September 2012 Screws (download)1. Me 2.31September 20th marks the 30th birthday of Berlin pianist Nils Frahm,but also the day he has chosen to give his fans a special gift in theform of 9 songs he recorded with 9 fingers, entitled 'Screws'.Nils experienced an unfortunate accident which saw him fall from hisbunk bed located directly above his studio, which resulted in a brokenthumb. But through inspiration from his fans and after a gentle walk andtalk through the park with a close friend, he decided to deal with thesituation in the only way he knew – playing his piano.With four screws surgically placed inside his thumb, he startedrecording with his remaining 9 fingers, what later resulted in 9intimate piano recordings.Available as a free download A physcial edition id forthcoming on Erased Tapes.' I am sitting in front of a sheet of paper. My right hand is bendingover my left thumb. The first day I got out of my cast I could bend itby 15°. Now I am already at 50° and that makes me happy.
Things aregoing uphill.As you can imagine, it is really bad news for a pianist when he getsdiagnosed with a broken thumb. That day I was sitting in the emergencyroom, feeling rather dizzy while thinking of a zillion shows coming upand all the people involved around it. I realised in that moment howbusy things have become. It is hard to turn down interesting projectsand opportunities, since I surely love my work. It actually never feltlike work. Microsoft office 2010 activator permanent.
Playing piano and playing it for wonderful people is thegreatest joy I can imagine.For a couple of days I felt like this all could be over. But hey – also feeling sorry for yourself has its placesomewhere. All of a sudden I had so much time, an unexpected holiday.
Icancelled most of my schedule and found myself being a little bored.Even though my doctor told me not to touch a piano for a while, I justcouldn't resist. I started playing a silent song with 4 fingers on myleft and the remaining 5 on my right hand. I set up one microphone andrecorded another tune every other night before falling asleep.The day I got rid of my cast I had recorded 9 little tunes. They havehelped me feel less annoyed about my accident and reminded me that anygood is something I can only achieve, when I am making the most out ofwhat I've got.Thank you all for listening!With lots of love,Nils. September 2012 Various Artists - Spirit Of Talk Talk Fierce Panda nong74cd (cd)1 Wealth - Lone Wolf2 The Colour of Spring - Zero 73 I Believe in You - S. Carey4 Dum Dum Girl - Recoil5 Life's What You Make It - Duncan Sheik6 The Rainbow - Thomas Feiner, Fyfe Dangerfield & Robbie Wilson7 After the Flood - Alaska & Halloween8 It's Getting Late in the Evening - Nils Frahm, Davide Rossi & Peter Broderick9 Give It Up - King Creosote10 Living in Another World - Lights (feat.
Darkstars)11 The Rainbow - Zelienople12 Myrrhman - Joan As Police Woman13 Runeii - The Last Dinosaur14? - Jack Northover15 It's My Life - The TenFiveSixty16 Inheritance - Recoil (feat.
Linton Kwesi Johnson & Paul Marshall)17 Ascension Day - Turin Brakes18 Today - White Belt Yellow Tag19 I Don't Believe in You - Ian Curnow (feat. Human?)20 Chameleon Day - Goldheart Assembly21 April 5th - Matthias Vigt Trio22 New Grass - Do Make Say Think23 Tomorrow Started - Jason Lytle24 Give It Up - White Lies25 Time It's Time - Lia Ices26 The Party's Over - The Lovetones27 Candy - Thomas White28 Renee - The Black Ships (feat. Amelia Tucker)29 Taphead - The Acorn30 I Believe in You - Richard Reed Parry31 Ascension Day - Minerva Lions32 It's My Life - Mike Gill (feat. Robert Owens)33 Eden - Kurran and the Wolfnotes.