In collaboration with the renowned German piano maker, David Klavins, Nils has created his very own bespoke piano. michelbergermusic.com michelbergerhotel.com/blog/nil... www.klavins-pianos.com
They're all so transfixed by the experience! These moments of focused appreciation for someone's outstanding talent are simply magical. I feel as though I'm there too watching this video!
Great comment. He truly has a gift to invoke such fixation in such a way. There is a subconscious science happening that he innately channels. It IS truly beautiful to behold.
Are you telling me that this was all recorded with a single SM58 without any noise interference from being outside? That would be almost more incredible than the instrument itself.
+Dash Speer (DASHR) I would like to clarify- my earlier comment sounded like I was interrogating the legitimacy, whereas I am actually just astonished by the effectiveness of the skeletal set-up. Kudos to the engineer!
+Patrick Jansen Yeah, like Jonas David said, it's a mix; Nils has said in interviews that he likes to mix the una corda's built-in pickups with external mics. Probably it's pretty heavy on the pickups, given the quiet.
+Keith Klassen +Jonas David Yeah, since I've dug deeper into the piano, I have learned about the pickup system- at the time of my original comment, it was my first exposure. Unless I'm mistaken, though, there isn't much said about the details of the pickup system.
sorry but the Familiar sequence in the middle is completely transcendent, he is communing with every single mind in that place in unison, each note has complete attention, incredible.
:) I think after that he mimicked the siren in the background for a moment (?) thoughts (?) If he did that was some how a genius Segway to the next piece
What a mesmerizing evening it was! In case of interest: regarding the custom Klavins Una Corda piano you might want to refer to tinyurl.com/pma47lp as well as respective interview on redesigning the piano with Nils Frahm in Elecrtonic Beats Magazine here: tinyurl.com/pbpb7jg
Kristian Georgiev It's called half pedaling. Play with the sustain pedal all the way down, then only bring it up halfway. It'll catch some of the notes, but others it'll stop slowly just by touching the strings lightly. That's what causes that sound
Wolberstyle sorry but for me it sound like full pedal. He just makes forte staccato with pedal, so the brightness of the notes becomes more mettalic, like a folk guitar
+PianoGesang Good news. Native Instruments just released it as a virtual instrument: "Una Corda". This will be an interesting winter.... see you in spring!
