celebrated composer, performer, saxophonist, soloist, band leader, educator, activist, and mixed-media artist matana roberts returns with a new installment of their acclaimed coin coin series. comes on double 10 inch vinyl with fold-out insert and download code.
piano day is an official body created in 2015 by berlin-based composer nils frahm and his closest friends to house various exciting, piano-related projects for everyone to participate in.
the first project revealed by the piano day team in 2015 was the building of what will be the world’s tallest piano: the klavins 450, designed by piano builder david klavins who also created nils’s upright stage piano, the una corda. with over 70 per cent of the 120.000 euro target reached, the piano building is already underway and fans can continue to donate via www.pianoday.org.
it was on the 3.7 meters high klavins m370 that nils recorded eight improvised piano motifs in one sitting, which formed his 2015 album, solo.
2023 reissue, 140g vinyl, remastered from the original vertigo master tapes for this edition by simon francis, original gatefold die-cut sleeve replicated in fine detail
reissue on stones throw sister label of rare funk album by jay & max whitefield of poets of rhythm fame, originally released in 2001 on now defunct soul fire, contributions by gabriel roth (now dap kings / daptone), leon michels (el michels affair) and martin perna (antibalas)!
2023 reissue, 140g vinyl, remastered from the original vertigo master tapes for this edition by simon francis, original gatefold die-cut sleeve replicated in fine detail
2023 reissue, 140g vinyl, remastered from the original vertigo master tapes for this edition by simon francis, original gatefold sleeve replicated in fine detail
nils frahm, born in 1982, had an early introduction to music. during his childhood he was taught to play piano by nahum brodski – a student of the last scholar of tschaikowski. it was through this that nils began to immerse himself in the styles of the classical pianists before him as well as contemporary composers. today nils frahm works as an accomplished composer and producer in berlin. in early 2008 he founded durton studio, where he has worked with peter broderick and dustin o’halloran amongst other fellow musicians.
the three instrumentals, which make up his debut release wintermusik are piano led pieces, coloured with occasional celeste and reed organ parts. the record’s equal measures of sorrowful refrains and uplifting passages, combined with a real intimacy that makes for an album you’ll want to return to again and again. the songs were originally intended as a christmas present for friends and family, hence its winter release on erased tapes. the vinyl release includes a download code.