Nils Frahm

All Melody Nils Frahm

The acclaimed German pianist, composer and producer's next full-length effort was conceived in his brand new Berlin studio, Saal 3, located in the historic Funkhaus building alongside the River Spree. We're told he spent a good chunk of the last two years "deconstructing and reconstructing the entire space, from the cabling and electricity to the woodwork" before "building a pipe organ and creating a mixing desk all from scratch with the help of his friends."

Frahm's introduction to the album is somewhat opaque: "I wanted to hear beautiful drums, drums I've never seen or heard before, accompanied by human voices, girls and boys. They would sing a song from this very world and it would sound like it was from a different space... My pipe organ would turn into a drum machine, while my drum machine would sound like an orchestra of breathy flutes. I would turn my piano into my very voice, and any voice into a ringing string."