They are signed with the independent, London based label Erased Tapes Records. Articulation is the artist’s seventh album and West quite literally went back to the drawing board for this album, using pen and paper to draw musical structure. Their debut album, Paper Canyon has been released in the UK in 2009. Over the course of just three years, Raths has managed to win the support of both mainstream- and underground media, engaged in inspiring digital projects, established an international distribution network and built a roster of artists few others could keep together. The picture of Frahm that you get from these nine tracks could be described as raw, however still as stunning as ever.Īfter being the very first release at Erased Tapes, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles, has paved the way for melancholic, ambient and spatial electronica. And the sun is certainly shining for Robert Raths and his Erased Tapes collective. Back then, the famous “Frahm sound” of wedging felt between the strings and hammers of his piano (which would be later heard on Felt) did not exist. This offers the listener a glimpse into Frahm’s early period when he was still self-producing his albums.
The album is named after the boundary where the suns wind.
Nils Frahm, also known as the creator of Piano Day, treated fans this year with a surprising new album made up of archived music recorded at MUMUTH, The University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, which he recorded all the way back in 2009. A solo record in every sense of the word, Mller wrote, recorded, arranged and produced Heliopause. Their roster includes artists such as German composer Nils Frahm, Iceland’s Ólafur Arnalds, American multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick, English film composer Michael Price and electronic artist Rival Consoles, among many others. The London-based label aims to nurture and support genre-defying artists whose ethos is fully grounded in promoting the avant-garde.Įrased Tapes are well known for their attention to detail when it comes to sonic and visual aesthetics, this is why so many contemporary artists feel at home with the label. A pioneer of the strange, avant-garde and of the unknown, the wonderfully different roster at Erased Tapes Records has helped solidify their spot at the indie-label table.įounded in 2007 by sonic architect and explorer Robert Raths, Erased Tapes has become one of the most significant independent record labels of the last ten years.