded there by the local orchestra (saw a lady plugging her ears) and then like hipstery kids. strange venue too. anyway, am never gonna miss a show of his, at times it was the quietest show i've ever seen and at others the most enveloping.
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 17 November 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Did you see the Chicago show last night or a different one? (I wanted to see it but couldn't.)
― jaymc, Monday, 17 November 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
it was at a bar in st paul mn. it was weird. but great. hopefully he'll make a trek back around here!
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 17 November 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
he has toured the west coast like three times in the past year ... i keep missing him :(
but i imagine he'll be back sooner than later!
― alpine static, Monday, 17 November 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Heard an interview with him recently that actually said this would be his last US tour for a while.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 17 November 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
ha. well ... there you go.
Dawn of Midi opened for him at least some of the shows. What a bill that is.
― alpine static, Monday, 17 November 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
http://www.pianoday.org/
― djh, Sunday, 29 March 2015 10:07 (nine years ago) link
Solo sounds beautiful laying here drifting off on a Sunday night
― out comes stanley, Sunday, 29 March 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Enjoying Solo quite a bit.
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Nils Frahm has written his first score for one-take feature film Victoria with the soundtrack being released on London-based contemporary classical label Erased Tapes Records:http://link.bleep.com/nils-frahm-music-for-the-motion-picture-victoriaFilmed in Berlin, Victoria is centred around a runaway party girl who joins a group of friendly men on a night out, but the night takes a dramatic turn as their night turns from a party, into a bank robbery – and the music reflects this change as it changes from techno – from DJ Koze – to sombre piano sounds.
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
just started listening to this, the koze track is great. Film sounds like some 90s bullshit tho
― put a skronk ornette (wins), Sunday, 14 June 2015 13:51 (nine years ago) link
Am loving this Victoria score.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Ooh, is it scored by Nils Frahm? I am now even more excited to watch it.
― davey, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link
anyone been listening to the late night tales? it is really brilliant.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 October 2015 14:09 (eight years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/5SW5Cfm1Py2tt8cwN8DqKj
I keep meaning to but I haven't really found the right moment for it yet. His performance at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this year was brilliant, really want it to be released in its entirety.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 October 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, the late night tales is lovely.
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Thursday, 29 October 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
I'm enjoying the Frahm/Arnalds compilation.
I generally prefer him when he is "just playing the piano" but I actually like the other stuff on this, too.
― djh, Sunday, 1 November 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
By him, I meant Frahm.
But, anyway, this sounded incredible/fitting driving along country lanes in the fog tonight.
― djh, Monday, 2 November 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
his LNT mix is good but Jon Hopkins does the same thing several orders of magnitude better IMO, do check it out
also Spaces (Frahm's best record ever by a considerable distance) now seems to be streamable in full on US Spotify, anybody who hasn't heard it bc it hasn't been immediately available is out of excuses
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Thursday, 5 November 2015 08:31 (eight years ago) link
^ I much prefer Wintermusik and The Bells.
― djh, Thursday, 5 November 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
yeah Spaces is amazing. was a little disappointed to listen to some of his records after seeing his incredible show but that record definitely captures the vibe. there was nothing wrong with the other ones but they were a little less... immense? or something
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 5 November 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
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in fairness this film was not the clubbing heist one night of madness shit I thought it would be & is actually pretty decent
― Kevin Ageusia Smith (wins), Thursday, 7 April 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
I was looking for this in Fopp the other day, hoping to find it for £3.
It didn't help that I couldn't remember what it was called, mind.
― djh, Sunday, 20 August 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PTj1qIqcWM
― StanM, Thursday, 16 November 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
" Nils Frahm's 'All Melody' is out on January 26th 2018. Order the album here: http://phonofile.link/all-melody "
― StanM, Thursday, 16 November 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
tracklist & more info https://www.erasedtapes.com/release/eratp106-nils-frahm-all-melody
― StanM, Thursday, 16 November 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/22/578573392/first-listen-nils-frahm-all-melody
― StanM, Monday, 22 January 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
yes! thank you
― Dinsdale, Monday, 22 January 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv2nmefHc9Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_RKVUMaPek
― StanM, Friday, 26 January 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
been finding this so soothing today, very nice.
― calzino, Saturday, 27 January 2018 13:09 (six years ago) link
I like it when he goes electronic
― i know kore-eda (or something), Saturday, 27 January 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
Fuck me, this is great.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Sunday, 28 January 2018 00:35 (six years ago) link
lovely sense of space and silence in his work. minimalism is often overlooked in our noisy times! i find a lot of modern composers, neoclassical, avant-tronic (whatever!) void of much emotion... but frahms music doesn't feel cold or empty. i love Colleen for the same reasons
― meaulnes, Sunday, 28 January 2018 00:47 (six years ago) link
been enjoying this but the bits with vocals grate on me
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 1 February 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
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― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
well I'm still going to his show
― StanM, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
I don't like most of the stuff i have heard from him. It is too polished, too minimal and too easy listening for my ears. Boring mainstream piano. Hauschka on the other hand seems much more adventurous and exciting.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
The studio stuff may be hit and miss before now, but he's great live. Check out the montreux jazz or boiler room shows on youtube.
― StanM, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
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the instrumentals definitely stand out among the more experimental tracks, which sound to me like Nicolas Jaar demos. title track is beautifully paced. he does dynamics better than most - tracks that feel light and minimal can suddenly swell and engulf you like waves.
― Indexed, Monday, 5 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
Forget the youtube videos, they don't prepare you for seeing him play live in person & at full volume. Saw him in Brussels on Friday and he really is amazing.
― StanM, Sunday, 11 February 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
agreed- that's why 'spaces' is by far my favorite of his
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 11 February 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
It took an Oslo audience to break my 'I've never seen a fight at a @nilsfrahm show' duck last night. Congratulations, my Viking friends!— Wyndham Wallace (@WyndhamWallace) February 15, 2018
― groovypanda, Thursday, 15 February 2018 11:29 (six years ago) link
I don’t speak Norwegian, but my onsite translator said s.o. was upset when asked to stop talking, so threatened to kill the complainant with a knife. It was nothing a good piano solo couldn’t eventually stop, though...— Wyndham Wallace (@WyndhamWallace) February 15, 2018
― StanM, Thursday, 15 February 2018 11:52 (six years ago) link
All my favorite parts of this album remind me of Loscil.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 16 February 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
Barbican show last night was great. I had no idea he was so funny and self-deprecating, a very likeable stage presence.
I'm so resistant to this kind of stuff almost on principle - the virtuoso genius surrounded by literally hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of gear on stage, the absolute tastefulness of it (it's Windham Hill techno - you don't get to like this and hate on Liz Story) - but I'm always bludgeoned into submission by how much I like the music in the end.
― bamboohouses, Thursday, 22 February 2018 10:13 (six years ago) link
The minimalistic Encores 1 EP that was originally the exclusive vinyl with the Rough Trade edition is now out digitally and could be the first of a series (since he had more than a hundred songs/ideas for the album)
― StanM, Saturday, 2 June 2018 06:47 (six years ago) link
ok, 60 then
https://www.erasedtapes.com/news/2018-06-01/nils-frahm-releases-the-extended-5-track-player-encores-1
― StanM, Saturday, 2 June 2018 06:50 (six years ago) link
✔️
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 06:13 (five years ago) link
encores 2 is great too btw
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 07:03 (five years ago) link
I have tickets to see Nils Frahm at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles this Saturday.
― DT, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 07:10 (five years ago) link
Shit and I thought I just saw him in a killer theater
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
He's amazing live pretty much anywhere though
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
i saw him in an old church in L.A.
― omar little, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
Does Nils actually own The Funkhaus in Berlin? Or ... no?
― alpine static, Friday, 24 January 2020 08:54 (four years ago) link
not quite but he has a recording studio there:https://saal-3.com/
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 25 January 2020 06:48 (four years ago) link
"Tripping With Nils Frahm" - live album & video out this week
https://www.nilsfrahm.com/tripping-news/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOh73eWIk4Q
― StanM, Monday, 30 November 2020 12:28 (three years ago) link
just for reference and because the evolution into what it has become live is so staggering: this is the album version of that same song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6PH9lt4Ye0
― StanM, Monday, 30 November 2020 13:34 (three years ago) link
imho, it sounds great but overall it's a rather toned down + subtle affair (especially without the visuals) & not at all as exciting as the concert I saw in 2018 :-/
― StanM, Thursday, 3 December 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
Quite the leap. Real Keith Jarrett vibe to the piano section 3:00-6:00 ish.
― Indexed, Thursday, 3 December 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
Well just saw the film and well, dang, that was something. I find myself having a lot of his albums but never really consciously giving a close ear but based on the performance and the film, reading all the reports earlier in the thread about West Coast dates in the past really is triggering retroactive FOMO.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 December 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
Some cognitive dissonance at hearing a dub album by Nils Frahm within a week of Lee Scratch Perry's death... but also the new Nils Frahm/FS Blumm collaboration is pretty good!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
I got talking to him briefly after his show in Luxembourg a couple of years ago. I told him I was a fan of dub and that, among other things, I really liked the dubbier elements of his work.
― giraffe, Monday, 13 September 2021 06:40 (three years ago) link
Rereleasing a trio of early stuff:
https://nilsfrahm.bandcamp.com/album/streichelfisch
https://nilsfrahm.bandcamp.com/album/durton
https://nilsfrahm.bandcamp.com/album/electric-piano
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 April 2022 17:21 (two years ago) link
I'll listen to anyone play electric piano, so I'm curious to hear that one
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 7 April 2022 17:37 (two years ago) link
new album "Music For Animals" coming (very?) soon
https://amp.smh.com.au/culture/music/nils-frahm-s-music-a-mind-altering-beat-or-a-mind-calming-tone-20220616-p5au5v.html
― StanM, Thursday, 16 June 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
could be tomorrow already
https://old.reddit.com/r/NilsFrahm/comments/vcuyi6/saw_nils_tonight_new_album_in_two_days/
― StanM, Thursday, 16 June 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
oh - the announcement was today, not the release. That's September 23rd.
https://www.nilsfrahm.com/music-for-animals/
― StanM, Friday, 17 June 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahafKUn3JyE
― StanM, Friday, 17 June 2022 13:59 (two years ago) link
New album = 10 tracks, 3 hours long
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 25 September 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
I'm going to a show in October but I hope he doesn't play three 30 minute ambient songs from this album :-/
― StanM, Sunday, 25 September 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
Getting a Stars of the Lid vibe from "Seagull Scene"
― death generator (lukas), Thursday, 29 September 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
Antwerp: he played 6 long pieces that weren't necessarily recogniseable from his albums (except the encore) but the point is to see him build the journey on stage - masterful.
― StanM, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link