Frahm, Nils - Old Friends New Friends (Vinyl)

Nils Frahm - Old Friends New Friends (2LP Vinyl)

Nils Frahm releases a new double album, Old Friends New Friends, released by Leiter, the label he set up with his manager, Felix Grimm. The collection gathers together 23 solo piano tracks recorded between 2009 and 2021, almost all hitherto unreleased but, for one reason or another, omitted from previous albums and projects. Neither quite a new LP nor exactly a compilation, it offers “an anatomy of all my ways of thinking musically and playing,” Frahm says, adding with a smile, “Maybe I could say it’s an album I worked on for twelve years, and finally I have enough material?”

Tracklisting

Side A:

    4:33 (A Tribute To John Cage)
    Late
    Berduxa
    Rain Take
    Todo Nada
    Weddinger Walzer

Side B:

    In The Making
    Further In The Making
    All Numbers End
    The Idea Machine
    Then Patterns
    Corn
    New Friend

Side C:

    Nils Has A New Piano
    Acting
    As A Reminder
    Iced Wood
    Strickleiter

Side D:

    The Chords
    The Chords Broken Down
    Forgetmenot
    Restive
    Old Friend