RA Sessions: Nils Frahm - All Melody / #2 | Resident Advisor

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Nils Frahm's music has its own distinctive place somewhere between electronic music and classical. A gifted pianist on the one hand-he was tutored by Nahum Brodski, whose own teacher was a protégé of Tchaikovsky-he's also captivated by electronics, developing a mastery of synths and drum machines. Anyone who's seen Frahm perform will know his musical gifts are complemented by a bubbling energy and playful streak that marks him as a unique live act.
Though he's been credited on more than a dozen albums stretching back to 2005, 2013 was something of a breakthrough year for Frahm. His Spaces album, released on UK label Erased Tapes, was widely acclaimed, and made it into RA's rundown of 2013's best LPs. Spaces showcased his exceptional skill on stage. The album was built from live recordings made over a two-year period. In 2014 he's been busy touring, with a second round of North American dates coming up in November.
Stopping by RA's London office with a Juno, Fender Rhodes, drum machine and tape delay, Frahm performed two brand new songs: "All Melody" and "#2."
Credits:
Director - Sim Higginson
Producer - Debbie Butts
Editor & Sound Engineer - Guy Clarke
Camera - Debbie Butts, Guy Clarke, Dan Higginson, Sim Higginson
Colourist - Adam Clarke (Absolute Post)

[@roof_of_the_fop]

Anyone else vastly prefer this extremely evocative and powerful early version over the quieter tamer studio version released on the album?

[@vedanthi8208]

seriously!

[@tobiasryenamundsen1881]

Word, definitely my favorite version

[@brainchild2197]

Vastly.

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

My favourite version is from the Montreux Jazz Festival video from 2015. The 2018 concert film and the studio recordings lack some of the intensity and raw emotion communicated in the earlier recordings.

[@RecoveryRaw]

I think they're both so different and I can't pick one over the other.

[@EliasH-video]

Further proof Frahm is a live mastermind. As much as I love the studio version, this is better. This is Frahm directly connecting with the music and it SHOWS

[@ajpdeschenes]

Agrees. His live performance of this feels more intuitive and visceral. It's true of most of his compositions. And his best composition, "Toilet Brushes" came to life on stage.

[@c4n2LLC]

Mastermind

[@JeromeEmeriau]

Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer Fender Rhodes Keyboard Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo Tape Delay

[@user-bv9uw3tj9m]

& his beautiful mind.

[@thedutchderp7319]

brilliant, thanks a lot :)

[@JeromeEmeriau]

Fucking awesome live masterpiece

[@eddiemoore6216]

I could feel the whole universe opening up before me a utterly spine-tingling spiritual experience

[@radio-friendlyunitshifter4670]

I listened to this with my eyes closed, and I seriously forgot about reality for a moment there. I am dead sober also. Music is a powerful drug indeed

[@JivRey]

Not sober. Same effect.

[@paulbarnes5204]

Kiasmos does this also

[@WoWManiak1696]

Don't be a drama queen. Nobody likes those.

[@septopia]

His electronic work makes me forget he is a very talented pianist.

[@daysgoby344]

If Mozart lived today he would play music like this.

[@rubenmendezhoms3488]

It's something that I've heard quite a lot. It is not a coincidence that Frahm himself tries to make a Renaissance of truly great music, just like his roots: the classics. Avant-garde electronic music can be extremely rich, and the creativity that involves is massive. I happened to be an IDM fan for almost 8 years already and it never ceases to surprise me with its intricate rhythms and melodies.

[@matthewstone1362]

No. He'd be scientifically studied and aged to discern how his slow metabolism and actuating proces works.

[@louismyatt1507]

No he would play shit music like Ed Sheeran. he also had a shit fetish.

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

Nah, Mozart would be into thrash metal. lol

[@escaton74]

it just shows that you don't understand either Mozart or music of today. this is hard to bare for five minutes

[@stevedannemiller5620]

WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THE ADS INTERSPERSED THROUGHOUT?!?!!?!?! SERIOUSLY!!!?? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!!????? I used to be able to watch this evocative beauty unfold gradually without horrible fucking ads ruining it every other minute. FUCK KZbin... good fucking god...

[@oliverp.8206]

You should seek for mental help.

[@HeadLiner1995]

Super Jam: Nicolas Jaar (DARKSIDE), David August, Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds

[@davidalmeida5783]

HeadLinerTV Olafur Arnalds on Kiasmos version

[@rodzeroher]

HeadLinerTV Nah, Nicolas Jaar is waaaay behind Nils quality.

[@HeadLiner1995]

rodzeroher Nils is a genius composer while Jaar is a beat creative with no boundaries. I love em both dont get me wrong

[@lukedekruif3328]

+HeadLinerTV Nice list! Saw Darkside three times, Nils Frahm once. They were both magical but darkside was out of this world, I was in trance. Going to see David August with Ensemble tonight, also big fan. I would add Jon Hopkins to this Jam, saw him in trouw, Amsterdam and is album Immunity is one of the best in its genre.

[@HeadLiner1995]

Ye ive heard of Hopkins but haven't really checked him out. :) I will now. How was David August? his Boiler Room set is played daily in my house :P

[@wenjingliu8164]

i'm literally crying through this video. thankful for having music in this world.

[@bruceaisher]

This is my favourite track from the album. I love how he is just using all analogue equipment. I had the pleasure of seeing this live a few days ago. It was fucking incredible and I will never forget it.

[@Niphredyl]

Same, same... In February...

[@bubbanderson]

Looks like the bassline is sequenced on a DAW and the rest played live around it. Beautiful sound and enviable gear but this is a musician on top of his game. Awesome !

[@diderichlangmannen]

This man is a soul diver and he takes us with him when he is going deeper and deeper ... This is what synth‘s are made for. Energy collaboration.

[@wolwol3]

saw this semi-god live three days ago and i couldn't help feeling like i was in haven during the gig. he was extraordinary. i just closed my eyes and felt the music giving me chills through all the spine… goose bumps all over my arms… my legs were shaking and i had butterflies in my stomach. i think that's what pure love feels like, and i felt like i was in love for the first time. with music. his music. god bless you nils frahm.

[@BrkrBoy962]

I saw him in Glasgow at the end of May, holy mother of music it was the most sensational thing I've ever seen. 3 hours of standing with my eyes closed like you said just swaying with everyone else in the crowd. Feel privileged to have had the chance to hear him live, it's on a whole other level from KZbin.

[@kispalya666]

wolwol3 The proper word is demigod.

[@nothing_happening_here]

i also thought of him as a semi/demigod before seeing him live at the funkhaus in berlin earlier this year. it was a complete underestimation on my part... i was in tears for the entire duration of the show, sitting there with my eyes closed, overwhelmed by emotions. and the funny thing is, he's just playing.

[@djmrpoppy6771]

wolwol3 is

[@treeshika13]

Oh, gotta feel what you guys felt listening to him live... never had the chance so far... gotta create it on my own, real soon.. ) even just like this, I float somewhere out of my body listening to his wondrous universe... ~.~ Thank you for sharing your lovely experience, wolwol3 )

[@henson2k]

I like this more than album version

[@igors953]

this music...i dissolve in this water, i disappear here. It represents the soul of my generation, living in immense towns, pulsing on the edge of the high-rise buildings, getting lost in rusty factories, accelerating on the highways and never finding the source of sadness or hapiness. It doesn't matter right now. Thanks Nils

IHAR Staravoitau Amen.

[@alyfreije]

Olafur arnolds

[@Niphredyl]

Well said, like a poem.

[@jj53368]

yes 🙌

[@bernios3446]

Very well selected words for this generation you're talking about.

[@Lucilup]

I went to sleep with this and woke up with firm decisions in my life

[@loveulez]

How are they going?

[@bhaveshpatel.1989]

Note to the future; play this at my funeral. Play it on every anniversary of my passing. In fact, just play it every damn time you think of me. 😊

[@Black_Swans]

Charlie from Always Sunny is just killin this electronic music thing

[@ceinwenbran]

:)

[@ELECTROMA0230]

Without Frank, and inhalants (maybe just a bit of inhalants), Charlie can achieve anything.

[@henners151]

i love when he creates the detune by shaking the space echo, this is amazing!

[@morganhuggins6367]

10:00 he's literally reaching inside his space echo and using the tape heads as an instrument, that's insane.

[@mcblahflooper94]

Nils is using a Tape Echo, which is an analog effect in which a tape machine repeats the signal input, making an "echo" effect. You can hear this around 4:53. This is how its usually used. Inside of it, there's an actual tape looping, which Nils is manipulating with his hands around 10:00 to make some very very whacky sounds. This is very creative, and NOT how the device was supposed to be used and is the first time I've (personally) seen anyone with these use it like this. It's also somewhat of a hazard because those units are extremely expensive, and that might be bad for the machine. But he seems to do it fine, and I know less than him (he literally repairs and sets up his gear on his own, which is crazy), so whatever.

[@YourMaIsFit]

It's not hazardous whatsoever, all he is doing is slightly pushing the tape forward in order to create that "warping" sound. It's no more dangerous or creative than winding back old tapes with a pencil. It's used to create a phasing/chorusing effect in the echo unit itself! Obviously I'm drawing absolutely nothing away from this man as he is an incredibly talented musician and composer.

[@jamie5252]

Yup that’s just wow

[@TheJackal1229]

He's using the RE-201 right?

[@JohnsysChannel]

@@TheJackal1229 Yeah, close enough, it's the 501's he uses. Think he had 4 of them on stage the other day when I saw him.

[@Yanto-Bardic]

He is among the New Breed of Modern Composers who truly Make Soul Inspiring music.

[@MelissaMytych]

i didnt know what a mad genius was before seeing this guy

[@tehwinnerz5006]

Melissa what is genius about this? genuine question?

[@ElementL116]

Hands down one my favorite musicians of all time.

[@phimm8644]

For me, the best in history. Above Mozart, Beethoven, Royksopp, Nicolas Jaar, etc.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

You really need to expand your horizons. This is mid-tier electronica.

[@SnowyAspenHills]

@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017What a dumb ass statement. Trying to be all high brow and yet not give a single example oif what you gauge to be superior.

[@sherlockman]

I have looked into the void... And it smiled back. Danke!

[@bernios3446]

Together with "Says" - this is maybe his most beautiful track so far: calm, rhythmic and of a dark, melancholic kind of beauty.

[@Raumstoff]

absolutely stunning. I (could) cry all times I hear(d) the first track, it's so melancholic but aswell happy - wonderful! A man who lives the Music, big up

[@margaretfarquhar9567]

Make love the way you play and your loved one will return it to you I am a Granny and every time I listen to you I am transcended

[@quentinpuyjalinet1468]

Somehow KZbin's algorithms prefers to suggest me PewDiePie video rather than this music

[@87plank]

The KZbin is broken on your side ;)

[@0451Deus]

If only he'd come to Colorado. He's the only musician I'd pay money to see.

[@huui1092]

PURE EMOTION sent through these sound waves...

[@gmpm]

I remember when I first heard of Nils several years ago, maybe 7 or 8. I was not ready then. I am now. This electronic music thing of ours... there are no limits.

[@crystaltowers6863]

Not a bad track. But grooving and rocking back and forth, while... knob-twiddling? It never fails to look stupid, even here.

[@MrCerealKiller696]

I love hove "#2" smootly goes into "Hammers" at 11:45. Amazing man.

[@kimvanh.4411]

I had the feeling nobody heard Hammers, but you heard it as well!

[@EmilianaPrcik]

Yeees!¡ its the harmony of hammers! ^_^

[@EnosEverything]

HOVE SMOOTLY !!!!.. WTF.

[@alexandrusandu3913]

Love it

[@FunkaliciousFeline]

God, I love this guy. around 10:15 is CRAZY good.....damn

[@zleereed]

im freaking out

[@UbiDoobyBanooby]

Man I’d hate to be his lower back.

[@kosmikmusa]

That Juno is doing more than just collecting dust.

[@bluescla]

yes, but not is a Juno 106 :)

[@jasper374]

@@bluescla What is it?

[@isaacrobinson4759]

@@jasper374 According to Equipboard, it's a 60. I think the laptop designs and stores the arpeggiator sample, but I'm not sure if you can do that too on the Juno.

[@masingasphiwe]

This made me cry... Play it at my funeral....

[@Niphredyl]

Or wedding, although nobody would like it- another reason not to have one

[@87plank]

@@Niphredyl hahaha I can go with your flow. But hardly anyone will or can understand this.

[@rubencohen2936]

It would be great music to make love with someone hot. 😀❤👣

[@hiltonedmunds7352]

Sure Sphiwe! .......... After Tears tings

[@trudievandenbos4776]

Been listening to this guy on the KZbin for a year now. Goes straight for my heart every single time.....

[@Tamponijntje]

"The youtube". adorable^^

[@87plank]

Go see him live some time ! It is so worth it.

[@lilliantjott6309]

I am stil here.... LOVE THIS

[@frankfarmer4397]

GOOD MUSIC BUT JEAN MACHEL JAR SOUNDS ALIKE PLUES IT LOOKS LIKE HES DOING THE PIPEY DANCES,

[@sociologie4507]

Nils Frahm and Olafur are in a different category {neo-classical, but they can do, ambient, experimental, techno}. Also, in a slightly different electronic world but Four Tet and Floating Points are up there in the hierarchy of generational figures.

[@banana_grinder]

I came back here from time to time in different moods. And today I came back here to cry, to feel and release through this masterpiece the pain that I hold inside. Divine purification and the whole universe is spinning around and support me.

[@Paleolitt]

Бля, что за вещь. Просто душу мою выворачивает

[@raphaelaugusto4529]

I love the way that he lets the melody takes him to another place. He really feels and apply all his heart on what he's doing

[@kriss6649]

wow... this is an amazing version of an amazing piece of music

[@rennnem]

The world would be a better place for us if more people sat with Nils' music for just 5 minutes. The man is exceptional in the truest sense of the word. Thanks for the music!

[@staticquasar3629]

Been struggling a lot with feelings of nostalgia (sad about the past/inability to go back and experience raw emotions again) and this has been helping conjure up those old feelings. Love it

[@jasonvotaw5966]

this guy like a symphony all by himself or something

[@moggsy71]

On my way home from a rugby game, Pete Tong played a bit of a song, I shazammed it, and this is where I have ended up! Feb 2 2018! I am, my brain and ears, are thankful for this music! I am feeling so uplifted and happy right now!

[@Goorlel]

I'll never forget hearing this live. When I imagine modern new-age music I want it to be like the music made by people like Nils Frahm and David August.

[@lilliantjott6309]

And Martin Roth ... So special

[@djdetected]

GENIUS!

[@TanyaDriver]

Техногенная музыка, за которой стоит Живой Человек. Вот оно - Творение, рождённое слиянием Разумов Архитектора и Абсолюта. Пульсирую в такт. С Любовью и Благодарностью из России❣️

[@ClayF403]

This is so good it makes me want to sell all of my gear and give up on music.

[@laxlvrfx]

Clay Ford don’t do it .

[@Danny-lr8qs]

Look at it as an inspiration. Jimmy Page found his inspirations in many old blues songs

[@kdthartwich1423]

In Germany we call it "FETT" verry Nice Dude :)

[@sociologie4507]

Quickly replacing the cult position of Squarepusher and Aphex Twin in my heart and ears.

[@lilliantjott6309]

Listen to Martin Roth"-An Analog Guy in A Digital World" written by Niels Fram...

[@CristhianRR]

hace 9 años descubrí la música de don cangrejo y aquí sigo oyendola ocasionalmente.

[@sndrcve]

The guys at Roland who came up with the Juno keyboard and the Space Echo need a mention for creating such wonderful sounding machines.

[@stephen7169]

I really like this set Nils did. I've watched a lot of them but this one for sure... definitely dig it.

[@loocriativo]

Sr Nills Frahm é músico fora do normal ...espetacular ...esplendido

[@RODALCO2007]

This music is so good to listen too, absolutely fantastic. An artist at work knowing how to drive the music machines.

[@djinniusdjinni]

This is one of those pieces one can listen to over and over and over and over again!!! MUCH LOVE!!!

[@a.mie.533]

... a space trip - but a very cosy one ... :) strange and familiar beauty...

[@CO5MA]

a. mie. ☀️👌🏻

[@xpez9694]

sounds great. easy to drone out with delays and reverb and arpeggios. space echo etc --- calling Tangerine Dreammmmmm.................

[@dsbleed]

I shat myself at 10:15

[@Codyheart1]

Nils reminds of a young Klaus Schulze (in his own unique way, of course). Will be watching out for his work.

[@markjameswilkes]

Genius... More... Do it again... Brilliant... Your on to something so good...

[@Wolfdings]

All the sweat, passion and movement reminds me of something totally different :D But this very process and it's result is so much deeper, everlasting and yet more beautiful than anything else could offer! Artistic intercourse

[@panchamk3721]

Fuck. Mind. Blown. This. Damn. The Feels. IN.DESCRI.BABLE Just... breathtaking, head bobbing, soul stirring, a wonder to be experienced. Electronic music at its finest.

[@ИгорьКоролёв-ф3б]

Что-то в середине движения где-то прокладка прохудилась: был слышен пропуск газов. Но диагностика, видимо, помогла: обороты стабилизировались и, видимо, запустился ещё один из функционалов

[@eeeeefffff]

7:23 Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor. [pronounces it ee-gor] Igor: No, it’s pronounced “I-gor”.

[@austinrobertson6160]

I laughed so hard when I read this comment. im still dying

[@nate3674]

Variant truth artist brings concept into recognition. By and through it, we all stand as a vibration of cosmic movement. Stabilized within a singular existence; ever expanding within a confined space. To think if we didn't need the machines of repetition and memorization to (re)create sounds of appreciation. Thank you Nils Frahm; a new find for me and an exceptional experience.

[@brihatp9840]

Such beautiful words!

[@a.mie.533]

I keep listening to this every once in a while for years now and it has lost NOTHING of its striking beauty.

[@mrjohnbaseley]

I don't know how I ended up here - but it is most probably the best random find I've ever come across on KZbin.

[@SecondFacedk]

One word: Amazing

[@Shturman-radio]

The best performane of "All Melody" theme!!! Laconic and 100% cosmic

[@chrisalexanderkiprovski3759]

synth king

[@falconhoof6]

Correct my if I'm wrong, as a bit of a noob to this sort of production performed live, but is he sequencing the bass bit and noodling over it on Rhodes while tweeking the filters and space echo? Second half he's got the beat sequenced on the computer and is just improv arping the fuck away on the Juno? Genuinely interested how this is being performed.

[@jeanjozina]

just over 4 years and i stumbled onto this after hearing analoque guy..... I'm lost to a world where my mind is calm and excited at the same time, the music that tickles creativity and taught, while i sit at my day job - doing research. thank you thank you

[@87plank]

Martin Roth did an excellent job

[@andr858]

Крутой дядька😄👍 привет тебе из России🇷🇺 от любителей, душевной музыки, приятно видеть когда человек любит и получает удовольствие от того что он делает!

[@IsaacSMILE]

Grabs you, hugs you and squeezes emotion out of you.

[@Maarten028]

This whole video is a masterpiece but from 3:15 till 4:10 is out this world, damn..

[@Maarten028]

*out of this world

[@MLakesowen]

I loved Spaces. Definitely one of my favorite albums of 2013

[@87plank]

Spaces is ever since I discovered it, in my all time favourites

[@Niphredyl]

Just 2013???

[@lilliantjott6309]

AMAZING....!!!!!!!!!

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

The first part till 5:00 Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wauw.... The rest is also nice but that first part really touches me

[@fabiantombers4966]

i just love how dynamic this whole piece is.

[@marianofpv]

The algorithm is surprising me. I'm scared.

[@carterstevens894]

10.13. I am in tears

[@siebenfelsen1445]

Definitely the best music I've ever listened to!

[@michael_harren]

So beautiful. I'm inspired.

[@mindciller]

There becomes a point where you're making different noises on the same machine, and you cannot re create hardly any of it but it sounds ok because you know the machine well. So keep making noises I guess

[@jagbasra6289]

Can buy it he says my Mozi! Respect to your body language as a hardcore piano teacher.. Madison Gardens buy the Boeing stock to come see this, no my Mozii

[@foreignoutskirts1941]

The buildup at 10:00 is insane so good.

[@djdetected]

passion!!!

[@jagbasra6289]

ABC123 123ABC leaves the beautiful of the universe grabs the heart to teach how.

[@arnaudperez2466]

comme je te comprends gadjo...ton son sont tes larmes...des hiéroglyphes de l'émotion une barrière pour exploser le sens d'un monde personnel et si universel!

[@annawithaj1]

I have been listening to this for years and EVERYTIME I get the goose pimps!!

[@FiTrill]

Yusssss! Been looking everywhere for this!

[@CaseJams]

This ... the instruments. The mix. The live playing. The soundscapes!