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Polish pianist, composer and instrument maker Slawomir Zubrzycki presents his new album Viola Organista: Monologues & Dialogues -- produced by Nils Frahm at the legendary Funkhaus Berlin. The Viola Organista, a unique keyboard string instrument originally designed by Leonardo da Vinci but never built, takes center stage. The Viola Organista produces its sound through a rotating wheel system that strokes strings like a bow -- a fascinating hybrid of keyboard and string instrument. Zubrzycki reconstructed the instrument based on centuries-old sketches, breathing new life into one of the most unusual instruments in music history. The album brings together works by Dowland, Marais, Kircher, Handel, Podbielski, J.C. Bach, and J.S. Bach, interpreted on the viola organista -- partly solo, partly as a duo with harpsichordist Lilianna Stawarz. The repertoire impressively demonstrates the emotional depth and tonal diversity of the instrument. Zubrzycki's aim is to establish the viola organista as a living contemporary instrument -- not as a museum exhibit, but as an inspiration for new music. Artists such as Björk and Nils Frahm share his vision. This album is a milestone -- both sonically and historically.
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RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025
Having built an impressive following on the back of live performances and social media, Berlin's Moses Yoofee Trio shared their impatiently awaited debut mini-album Ocean in November 2023. Released by Nils Frahm's LEITER label, it contains five tracks and was praised by the press and audiences alike. The trio -- awarded the German Jazz Prize for Live Act of the Year in 2024 -- responded to constant demand by releasing their acclaimed debut as a limited-edition vinyl. After the first pressing sold out in no time, the three are now following up: Ocean is once again available on vinyl. The trio -- pianist/keyboardist/producer Moses Yoofee, bassist Roman Klobe-Baranga and drummer Noah Fürbringer -- has lit up Europe's clubs and venues over recent years with astonishing, almost obscenely tight live shows. Turning as much to RnB, hip hop and soul as more traditional jazz sources, the tunes on Ocean reflect the spontaneity, inspiration and instinctive refinement of their performances. The deliciously frantic title track and increasingly ecstatic "Minor Issues" stand in stark contrast to "At Ease's" restrained complexity, while "Fragile's" hypnotic rhythm betrays their love of hip-hop and the lush "Richmond" is driven by a deliciously low-strung groove before shifting up a gear for its climax. "Everybody loves fusion," the band agree, "even if they don't admit it," but that's only one element of the trio's sophisticated style, with Moses' exceptional keyboard skills illuminated by Roman's fluid bass lines and Noah's eloquent drum patterns.
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A luminous new chapter in a singular collaboration Handling, Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm present their fifth collaborative album-an immersive, 40-minute journey across just three tracks that radiate intimacy, invention, and sonic depth. Building on the dub-inflected textures of 2X1=4, the duo now ventures into more delicate, exploratory terrain, where every sound feels intentional and alive. Recorded at Frahm's LEITER studio in Berlin's Funkhaus, Handling is a masterclass in subtlety and sonic storytelling. Each of the three compositions-titled Leuchter-glows with quiet energy, evoking miniature worlds through a rich palette of instruments: pianos, celestas, cristal baschets, glockenspiels, guitars, and a wide array of percussive textures. Blumm and Frahm's long-standing friendship and mutual trust allow for a rare creative freedom. Their contrasting approaches-Blumm's playful chaos and Frahm's structured intuition-merge into a sound that is neither one nor the other, but something entirely new. Handling is not just music-it's a living, breathing sound sculpture, full of warmth, wonder, and the joy of discovery. A must for fans of ambient, experimental, and genre-defying music.
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New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised singer and transdisciplinarian Ganavya presents a new album, Nilam. It follows Daughter Of A Temple, Gilles Peterson's BBC 6 Music Album of the Year, similarly declared one of 2024's Top 10 Best Global Albums by The Guardian, who applauded Ganavya's ability to harness "the power of communal harmony to touch something deeper than song." Co-produced by Nils Frahm at Leiter Studio in Berlin's Funkhaus complex. Listening to the remarkable Nilam, it seems implausible now that its inception might ever have been in doubt. So astonishing is its stillness, so profound its communication of sentiment, it feels as if it was always meant to be. A celebration of the ties that bind, and possibly the most tender-hearted music listeners will hear this year, it's intimate and honest, a poignant expression of gratitude for the blessings which keep people grounded, if only they'll recognize and welcome them. Indeed, it could have been transmitted directly from soul to stereo, from the way "Not A Burden" lifts a weight off the world's shoulders to the peaceful "Sees Fire," with "Land"'s gentle groove full of space, "Nine Jeweled Prayer" serenely precious, and, throughout, Ganavya's vocals like ripples on a lagoon.
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2025 repress. Nils Frahm presents a new collection of solo piano music, his first album since 2022's three-hour Music For Animals. Day was recorded in the summer of 2022 in complete solitude and away from his studio at Berlin's famed Funkhaus complex. Day may come as a surprise to those who, over the last decade, have watched Frahm shift slowly away from the piano compositions with which he first made his name in favor of a nonetheless still-distinctive approach that's considerably more instrumentally complex and intricately arranged. Indeed, Frahm has never been able to resist returning to his first love, and those who enjoyed earlier acclaimed albums like The Bells, Felt, and Screws will once again revel in Day's familiar, personal style. Day contains six tracks, three over the six-minute mark. Characterized by its confidential mood, the album confirms that, while Frahm is arguably now best known for elaborate, celebratory concerts calling upon an arsenal of pianos, organs, keyboards, synths, even a glass harmonica, he's still a prolific master of affecting simplicity, tenderness and romance. In 2021, having spent the early part of the pandemic arranging his archives, he released the 80 minute, 23-track Old Friends New Friends, a compilation of previously unreleased piano music intended to enable him to "start over" with a clean slate. Judging from the extended, ambient nature of Music For Animals, it proved a successful gambit, but Frahm has never been able to resist returning to his first love.
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Nils Frahm presents the follow up to Day, the collection of solo piano music he released in 2024. Night, which contains five new tracks, will be released on vinyl as well as via all digital platforms. A CD version, Night & Day (LTR 050CD), including all eleven tracks from both Day and Night, will also be made available. These follow Frahm's latest live album, Paris. Frahm recorded the pieces on Night on the Klavins M450 piano, installed in his studio at the renowned Funkhaus complex in Berlin. It was built by German-Latvian piano maker David Klavins for the first Piano Day in 2015, a celebration that will mark its 10th anniversary. At 4.5 meters tall and weighing over a ton, the model was the largest upright piano in the world at the time. The record is a reminder that, though he's since become celebrated for the complex, intricately arranged approach of his most commercially successful, multi-instrumental albums, Frahm first made his name with similarly meditative piano compositions on albums like 2009's The Bells, 2011's Felt, and 2012's Screws. Night, like Day, confirms that Frahm remains a prolific master of affecting simplicity, tenderness and romance, and as capable as ever of unforgettable, epigrammatic succinctness.
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Nils Frahm presents a new CD of solo piano music, Night & Day, to be released by Leiter, the label he runs with his manager, Felix Grimm. Containing all eleven tracks from both Day and a second, Night, it follows Frahm's latest live album, Paris. Night & Day's tracks are a reminder that, though he's since become celebrated for the intricately arranged approach of his most commercially successful, multi-instrumental albums, Frahm first made his name with similarly meditative piano compositions on collections like 2009's The Bells, 2011's Felt, and 2012's Screws. Recorded in Majorca, far away from his studio in the German capital's famed Funkhaus complex, Day provides six tracks, three over the six-minute mark. There are muffled pedal creaks on the cyclical, quietly jazzy 'You Name It' or, during the palliative ripples of 'Butter Notes'' arpeggios, the sound of dogs barking in the streets outside. Night adds another five tracks, opening at a glacial pace with "Wesen," conjuring images of Frahm, lit only by a candle, huddled over his instrument, playing for the sheer companionship that it offers. And the album closes with "Canton," its delicious airiness perhaps the record's equivalent of a glimpse of dawn. It's a perfect conclusion to a typically beguiling collection that, as always, points to a musical character that is immediately, distinctively Frahm's. It also highlights why the German pianist has continued throughout his career to return loyally to the piano as his first love. After all, it's notable that, even during his recent, expansive live performances, which find him leaping between multiple keyboards, synths, and even a glass harmonica, Frahm has always made space for such works.
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Anoushka Shankar, the acclaimed sitar player, producer and composer, has confirmed details of the third and final instalment of the trilogy of mini-albums she began with Chapter I: Forever, For Now in October 2023, and followed by the Grammy-nominated Chapter II: How Dark it Is Before Dawn in April 2024. Chapter III: We Return To Light comes via Leiter. "Three chapters, three geographies," Shankar scribbled in a diary at a café in Goa on New Year's Day in 2023, manifesting an ambitious trilogy that she hoped would span multiple geographies with nods to her roots, across continents and collaborators. Looking back now, it's safe to say that the 11-time Grammy Award nominee has outdone herself. Chapter I was recorded in Berlin acknowledging Shankar's European heritage (she was born and lives in London), while Chapter II was captured in California, where she moved aged 11 and lived for over 15 years. Central to Chapter III is the mindfulness of India at the root of all her music.
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2025 repress available in Sept. Following the acclaimed EP Ocean, the Moses Yoofee Trio present their debut album MYT. The Berlin-based band, who have built an exceptional reputation since their first sessions together in 2020, recently won the prestigious "Live Act of the Year" award at the German Jazz Awards. A large part of the new album was recorded over ten days in April 2024 at Glaswald Studios near Stuttgart. The trio then returned to the capital to refine the results and record two more tracks at LEITER Studio at Funkhaus Berlin. This also resulted in a feature track with London rapper ENNY, whose latest EP We Go Again was released in 2023 on the FAMM label by Brit Award winner and Grammy nominee Jorja Alice Smith. The trio -- pianist/keyboardist/producer Moses Yoofee, bassist Roman Klobe-Baranga and drummer Noah Fürbringer -- has made a name for itself in recent years, particularly with spectacular live shows in Germany and beyond. In the process, they have also attracted the attention of world-renowned musicians and producers such as Kamaal Williams, Kaidi Tatham, Navy Blue, and Gilles Peterson. Characterized by R&B, hip-hop, and soul as well as more traditional jazz, MYT's songs reflect the spontaneity, inspiration and instinctive sophistication of their live performances. The first taster, single "WHIP.wav," perfectly encapsulates the band's unique style: the laid-back grooves are illuminated by Moses' flowing piano lines, while drummer Noah Fürbringer's tight rhythms harmonize perfectly with Roman Klobe-Baranga's subtle bass line. At just 100 seconds long, the track is as concise and straightforward as the album title MYT -- and many of the tracks -- which says a lot about the Moses Yoofee Trio. With a remarkable determination to distil the music down to its essence, exceptional talent and elegant versatility come together here in a clear, almost unflustered manner. Their goals, as they succinctly put it: "Emotions, moments and banger." They have certainly achieved this with the thirteen tracks on MYT.
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Limited repress. Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris and one and a half a year after releasing his magnum opus Music For Animals -- described by PopMatters as "a musical waterfall of monumental proportions" -- Nils Frahm shares a new live album on his Leiter label. In what's becoming a tradition, it follows 2013's Spaces, a Pitchfork Album of the Year taped at shows over the preceding 18 months, and 2020's Tripping With Nils Frahm, also released as a film. Paris is Frahm's first live album from a single night, March 21, 2024, and contains ten tracks over a running time of 84 minutes. Frahm's performances have always been known for expanding upon his studio recordings, and Paris is no exception. Drawing on his substantial catalogue, the German composer and producer reworks tracks from Music For Animals ("Right Right Right" and "Briefly") before less recent material from 2009's The Bells ("Some"), and 2012's Screws ("Re," originally recorded with just nine fingers after Frahm broke a thumb). There's also "Spells" from All Encores and "You Name It" from Day, while the brand new, luxurious and strangely gripping "Opera" sets the stage for "On The Roof" from his heart-rending, award-winning score for 2015's widely acclaimed, one-camera, one-take German thriller, Victoria. Frahm's instrumental range has expanded to include a mountain of vintage synths and keyboard instruments. These include a custom-made organ as well as the final glass harmonica constructed by Gerhard Finkenbeiner, a master glassblower who, in the 1980s, resurrected the instrument -- first invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761 -- and then died in 1999 in mysterious, still unresolved circumstances. Frahm's grasp of dynamics and tension has likewise expanded, and not only does he reinvigorate his work during concerts for this wider range of possibilities, but he also keeps developing it as he tours. If he leaves the stage to the same uproarious jubilation with which he was initially greeted, Paris makes it clear why he's been so in demand. Paris is a vital document of this ingenious, gifted musician's endless pursuit of fresh perspectives.
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