Before his brilliant show at St John-at-Hackney Church a few weeks back, I caught up with Berlin-based pianist Nils Frahm to ask him about his creative process. Between mouthfuls of carrots, houmous and chocolate brownies (not combined fortunately) he gave me an insight into how he approaches recording, the difference between the studio and performing live and what last made him stop and stare. Hi Nils! You are a solo performer, how do you find the the process of ‘letting go’ of your music? Your recent record features other peoples’ remixes of your own work, is there a sense of unease in...
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Nils Frahm, the Berlin-based pianist and composer was in incredible form at St John-at-Hackney Church last week. Here is what I thought...
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