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January 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Nils Frahm: All Melody
Nils Frahm All Melody Erased Tapes A new studio and some hand-built instruments appear to be the main catalysts behind the subtle shifts on this, the tenth Nils Frahm solo album. Where most recently it was about pure solo piano works here we open with wordless vocals and move on to a pulse created from […]Archive
July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Lubomyr Melnyk: Rivers and Streams
Lubomyr Melnyk Rivers and Streams Erased Tapes Mention that Lubomyr Melnyk is the world’s fastest pianist, playing close to 20 notes per second due to his mastering of the “continuous music” technique and you could, worringly, paint a picture of a stunt-musician. Still, here I am leading with it, since it is news, it is […]Archive
December 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Masayoshi Fujita: Apologues
Masayoshi Fujita Apologues Erased Tapes A shade-cloth of sound, draped over a movie that isn’t actually there – to hang as perceptual/perpetual soundtrack and softening hue, this is the second solo album by Fujita, the second set of pieces to combine a classical composer’s approach with that of a jazz improviser. Here, again, is Fujita […]Archive
July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Nils Frahm: Music for the Motion Picture Victoria
Nils Frahm Music For The Motion Picture Victoria Erased Tapes I haven’t seen the (German) film Victoria but it sounds (at least) interesting – a 12-page script with mostly improvised dialogue created in a single take, one long shot. I’d see it anyway for Nils Frahm’s score which – for anyone interested in his work […]Archive
May 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Nils Frahm: Solo
Nils Frahm Solo Erased Tapes Nils Frahm – composer, pianist, some sort of wizard actually – released Spaces a couple of years ago, one of my favourite records of recent times. It put his piano in a variety of contexts, subtle electronics bending and flitting beneath and around the exquisite moods and melodies he creates, […]Archive
January 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Lubomyr Melnyk: Evertina
Lubomyr Melnyk Evertina Erased Tapes Melnyk’s recent full-lengther, Windmills, was some three years in the making and a huge surge of his “continuous music” bubbled and cascaded as both the calm and fury were presented. Evertina is a far more delicate offering, just three tracks, a mini-album – 24 minutes – and just the piano, […]Archive
November 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman