柏林作曲家、製作人 Nils Frahm 近年與長期合作的經紀人夥伴 Felix Grimm 創立了廠牌 #LEITER，這對老戰友有著很多關於音樂上的想法，2014 年小白兔在 P Festival 鋼琴音樂節 遇到他們時就感覺到了會讓人期待未來的野心。
#NilsFrahm 今年發行新專輯《Music For Animals》的同時，也將他十多年前的早期的錄音作品《Streichelfisch》、《Durton》、《Electric Piano》重見天日，這些聲音與現在的他是相當不一樣的狀態，無論是鋼琴的彈奏、古典與電子音樂的探索程度、留白的意象等...，對 Nils Frahm 來說這些都是音樂旅程裡的重要拼圖，也是無法找回的另外一個自己，高興且充滿感激的存在。
Nils Frahm s “Durton” is one of three albums of rare early recordings, many of which have been unobtainable for years, some of which have never been released at all, and none of which have ever appeared on streaming services. All the three records of early works reveal a fascinating glimpse into an era of Frahm s work known until now only to diehard and longstanding fans. Though he first enjoyed success with 2011s “Felt” and the following year s “Screws”, both performed on solo piano – which he had studied throughout his youth – the instrument played no part in his early recording career. “Durton” pairs tracks from 2006s digital only “My First EP” with five previously unheard compositions.
Recorded almost two decades ago, “Durton” – a pun on “Dur Ton” (German for the impractical concept of a “major note”) – takes its name, as did Frahm s original Berlin studio, from the first piece of music he ever released in 2005. Aside from Martin Heyne s guitar on the title track, the album was entirely produced by Frahm in his Hamburg home studio, but other live instrumentation can be heard amongst its delicate micro-electronica, with brass, strings and percussion on, for instance, “Personal Lift”. “They are probably taken from recordings for other pieces,” Frahm confides. “I do not even remember who was playing, but it was much earlier, and sometimes we would just reuse outtakes. I was not documenting things well, so I am not always completely sure what I am hearing, or how I actually did it.” As for that voice on “Now Fast Be Slow”, “If somebody is singing, it is definitely me!”
Besides “Durton”, Nils Frahm also released “Streichelfisch”, which returns to vinyl for the first time since its original 2005 pressing, and “Electric Piano”, which contains seven tracks originally released as a download in 2008.
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