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Nils Frahm – Screws (Erased Tapes, 2012)

i 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. things are going uphill… as you can imagine, it is really bad news for a pianist when he gets diagnosed with a broken thumb. that day i was sitting in the emergency room, feeling rather dizzy while thinking of a zillion shows coming up and all the people involved around it. i realised in that moment how busy things have become. it is hard to turn down interesting projects and opportunities, since i surely love my work. it actually never felt like work. playing piano and playing it for wonderful people is the greatest joy i can imagine. for a couple of days i felt like this all could be over. how pathetic. but hey – also feeling sorry for yourself has its place somewhere. all of a sudden i had so much time, an unexpected holiday. i cancelled most of my schedule and found myself being a little bored. even though my doctor told me not to touch a piano for a while, i just couldn’t resist. i started playing a silent song with 4 fingers on my left and the remaining 5 on my right hand. i set up one microphone and recorded another tune every other night before falling asleep. the day i got rid of my cast i had recorded 9 little tunes. they have helped me feel less annoyed about my accident and reminded me that any good is something i can only achieve, when i am making the most out of what i’ve got. thank you all for listening! with lots of love, nils … September 20th marks the 30th birthday of Berlin pianist Nils Frahm, but also the day he has chosen to give his fans a special gift in the form of 9 songs he recorded with 9 fingers, entitled ‘Screws’. Nils experienced an unfortunate accident which saw him fall from his bunk bed located directly above his studio, which resulted in a broken thumb. But through inspiration from his fans and after a gentle walk and talk through the park with a close friend, he decided to deal with the situation in the only way he knew – playing his piano. With four screws surgically placed inside his thumb, he started recording with his remaining 9 fingers, what later resulted in 9 intimate piano recordings. Fans can download ‘Screws’ as mp3s or in full 24-bit 44.100 kHz audio quality here (http://screws.durtonstudio.com), and pre-order a Vinyl/CD edition from the Erased Tapes online store (http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP046), which will be released later this year. PREVIOUS PRESS: ‘No. 42 Best Albums Of 2011′ -The Guardian ‘Felt is a transportative album, a balm for troubled minds.’ BBC Music ‘Frahm’s hyper-intimate recording technique for the album makes Felt a captivating listen’ (9/10) DIS ★ ★ ★ ★ – Popmatters ★ ★ ★ ★ – Uncut ★ ★ ★ ★ – Clash ★ ★ ★ ★ – Mojo OFFICIAL WEBSITES: FREE DOWLOAD mp3/AiF 24b · facebook.com/nilsfrahm · twitter.com/nilsfrahm · erasedtapes.com Released by: Erased Tapes Records Ltd.

Porzellan - the lost library (2012)

Baroque violinist and composer, porzellan is Francis Cazal. He creates neo-classical, drone, lower-case... (who cares?!) soundtracks for the reading, sleeping, dreaming or thinking listeners. His music is made to be played in different contexts of feelings and/or locations choosen by the listener itself. This is a bit more than music, but a bit less than something else.

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feuqing good album!!

happy new year !