A few months ago while recording at the Funkhaus i was outside smoking a joint when i heard music coming from Nils studio. I was instantly drawn to it, and he left the door open, so i just stood there outside his studio high as hell dancing to the most amazing tunes, i´ll never forget it....
I've heard his music, did not put a face to the compositions. I'm totally enamored -- he's completely obsessed with sound to the point of perfection for his ears.
Sencillamente el mejor musico del siglo 21, será recordado por muchos años en el futuro..a roto moldes y creado un sonidoasí como generado unas emociones en las personas que ni tan siquiera estas sabían de su existencia...y a metido a bocajarro sonidos electrónicos analógicos en muchos que eran reticentes a la música electronica.
What he says about people not being able to tell whether it's the real thing or not resonates a lot in my head. I love analog gear and "proper real" instruments, but I've seen so many pretentious people (and musicians) look down on some really good music or songwriters, only because their work wasn't recorded with "the real" instrument, or in the proper room with the proper acoustic treatment, or the vintage analogue synth, console, and so on. As a musician myself, I can totally understand this obsession with sound, but most of the time it ends up being pure fetichism, and most audiences don't seem to notice the difference at all, especially when most people hear music on their cheap earbuds on a subway ride. I'm sure most of Nils' fans (me included) take the time to listen to his music on proper sound systems, or good headphones, and taste every single soundwave, but I kind of feel sad for all those who are dazzled by gear instead of creative minds. Nils is such a talented musician and I'm sure his music would still be amazing, even if it was all made on a laptop. I'm sure he'd find the way to make it sound great, there's always a way.
I totally agree. I've made great recordings with software and some downright atrocities with hardware. Also software has improved so much since I first started, but I find myself moving to almost all hardware namely because I can and because I really enjoy the physical interface. I like different musicians who work in all types of mediums from all software to only hardware (Bibio or Nils Frahm) to some who use both (Bonobo) etc.
Exactly. Also managing proper analog gear is pretty expensive. Digital devices are so much more affordable, versatile, and convenient. Oh and sometimes a digital sound can actually sound better/more suitable, at least to some people's taste.
Nils often made it clear that it´s about the inspiration of feeling these musical instruments under his hands, so that´s where a big part of the music and the notes played also comes from - and then it´s not about what the audience or listener can notice as a difference in sound. It´s a really subjective, but important part of the creative process, not just about sound alone anymore.
I've heard more comment of 'why not just use a laptop' than people putting down "fake" instruments. Which is ultimately a misunderstand of how we interface with things. Its a bit like 'why not CGI it' when you can use a camera to film it... Well the latter is probably easier, right? and more inspiring? You could technically move every bit of data into place until it sounds the same, but who wants to work like that. I feel use of laptops and plugins, are totally valid but because they lie in that programming region i'd prefer not to. Piano is a big one, that often i am told to use MIDI, but these comments ironically are often from drummers who'd have a heart attack if told to use an electronic pad- its just as equal. So are sampled strings (anyone actually heard a live orchestra because that cannot be replicated no a recording!). And of course guitar- using guitar effects where maybe synths could do the job. You just get things easier. I would say Frahm however goes a bit far into making it a bourgiouse spectacle and i might appreciate someone using a laptop within their means to make something equally as good, because that is happening too.
Its more a question of space and money! Moste musicians would have that stuff from analoge mixer about tape recorder to real big expensive instruments BUT its not cheap. I myself have some nice stuff but i see how fast you lost space and money if you build a big studio. You need a real big room to record and a many money for vintage or new analoge gear from mic to tape... ...its mire that two question, space and money, realy simple ;)
I don’t think in our day and age one can find a genius musician quite like Nils. You still have amazing composers and musicians that use their orchestras and best instruments to build their sound but Nils takes it further, a one man orchestra in the pursuit of a musical summit. A crazy scientist locked up in his secret cave occasionally allowing people to steal a glimpse of what he has found. Willy Wonka!!
I bet those 24 fuckers who disliked this video have never even listened to Nils Frahm songs. never shed tears with " Familiar" never felt in awe listening to " Says" never regained their hope listening to " Over their, It's raining".....thank you very much Mr. Frahm for the amazing experience you've given me....you're an inspiring human being.
Oh my .... this is amazing. What a fantastic playground! There is no comparison to the feel of resonance of an acoustic instrument, even with the best sampled plugins in the world, the frequency that vibrates through the body is simply missing. I grew up with two grand pianos, but now I can't even afford one. Even though I do love the sampled instruments and sounds which are available nowadays, but I miss the acoustic ones so badly.
just to be clear, the small 50 euro piano he is talking about is NOT the tiny thing that is showed at that point in the video. It's a real piano, albeit a small upright one.
Just wondering if anyone here knows the brand of harmonium that Nils uses? I went to his concert last night in Melbourne and that thing was truly amazing.. Sounded so much more dampened and smooth compared to previous harmoniums i have heard
Hey Nils. Big admiror here in Portugal. About your pipe organ: have you thought about puting the pipes in a acousticly prepared plexiglass cenario, so it can be seen on stage?
?? Susanne, do you know Pat Metheny's work and tour with his Orquestrion? Its a big array of instruments controled remotly with his guitar, on stage. Thats just what I'm sugesting to Nils. As I love both music and exponantional criativaty.
But ofcourse I understand. I'm not a plastic fan at all. Other solution to use the organ on stage ould be superior contact mics combined with individual mics, per tube, on the same direction he used on the 'una corda'...
I asked the man himself when he did a meet and greet at The Barbican in London a few years ago. He said he uses a pc which is off stage. Triggers using CV gates etc. I was curious as to the sequencing also.
why does he put tape over the Vermona DRM1's ? Honest question, I guess he just doesn't like labels on anything ? or some other reason I don't know about ?
It alters the tonal balance slightly. The tape resonates sympathetically with discrete circuitry and has the effect of ramping down the upper harmonics.
purplebroccoli Nils has moved most of the Durton equipment from under his bed to Funkhaus, so it certainly looks that way. (This meant he had to sleep in the Funkhaus control room while working on All Melody!)
Funny that he built a beautiful studio full of wood this and analog that and stocked with antique instruments... and the album sounds super digital. It's so gorgeous though
@@ericfricke4512 it is possible to strip acoustic, analog and other organic instrumentation of their natural quality through studio processing. That is how this record sounds to me. Stripped of its naturalness.
He reminds of Shoshana from Inglorious Basterds in this video… artsy and pretentious European that is also gorgeous and quite clever. He’s got the scarf and the hat down too
The sound of the harmonium is used a good deal in classical music e.g. reductions by Schoenberg of Mahler pieces. But why take a pipe organ to a concert hall and then mike it up? Am I something here? Just go to the Albert Hall or Saint-Sulpice and get blown away by the live organ sound.
Really love this but honestly the camera focus is off (in the quotes) and audio keyframing has shifted in this edit. Just saying this because I think Nils is pretty obsessed with details so he would probably feel the same. :)
great musician, but sometimes when he talks with the annoying uptalk i can't tell if he's asking a question or answering it. Now I guess even Germans have this annoying habit of putting a question mark after every comment.
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A few months ago while recording at the Funkhaus i was outside smoking a joint when i heard music coming from Nils studio. I was instantly drawn to it, and he left the door open, so i just stood there outside his studio high as hell dancing to the most amazing tunes, i´ll never forget it....
Michael Lane That is so dope
i would visit often !
cool as fuck. go ask for sugar or something...
Yeah right, and Michael Jackson came over to my house one time to use the bathroom.
you must cherish this moment forever....wow
Thanks for letting us in ❤
I have no words to describe how amazing this album is
All Melody by Nils Frahm!
I've heard his music, did not put a face to the compositions. I'm totally enamored -- he's completely obsessed with sound to the point of perfection for his ears.
I thought that I have watch every video about Nils Frahm and six years later I found this.
Going to buy the album today, sit in my studio tonight and listen, with all my attention from start to finish. Very excited.
the Bruce Wayne of music production
Elias Porcu you should have a look at deadmau5' Studio
@@MrCri95inter it's the music not the studio.
@@VladTheSour ... it depends on the genre
deconstructing music to the level of mere sounds, that's so amazing
God bless Nils Frahm
great that such a space could be matched with such a vision. look forward to all the music to come!
This guy really is a genius musician
looking forward to seeing the man live
nice pseudonym!
definitely, he's awesome... "a dizziness that shakes rivers and mountains"... s t u n n i n g
saw him yesterday in luxemburg, it's really impressive live, great player
cant wait !
well saw in some days ago in stockholm... jaw dropping... best live perfomance I have ever witnessed
Sencillamente el mejor musico del siglo 21, será recordado por muchos años en el futuro..a roto moldes y creado un sonidoasí como generado unas emociones en las personas que ni tan siquiera estas sabían de su existencia...y a metido a bocajarro sonidos electrónicos analógicos en muchos que eran reticentes a la música electronica.
This is going to be
A near perfect Album!
Looking forward to what Nils always do
Christ, he is an absolute genius.
Beautiful
Thanks for sharing :)
What he says about people not being able to tell whether it's the real thing or not resonates a lot in my head. I love analog gear and "proper real" instruments, but I've seen so many pretentious people (and musicians) look down on some really good music or songwriters, only because their work wasn't recorded with "the real" instrument, or in the proper room with the proper acoustic treatment, or the vintage analogue synth, console, and so on. As a musician myself, I can totally understand this obsession with sound, but most of the time it ends up being pure fetichism, and most audiences don't seem to notice the difference at all, especially when most people hear music on their cheap earbuds on a subway ride. I'm sure most of Nils' fans (me included) take the time to listen to his music on proper sound systems, or good headphones, and taste every single soundwave, but I kind of feel sad for all those who are dazzled by gear instead of creative minds. Nils is such a talented musician and I'm sure his music would still be amazing, even if it was all made on a laptop. I'm sure he'd find the way to make it sound great, there's always a way.
I totally agree. I've made great recordings with software and some downright atrocities with hardware. Also software has improved so much since I first started, but I find myself moving to almost all hardware namely because I can and because I really enjoy the physical interface. I like different musicians who work in all types of mediums from all software to only hardware (Bibio or Nils Frahm) to some who use both (Bonobo) etc.
Exactly. Also managing proper analog gear is pretty expensive. Digital devices are so much more affordable, versatile, and convenient. Oh and sometimes a digital sound can actually sound better/more suitable, at least to some people's taste.
Nils often made it clear that it´s about the inspiration of feeling these musical instruments under his hands, so that´s where a big part of the music and the notes played also comes from - and then it´s not about what the audience or listener can notice as a difference in sound. It´s a really subjective, but important part of the creative process, not just about sound alone anymore.
I've heard more comment of 'why not just use a laptop' than people putting down "fake" instruments.
Which is ultimately a misunderstand of how we interface with things.
Its a bit like 'why not CGI it' when you can use a camera to film it...
Well the latter is probably easier, right? and more inspiring?
You could technically move every bit of data into place until it sounds the same, but who wants to work like that.
I feel use of laptops and plugins, are totally valid but because they lie in that programming region i'd prefer not to.
Piano is a big one, that often i am told to use MIDI, but these comments ironically are often from drummers who'd have a heart attack if told to use an electronic pad- its just as equal. So are sampled strings (anyone actually heard a live orchestra because that cannot be replicated no a recording!). And of course guitar- using guitar effects where maybe synths could do the job. You just get things easier.
I would say Frahm however goes a bit far into making it a bourgiouse spectacle and i might appreciate someone using a laptop within their means to make something equally as good, because that is happening too.
Its more a question of space and money! Moste musicians would have that stuff from analoge mixer about tape recorder to real big expensive instruments BUT its not cheap. I myself have some nice stuff but i see how fast you lost space and money if you build a big studio. You need a real big room to record and a many money for vintage or new analoge gear from mic to tape...
...its mire that two question, space and money, realy simple ;)
Damn this studio is beautiful!
The album is incredible!
Sun Son is so amazing.... this album is so amazing.... nils frahm is not human
I don’t think in our day and age one can find a genius musician quite like Nils. You still have amazing composers and musicians that use their orchestras and best instruments to build their sound but Nils takes it further, a one man orchestra in the pursuit of a musical summit. A crazy scientist locked up in his secret cave occasionally allowing people to steal a glimpse of what he has found. Willy Wonka!!
I bet those 24 fuckers who disliked this video have never even listened to Nils Frahm songs. never shed tears with " Familiar" never felt in awe listening to " Says" never regained their hope listening to " Over their, It's raining".....thank you very much Mr. Frahm for the amazing experience you've given me....you're an inspiring human being.
learning "over there, it's raining" as we speak. so awesome
Oh my .... this is amazing. What a fantastic playground! There is no comparison to the feel of resonance of an acoustic instrument, even with the best sampled plugins in the world, the frequency that vibrates through the body is simply missing. I grew up with two grand pianos, but now I can't even afford one. Even though I do love the sampled instruments and sounds which are available nowadays, but I miss the acoustic ones so badly.
Absolute genius
I can't be the only one hearing Alice Coltrane's Turiya & Ramakrishna in that piano piece at 1:50....
Well done my friend!
just to be clear, the small 50 euro piano he is talking about is NOT the tiny thing that is showed at that point in the video. It's a real piano, albeit a small upright one.
2:18 Anyone know what piano is this?
Amazing
I like this dude.
Quick question - how does one magically become this guy?
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Just wondering if anyone here knows the brand of harmonium that Nils uses? I went to his concert last night in Melbourne and that thing was truly amazing.. Sounded so much more dampened and smooth compared to previous harmoniums i have heard
German moste build brand is "hohner" ...i think its a hohner one, here its very cheap to get! ...hope it helps ;)
I secretly love you Frahm
That oberheim four voice though WOW
Hey Nils. Big admiror here in Portugal. About your pipe organ: have you thought about puting the pipes in a acousticly prepared plexiglass cenario, so it can be seen on stage?
he would never put it in a plastic box..never.
?? Susanne, do you know Pat Metheny's work and tour with his Orquestrion? Its a big array of instruments controled remotly with his guitar, on stage. Thats just what I'm sugesting to Nils. As I love both music and exponantional criativaty.
But ofcourse I understand. I'm not a plastic fan at all. Other solution to use the organ on stage ould be superior contact mics combined with individual mics, per tube, on the same direction he used on the 'una corda'...
What song is playing at 1:58?
It's our own roof from the soundtrack Victoria
it's 'the roughest trade' from his encores ep
"my friend the forest"
Where can one buy a mini piano like his?
Trying to find the exact same thing, did you have any success?
@@jimmysmickles7598 Nope, did you? Still looking....
What’s the music from 3:28?
Nils Frahm - #2
What does he use to sequence/loop everything?
I asked the man himself when he did a meet and greet at The Barbican in London a few years ago. He said he uses a pc which is off stage. Triggers using CV gates etc. I was curious as to the sequencing also.
what is this small piano? Where can I buy something like that
Simon Dolliana Denmark, apparently.
what is the name of the track used in this video?
There are various. I recall A Place, My Friend The Forest, All Melody/#2.
What Mediterranean island is he talking about?
Josh Richman Mallorca
3:54 for what are those things that look like toilet brushes?
toilet brushes
They're actually toilet brushes Nils uses them in one of his songs as a percussion
It's the traditional German instrument Klobürste!
you have to listen to his track titled "Toilet Brushes"
why does he put tape over the Vermona DRM1's ? Honest question, I guess he just doesn't like labels on anything ? or some other reason I don't know about ?
It alters the tonal balance slightly. The tape resonates sympathetically with discrete circuitry and has the effect of ramping down the upper harmonics.
song at 1:58 anyone?
My Friend the Forest
Cortot Exercises?
Is Durton Studio no longer running?
purplebroccoli Nils has moved most of the Durton equipment from under his bed to Funkhaus, so it certainly looks that way. (This meant he had to sleep in the Funkhaus control room while working on All Melody!)
Funny that he built a beautiful studio full of wood this and analog that and stocked with antique instruments... and the album sounds super digital. It's so gorgeous though
Its not funny, its what posers generally do.
super digital or super clean?
5DGISD lacking in the character or sonic coloration that the studio imagery he used as the basis for his album art would promise
I mean, Junos are still analog, pianos are still acoustic, pump organs are still acoustic, whether or not they "sound digital" to you.
@@ericfricke4512 it is possible to strip acoustic, analog and other organic instrumentation of their natural quality through studio processing. That is how this record sounds to me. Stripped of its naturalness.
Noose Farm?
Yeah of course, when you can afford hardware and have a studio that's easy to spit on VST and samplers :P
Lot of great stuff here !
i wonder how much that oversized scarf have to do with the creation process?
When noone is looking, he flaps it wildly to supply the wind that blows up his arss
He reminds of Shoshana from Inglorious Basterds in this video… artsy and pretentious European that is also gorgeous and quite clever. He’s got the scarf and the hat down too
to be fair about the hat I think he's his hairline got the best of him so he shaved his head.
"he's wearing a scarf, he must be pretentious"
The sound of the harmonium is used a good deal in classical music e.g. reductions by Schoenberg of Mahler pieces. But why take a pipe organ to a concert hall and then mike it up? Am I something here? Just go to the Albert Hall or Saint-Sulpice and get blown away by the live organ sound.
Really love this but honestly the camera focus is off (in the quotes) and audio keyframing has shifted in this edit. Just saying this because I think Nils is pretty obsessed with details so he would probably feel the same. :)
All my instruments are very generic... Has 3 Juno-60s in superb condition
WOH.......some room.
That costs the annual budget of my country, but good for him/ them, he's a godsent genius
whow
Such boring music with such amazing instruments. World record!
great musician, but sometimes when he talks with the annoying uptalk i can't tell if he's asking a question or answering it. Now I guess even Germans have this annoying habit of putting a question mark after every comment.
Sorry - I mean what am i missing?
tu se concert a liddel bit wis se microphones sis tur sey don't care
Consciousness cannot be achieved when smoking tabacco, therefor this is pretentious which seems to be a german thing a lot.