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As with the majority of the Late Night Tales mix CDs, German composer/pianist Nils Frahm's volume isn't a beatmatched DJ mix attempting to emulate a night out at a dance club, but rather a dreamlike sound collage highlighting inspirations and favorite items in the artist's record collection. Frahm takes a more surrealist bent than other contributors to the series, throwing in selections from his 78-rpm recording collection, layering in spoken word and classical pieces, and slowing down Boards of Canada by accident, but leaving it in because it sounds even more mysterious. Frahm starts the collection by jokingly covering John Cage's eternal think piece "4'33"," but instead of four-and-a-half minutes of silence, he constructs a gentle, slowly paced piano melody, adding some delicate feedback toward the end. Dubby electronic tracks from System and Rhythm & Sound sit alongside jazz masterpieces by Miles Davis and Nina Simone, and a 1932 recording of "Flight of the Bumble Bee" (as well as a field recording of a friend's cat purring) lighten up the mood. The album ends with a chilling short story told by Irish actor Cillian Murphy, who concludes it by stating "You have been listening to Late Night Tales, music and stories worth staying up for," providing a fitting end to this immersive hour-long dream sequence.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - John Cage, Composer - Nils Frahm, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
The Baka Forest People Of South-East Cameroon, MainArtist - The Baka Forest People, Composer - March Hare Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Johannes Enders, Composer, MainArtist - Carl Oesterhelt, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2010 Alien Transistor
Gene Autry, Composer, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
Boards of Canada, MainArtist - Sandison, Composer - Eoin, Composer - EMI Music, MusicPublisher - Warp Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2000 Warp Records Limited
Stephen Wilkinson, Composer - Bibio, MainArtist - Dirty Loop Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2005 Bibio
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Dictaphone, MainArtist - Stephan Wöhrmann, Composer - Oliver Doerell, Piotr Rybkowski, Roger Döring, Composer
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2004 City Centre Offices
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer - Vladimir Horowitz, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
Livingston, Composer - Symes, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Neiburg, Composer - Victor Sylvester & His Ballroom Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - System, MainArtist - Anders Remmer, Composer - Thomas Knak, Composer - Jesper Skaaning, Composer
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Dinu Lipatti, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
Colin Stetson, Composer, MainArtist - Third Side Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2011 Constellation
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Nils Frahm, Composer - Nina Jurisch, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Anders Remmer, Composer - Dub Tractor, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2004 City Centre Offices
Mute Song Ltd., MusicPublisher - The Gentlemen Losers, MainArtist - Samu Kuukka, Composer - Ville Kuukka, Composer
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2009 City Centre Offices
Nils Frahm, Composer, MainArtist - Manners McDade, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Nils Frahm
Enda Walsh, Composer - Cillian Murphy, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd.
Album review
As with the majority of the Late Night Tales mix CDs, German composer/pianist Nils Frahm's volume isn't a beatmatched DJ mix attempting to emulate a night out at a dance club, but rather a dreamlike sound collage highlighting inspirations and favorite items in the artist's record collection. Frahm takes a more surrealist bent than other contributors to the series, throwing in selections from his 78-rpm recording collection, layering in spoken word and classical pieces, and slowing down Boards of Canada by accident, but leaving it in because it sounds even more mysterious. Frahm starts the collection by jokingly covering John Cage's eternal think piece "4'33"," but instead of four-and-a-half minutes of silence, he constructs a gentle, slowly paced piano melody, adding some delicate feedback toward the end. Dubby electronic tracks from System and Rhythm & Sound sit alongside jazz masterpieces by Miles Davis and Nina Simone, and a 1932 recording of "Flight of the Bumble Bee" (as well as a field recording of a friend's cat purring) lighten up the mood. The album ends with a chilling short story told by Irish actor Cillian Murphy, who concludes it by stating "You have been listening to Late Night Tales, music and stories worth staying up for," providing a fitting end to this immersive hour-long dream sequence.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 02:40:56
- Main artists: Nils Frahm
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Late Night Tales
- Genre: Electronic
(C) 2015 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Late Night Tales
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