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Spaces

Nils Frahm

Spaces

Latest release from the Berlin-based pianist and composer

ADM rating[?]

8.4

Label
Erased Tapes
UK Release date
18/11/2013
US Release date
19/11/2013
  1. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    There is a vitality and clarity of spirit present here that is at once immediate, intimate and irresistible
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  2. 9.0 |   Clash

    After the delicate beauty of previous albums, this is the sound of an artist unleashed
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  3. 9.0 |   Uncut

    German piano virtuoso plays to the gallery. Print edition only

  4. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    Spaces demonstrates a prodigious, world-class talent that shines through regardless of format or circumstance
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  5. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Successfully channelling the chills of an actual performance, and making a genuine connection with his listener even in recorded form
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  6. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    A work of gentle genius, and one of the year’s best albums
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  7. 9.0 |   Fact

    Spaces is unfettered, with compositions given free rein to roll in every direction
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  8. 8.5 |   Under The Radar

    An intriguing and rewarding insight into one of today's most impressive music-makers
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  9. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Frahm has referred to this as a ‘collage of field recordings rather than a live album’ and each track does have an aura of its own, marking it out from all the others in its subtleties
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  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    An intimate album shuddering in the blast of an icy onslaught of crisp, wintery piano. Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   The Observer

    A restless but utterly persuasive improviser
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  12. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Captures a power his previous releases haven't
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  13. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Occasionally imperfect but intrinsically honest
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  14. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    The overriding feel is one of joy at listening to a performer demonstrating the infinite elasticity of sound
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