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Nils Frahm shares free digital LP
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 25 September 2012
Berlin-based pianist and composer Nils Frahm has marked his own 30th birthday by giving away for free his new LP ‘Screws’, which is a pretty nice and selfless thing to have done.
Very selfless, in fact, given that it was recorded under awkward circumstances, Frahm having broken his thumb falling out of his in-studio bunk bed one night. The thumb incapacitated (it was braced by four metal screws, hence the title), all nine tracks on the long player were played by Frahm with his nine intact digits.
Nils explains it all: “Even though my doctor told me not to touch a piano for a while, I just couldn’t resist. I started playing a silent song with four fingers on my left and the remaining five on my right hand. I set up one microphone and recorded another tune every other night before falling asleep. The day I got rid of my cast I had recorded nine little tunes. They have helped me feel less annoyed about my accident”.
Hear and download ‘Screws’ in its entirety via SoundCloud:
