Nils Frahm

Nils Frahm makes piano music that sounds intimate enough to touch. Felt was recorded on a piano with felt over the strings, played late at night so as not to disturb the neighbours, with its hammers, pedals and creaking wood all part of the sound.

Spaces captured his live shows, where he moves between grand piano, Rhodes, synthesisers and drum machines, building pulsing, layered pieces that edge towards techno. All Melody, recorded at his own studio in Berlin's Funkhaus, added choir, pipe organ and trumpet, and he also founded the annual Piano Day.