Nils Frahm

Shit and I thought I just saw him in a killer theater

He's amazing live pretty much anywhere though

i saw him in an old church in L.A.

Does Nils actually own The Funkhaus in Berlin? Or ... no?

not quite but he has a recording studio there:
https://saal-3.com/

"Tripping With Nils Frahm" - live album & video out this week

https://www.nilsfrahm.com/tripping-news/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOh73eWIk4Q

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

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 :-/

Quite the leap. Real Keith Jarrett vibe to the piano section 3:00-6:00 ish.

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.

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!

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.

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

I'll listen to anyone play electric piano, so I'm curious to hear that one

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

could be tomorrow already

https://old.reddit.com/r/NilsFrahm/comments/vcuyi6/saw_nils_tonight_new_album_in_two_days/

oh - the announcement was today, not the release. That's September 23rd.

https://www.nilsfrahm.com/music-for-animals/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahafKUn3JyE

New album = 10 tracks, 3 hours long

I'm going to a show in October but I hope he doesn't play three 30 minute ambient songs from this album :-/

Getting a Stars of the Lid vibe from "Seagull Scene"

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.