Frahm,Nils Old Friends New Friends CD

Nils Frahm releases a new double album, Old Friends New Friends, released by Leiter, the label he set up with his manager, Felix Grimm. The collection gathers together 23 solo piano tracks recorded between 2009 and 2021, almost all hitherto unreleased but, for one reason or another, omitted from previous albums and projects. Neither quite a new LP nor exactly a compilation, it offers "an anatomy of all my ways of thinking musically and playing," Frahm says, adding with a smile, "Maybe I could say it's an album I worked on for twelve years, and finally I have enough material?"

1. 4:33 (A Tribute to John Cage) 2. Late 3. Berduxa 4. Rain Take 5. Todo Nada 6. Weddinger Walzer 7. In the Making 8. Further in the Making 9. All Numbers End 10. The Idea Machine 11. Then Patterns 12. Corn 13. New Friend 14. Nils Has a New Piano 15. Acting 16. As a Reminder 17. Iced Wood 18. Strickleiter 19. The Chords 20. The Chords Broken Down 21. Forgetmenot 22. Restive 23. Old Friend