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- Nils Frahm
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- Graz
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP143DL
- Release Date
- May 21, 2021
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This year, March 29th was marked in the calendar as Piano Day 2021, and German musician and composer Nils Frahm would drop an album on the very same day. Ever the rascal of modern classical music, Frahm recorded Graz for Erased Tapes back in 2009 and kept it under his hat for over a decade. Remarkably, for an artist who has opened the door for electronic instrumentation within his field, the album shares a spirit with his 2020 release Empty — coincidentally released on Piano Day 2020 — in its strikingly powerful minimalism.
What’s more, Graz shows Frahm spinning out ideas in their relative infancy. The fluttering drama of ‘O I End’ and the intoxicating breathing space between notes on ‘Crossings’ are young Nils’ way of iterating the musical fascinations that would fill his work with wonderment throughout his career. Labelmate and fellow sonic explorer Peter Broderick helps in making the shorter cut ‘Hammers’ a frenetic scramble of forms, but Graz still maintains an untouchably intimate atmosphere.
For the most part, here is Nils, a piano and an unknown animating force that sets him apart as one of the 21st century’s most singular composers.
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Lighter
Nils Frahm
3:50
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O I End
Nils Frahm
4:50
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Because This Must Be
Nils Frahm
2:46
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Kurzum
Nils Frahm
8:38
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And Om
Nils Frahm
5:00
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Hammers
Nils Frahm / Peter Broderick
1:52
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Crossings
Nils Frahm
6:20
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About Coming and Leaving
Nils Frahm
2:08
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Went Missing
Nils Frahm
3:30
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Track List
- Lighter
- O I End
- Because This Must Be
- Kurzum
- And Om
- Hammers
- Crossings
- About Coming and Leaving
- Went Missing
Nils Frahm
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- Artist
- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- About Coming and Leaving
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP143DS03
- Release Date
- March 10, 2021
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- Artist
- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- Tripping With Nils Frahm
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP136DL
- Release Date
- December 3, 2020
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- Artist
- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- Empty
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP134DL
- Release Date
- March 28, 2020
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- Artist
- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- All Encores
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP126DL
- Release Date
- October 18, 2019
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- Artist
- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- Encores 3
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP125DL
- Release Date
- September 20, 2019
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- Artist
- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- Encores 2
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP117DL
- Release Date
- January 25, 2019
- EP
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- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- Encores 1
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- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP107DL
- Release Date
- June 1, 2018
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- Artist
- Nils Frahm
- ReleaseProduct
- All Melody
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP106
- Release Date
- January 26, 2018
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Erased Tapes
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- Artist
- Masayoshi Fujita
- ReleaseProduct
- Bird Ambience
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP142
- Release Date
- May 28, 2021
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Rival Consoles
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- Improvisation in E minor
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- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP059DS04
- Release Date
- March 26, 2021
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- Artist
- Bell Orchestre
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- House Music
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP141DL
- Release Date
- March 19, 2021
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- Artist
- David Allred
- ReleaseProduct
- Felt The Transition
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP137DL
- Release Date
- December 18, 2020
- LP
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- Artist
- Douglas Dare
- ReleaseProduct
- Heavenly Bodies
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- 540916
- Release Date
- December 11, 2020
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- Rival Consoles
- ReleaseProduct
- Night Melody / Articulation
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- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP139DL
- Release Date
- November 24, 2020
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- Artist
- Bell Orchestre
- ReleaseProduct
- IX: Nature That's It That's All.
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP141DS01
- Release Date
- October 20, 2020
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- Artist
- Penguin Cafe
- ReleaseProduct
- Handfuls of Night (Explored)
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP127SD
- Release Date
- October 2, 2020
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