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Nils Frahm and F.S.Blumm, a revered mainstay of the German underground for over two decades, announce their fourth collaborative album. 2X1=4 finds the duo unexpectedly exploring a dub-influenced universe, though in truth it’s one already familiar to both. F.S.Blumm, for instance, is co-founder of Quasi Dub Development, whose 2014 album, Little-Twister vs Stiff-Neck, featured Lady Ann and Lee Scratch Perry, while Frahm’s music – not least 2018’s All Melody – has occasionally betrayed a fondness for the form’s associated studio techniques, though he concedes wryly that his approach has always been “a little bit more German” than his influences…

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Continuing his annual celebration of Piano Day, Nils shares a previously unreleased nine-track piano album. Graz dates back to 2009, recorded on grand piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz as part of the thesis Conversations for Piano and Room which received an award in the Classical Surround Recording category at the 127th AES Convention in New York. It was Nils’ first album recorded for Erased Tapes, but it was kept locked away until now.

“A grand piano is a particular kind of beast to play, which will only sound refined and beautiful if you command a strong control over the keyboard.

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hohoho,

again and again and again. if you might have thought that we are running out of cheesy, crackly, and lovely down tempo tunes from the past, you have been worrying for no reason!
throughout the entire year i was collecting, hunting and mining these tunes and even when i had to crawl into the dustiest corner of the record shop for them, i will never stop chasing because our new age xmas tradition can never stop. especially not in 2020.

look at that number, so cool looking…2020!

…and wasn’t 2020 rather special? anyhow, despite all the fun fun fun we had, let’s now get a drink or something stronger which helps us looking forward to whatever happens next.

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