The Bells
Solo piano improvisations captured in two days in a Berlin church, first released in Sweden.
Nils Frahm, 2009
- Released
- 2009
- Studio
- Grunewald Church, Berlin
- Label
- Kning Disk
The Bells was first released in 2009 on the Swedish label Kning Disk and reached a wider audience in 2010 through Erased Tapes. It was recorded over two days in the Grunewald Church in Berlin, with Peter Broderick credited for musical direction.
Metacritic gives it 75 from six reviews. Spencer Grady of BBC Music felt the church's natural reverb gave the pieces their organic energy, while Ben Hogwood of MusicOMH gave three stars and Pitchfork's Brian Howe scored it 4.8 out of 10. Two of its pieces, Said and Done and Over There, It's Raining, reappear in new versions on Spaces.
Track listing
- In The Sky And On The Ground0:52
- I Would Like To Think6:00
- Said And Done3:14
- Dedication, Loyalty3:06
- Down Down3:37
- Over There, It's Raining1:49
- Small Me5:39
- My Things5:14
- Peter Is Dead In The Piano3:04
- It Was Really, Really Grey4:59
- Somewhere Nearby2:30
Personnel
- Nils Frahm piano
- Peter Broderick musical direction
More from Nils Frahm
Felt (2011), Screws (2012), Spaces (2013), Solo (2015), All Melody (2018), Empty (2020), Graz (2021), Music for Animals (2022)
Sources
- The Bells (Nils Frahm album), Wikipedia
- The Bells, Discogs