In February 2016, Frahm released The Gamble, followed by its companion release Oddments of the Gamble in August 2016. The event's first project was the construction, with David Klavins, of the Modell 450 piano, the successor to the Modell 370. In the same year, Frahm created "Piano Day", celebrated on the 88th day of the year (due to the standard piano's 88 keys). He also collaborated with Woodkid on the critically acclaimed short film ELLIS directed by JR which was released in October 2015. In 2015, Frahm composed his first original film score, for the German film Victoria, a 140-minute continuous take directed by Sebastian Schipper. Ī condensed version of Frahm's single "More" was featured in the trailer for the video game Assassin's Creed Unity gamescom. It was one of 19 records nominated for the IMPALA Album of the Year Award. His album Solo (2015), an improvised single take with no overdubs, was later recorded on the " Modell 370", a 370 cm high vertical piano also made by David Klavins. (Standard pianos have from one to three strings per key.)
It weighs under 100 kg and has one string per key. In 2014, Frahm announced his new piano " Una Corda", specially designed and made for him by David Klavins. In 2016 the follow-up Sheets Zwei was released. In December 2013, Frahm released his first music book, Sheets Eins (Sheets One), published by Manners McDade. His follow-up to Juno, titled Juno Reworked (2013), featured guest reworks by Luke Abbott and Chris Clark.įrahm's album Spaces (2013) was made of live recordings from various venues spanning two years. It was followed by the solo synthesizer EP Juno and by Screws (2012), recorded while Frahm was recovering from a thumb injury, and which was offered as a free download to fans on his birthday. It was his first studio album on Erased Tapes, which has released his music since. įrahm's earlier solo piano works Wintermusik (2009) and The Bells (2009) gained him attention, but it was his 2011 release Felt that was met with critical acclaim. In 2006, rather than pursue an orchestra career, Frahm moved to Berlin as a jobbing technician. He studied classical piano for 8 years under Nahum Brodsky, the protégé of the protégé of Tchaikovsky, who lived in a neighbouring village. At school he used mixing boards and was very interested in the quality of recorded sound. He grew up near Hamburg, where he learned the styles of the classical pianists as well as contemporary composers. His father, Klaus Frahm, was a photographer who also designed covers for ECM Records. Frahm had an early introduction to music.
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