Description
Tracklist:
track Title: An Aborted Beginning
track Title: Says
track Title: Said And Done
track Title: Went Missing
track Title: Familiar
track Title: Improvisation For Coughs And A Cell Phone
track Title: Hammers
track Title: For u2013 Peter u2013 Toilet Brushes u2013 More
track Title: Over There
track Title: Unter u2013 Tristana u2013 Ambre
track Title: Ross’s Harmonium
Berlin-based contemporary composer Nils Frahm has built a steady reputation for his intimate, poignant piano recordings, yet they only reveal a fragment of what to expect from a Frahm concert. The artists heart lies in improvisation, in the magic of a moment where, inspired by the space and the audience, his fingers create new compositions loosely based around his familiar melodies. Spaces is an ode to the joy of live performance. It expresses Frahms love for experimentation and answers the call from his fans for a record that truly reflects what they witness during his concerts. Breaking the convention of a traditional live release, the album was recorded over the course of two years in different locations and on various media, including old portable reel-to-reel recorders and cassette decks. These moments were later pieced together in his Durton Studio for what Frahm refers to as a collage of field recordings rather than a live album. Spaces includes surprises such as the sound of a toilet brush banging on piano strings to create a dub-sounding track. The decision to select takes that include the sounds of people coughing and cell phones ringing make clear that his audience is an integral part of every performance.
