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Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Poppy Ackroyd, Peter Broderick, Joana Gama... In recent years, these popular names have all been grouped under the vast and imprecise label "neoclassical". In truth, this "scene" looks more like a motley crew of curious artists who mix classical instruments with electronic production. Drawing influence from American m...
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Murcof, Electronics & Production - Vanessa Wagner, Piano - Aphex Twin, Composer
2016 InFiné 2016 InFiné
Francesco Tristano, interprète - Derrick May, compositeur - Michaël James, compositeur
2007 InFiné 2007 InFiné
Max Richter, Composer & modular synthesizer - Virginia Woolf, Author
℗ 2017 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
David Harrington, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolas Jaar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darkside, MainArtist - Samer Ghadry, AssociatedPerformer
2013 Other People / Matador 2013 Matador / Other People
Murcof, Performer - Vanessa Wagner, Performer - Philip Glass, Composer
2017 InFiné 2017 InFiné
Jon Hopkins, Composer, MainArtist
2009 Just Music 2009 Just Music
Johannes Motschmann, Composer, Performer - Boris Bolles, Performer - David Panzl, Performer
2016 Edel Germany GmbH 2016 Edel Germany GmbH
Rupert Coulson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tale Of Us, MainArtist - Matteo Milleri, Composer, Producer - Carmine Conte, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Conte und Milleri 'Tale Of Us' GbR, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Jon Hopkins, Composer, MainArtist
2009 Just Music 2009 Just Music
Damian Marhulets, Composer, Performer - George Frideric Handel, Composer
2017 Neue Meister/Edel Germany GmbH 2017 Neue Meister/Edel Germany GmbH
Carl Craig, Performer - Francesco Tristano Schlimé, Composer - Rami Khalifé, Composer
2017 InFiné & Planet E
Johannes Motschmann, Composer, Performer - Boris Bolles, Performer - David Panzl, Performer
2016 Edel Germany GmbH 2016 Edel Germany GmbH
Max Cooper, Composer, Performer - Tom Hodge, Composer, Performer
Mesh under exclusive license to All Points Mesh under exclusive license to All Points
Erik Satie, Composer - Tim Debney, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Brooks, Arranger, Programming, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Anders Bruk, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Maydew, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Grantley Marshall, Composer - Andrew Vowles, Composer - Jonathan Sharp, Composer - Maxence Cyrin, Artist, MainArtist - Robert Delnaja, Composer - Rose Nelson Sharon, Composer
2005 F Communications 2005 F Communications
La Chunga, MusicPublisher - Grandbrothers, MainArtist - Erol Sarp, Composer - Lukas Vogel, Composer
2017 City Slang 2017 City Slang
Lambert, Producer, Piano, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Liebert, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Luca Marini, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Borkowski, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Tony Lambert, ComposerLyricist - Felix Weigt, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Lambert, Under exclusive licence to Mercury KX, a division of Decca Music Group Limited
Max Cooper, Composer, Performer - Tom Hodge, Composer, Performer - Kathrin deBoer, Writer
Mesh under exclusive license to All Points Mesh under exclusive license to All Points
Aes Dana, MainArtist - Vincent Villuis, Producer, ComposerLyricist
2013 ULTIMAE 2013 ULTIMAE
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Tim Debney, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paolo Alberto Lodde, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Additional Producer, Programming, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dusty Kid, Remixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Kai Schumacher, Arranger, Performer - Johannes Dybkjaer Andersson, Composer - Rebekka Maria Andersson, Composer
2017 Neue Meister/Edel Germany GmbH 2017 Edel Germany GmbH
Johannes Motschmann, Composer, Performer
2017 Neue Meister/Edel Germany GmbH 2017 Neue Meister/Edel Germany GmbH
Nils Frahm, MainArtist - Nils Oliver Frahm, Composer
2018 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2018 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Jake Jackson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Addi 800, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ólafur Arnalds, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Pestka, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Magnus Trygvason Eliassen, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Viktor Orri Arnason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Zino Mikorey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Unnur Jonsdottir, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Björk Óskarsdóttir, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - London Recording Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Ólafur Arnalds, under exclusive license to Mercury KX, a Division of Decca Music Group Ltd
Mandy Parnell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Acheson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Poppy Ackroyd, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Piano, Violin, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Lesirge, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Quail, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 One Little Independent Records
Max Cooper, Composer, Performer - Tom Hodge, Composer, Performer
Mesh under exclusive license to All Points Mesh under exclusive license to All Points
Luis Fernandes, Composer, MainArtist - Ricardo Jacinto, Composer, MainArtist - Joana Gama, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Shhpuma Records (P) 2017 Shhpuma Records
MMPH, Artist, MainArtist
2018 Tri Angle Records 2018 Tri Angle Records
Nils Frahm, MainArtist - Nils Oliver Frahm, Composer
2011 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2011 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Ólafur Arnalds, Composer - Kiasmos, MainArtist - Janus Rasmussen, Composer
2014 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2014 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Nils Frahm, MainArtist - Nils Oliver Frahm, Composer
2009 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2009 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Rival Consoles, MainArtist - Ryan Lee West, Composer
2015 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2015 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Ólafur Arnalds, Composer - Kiasmos, MainArtist - Janus Rasmussen, Composer
2015 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2015 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Kiasmos, MainArtist - Nettwerk One Music Ltd., MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 Night Time Stories Ltd. (P) 2015 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Niklas Paschburg, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Unperceived Records (P) 2016 Unperceived Records
Ben Lukas Boysen, Composer, MainArtist
2016 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2016 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Simon Jeffes, Composer - Penguin Café, MainArtist
2017 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2017 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Ólafur Arnalds, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2017 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Peter Broderick, MainArtist - Peter Ray Broderick, Composer
2013 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2013 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Ben Lukas Boysen, Composer, MainArtist
2017 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. 2017 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
Nils Frahm, Composer, MainArtist
2014 fabric 2014 fabric
About Playlist
Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Poppy Ackroyd, Peter Broderick, Joana Gama... In recent years, these popular names have all been grouped under the vast and imprecise label "neoclassical". In truth, this "scene" looks more like a motley crew of curious artists who mix classical instruments with electronic production. Drawing influence from American minimalism, these musicians tantalise the senses and expand horizons on both sides of the musical spectrum.
Erased Tapes, a Not-so-classic Label
by Smaël Bouaici, translated by Edward Maltby
Since its birth in 2007, Erased Tapes has made a name for itself as one of the most innovative labels of the last 15 years and enjoyed great commercial success. Although some fail to see past its neoclassical shopfront (Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds), the London-based label explores the outer limits of ambient, electronica and experimental with a catalogue that's smoothly curated by the German Robert Raths. Qobuz takes a closer look.
In the mid-2010s, Erased Tapes wrong-footed fans again by recruiting the 1970s experimentalists Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Lubomyr Melnyk. A multifaceted group led by the (classically-trained) guitarist Simon Jeffes, Penguin Cafe Orchestra released its first album in 1976, Music from the Penguin Cafe, produced by Brian Eno and inspired by the works of Terry Riley and Philip Glass, that mixed pop, classical and electronic... and which were described in their day as "neoclassical"! After Simon Jeffes passed away, his son Arthur took up the torch in 2011, dropping the "Orchestra" from the name, but keeping the same passion for cross-pollination. Erased Tapes first brought out The Imperfect Sea and Umbrella (featuring Japanese guitarist Cornelius) in 2017, and then the very successful Handfuls of Night in 2019.
Lubomyr Melnyk, 71 years old, is a world record holder for speed piano playing (19.5 notes per second) and the pioneer of something called "continuous music". Attending a Melnyk concert is a mystical experience: the Ukrainian-born musician composes as he plays, building vast structures within a formidable harmonic maelstrom. "My whole body is transformed as I play, it honestly feels like that. My fingers feel like the winds of the world; it feels like you’re physically transcending dimensions," explains the pianist, whom Robert Raths discovered on MySpace in 2007. "I couldn't contact him,” explained Rath. “All he had on his page was a photo of a guy who looked like a wizard and some totally crazy piano pieces."
In the end, he found him at a festival in Cologne, where Nils Frahm and Peter Broderick were booked to play. Lubomyr Melnyk himself came to talk to the duo after their show. That was how Corollaries, the pianist's first album for Erased Tapes came about. Released in 2013, it was recorded and produced by Peter Broderick with the help of Nils Frahm and Martyn Heyne. "He’s been doing this music for 35 years and we came in at the tail end," Raths says. "We had presented this finished record and he said ‘Where were you when I was 30?’ People need to understand that he was making music to have enough food to survive, academics would not pay him attention. All we could do was show him it doesn’t have to be like that." Erased Tapes would bring out two other albums from Lubomyr Melnyk, Rivers and Streams in 2015 and Fallen Trees in 2018. Melnyk would also headline the label's ten-year anniversary concerts, held in the prestigious Royal Festival Hall in London's Southbank Centre. A just reward for a genius so long overlooked.
Melnyk is a perfect symbol of the concept that has driven Erased Tapes from its outset: instrumental music that takes the road less travelled, but which perfectly captures emotion, and inspires introspection. Few labels hit the mark so well. Or touch so deeply.
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