V/A - Nils Frahm: LateNightTales

2LP Vinyl - ALNLP42

Composer, musician and producer Nils Frahm steers the new edition of Late Night Tales, set for release on 11th September.

A hypnotic voyage through modern and classical composition, experimental electronics, jazz, dub techno, soundtracks and soul; Frahm's Late Night Tales haunts and beguiles. It’s not mixing, so much as gently layering, like a particularly fluffy goose-down duvet folding in on itself, the folds part of the attraction, the layers part of the overall picture being painted.

Many of the tracks have been edited, effected and re-made. The subtly overdubbed parts on Rhythm & Sound's ‘Mango Drive’ adding to the haunting hypnosis, while choral interruptions aid Miles Davis’ ‘Générique’ on its journey towards the light. Meanwhile, on Boards Of Canada’s ‘In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country’, the tempo is somewhat sluggish, the organs slurred, as Frahm slows it down to a funereal 33rpm that nevertheless fits perfectly. The purring of his girlfriend's cat Cleo transitions playfully between Nina Simone's definitive version of 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes' and unearthing the gentle electronics of Dub Tractor.

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Mint (M)

Track List: 

A1. Nils Frahm - 4:33 (Exclusive John Cage Cover Version) 3:36
A2. Baka (3) - Liquindi 2 1:11
A3. Carl Oesterhelt, Johannes Enders - Divertimento Für Tenorsaxophon Und Kleines Ensemble (Part 4) 4:40
A4. Four Tet - 0181 (excerpt) 1:14
A5. Boards Of Canada - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country 6:05
A6. Bibio - It Was Willow 2:01
B1. Dictaphone - Peaks 5:21
B2. System - SK20 4:32
B3. Rhythm & Sound - Mango Drive 7:08
C1. Victor Silvester - It's The Talk Of The Town (Nils Frahm's '78' Recording) 1:43
C2. Miles Davis - Générique 2:52
C3. Colin Stetson - The Righteous Wrath Of An Honorable Man 2:27
C4. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter 3:07
C5. Nina Simone - Who Knows Where The Time Goes 8:11
C6. Gene Autry - You're The Only Star (Nils Frahm's '78' Recording) 2:38
D1. Dinu Lipatti - O Herr Bleibet Meine Freunde, BWV 147 3:23
D2. Nina Jurisch - Cleo The Cat (Exclusive Track) 0:44
D3. Dub Tractor - Cirkel 3:16
D4. The Gentleman Losers - Honey Bunch 2:25
D5. Nils Frahm - Them (Solo Piano Edit - Exclusive Version) 4:07
D6. Cillian Murphy - In The Morning (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece) 7:03