2015 News
Erased Tapes Collection VII – Happy New Year!
31.12 2015
Album
We’d like to thank you all for an amazing 2015 with a free 11-track New Year’s compilation, titled ‘Erased Tapes Collection VII’.
Nils Frahm compiles ‘Screws Reworked’ edition
10.12 2015
Album
Today sees the digital release of Nils Frahm’s ‘Screws Reworked’ featuring 9 beautiful reinterpretations of his ‘Screws’ LP, crafted by artists including Helios, Bug Lover and Fred Yaddaden.
Kiasmos announce new EP incl. Tale of Us Remix
Ólafur and Janus announce brand new Kiasmos ‘Swept EP’ featuring three new originals and a Tale of Us remix – out November 20 in line with their European and North- & South American tour.
Lubomyr Melnyk returns with ‘Rivers and Streams’
23.9 2015
Album
We’re excited to announce the release of Lubomyr Melnyk’s new album ‘Rivers and Streams’ out November 27 with an excerpt of the opening track ‘Parasol’!
Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm reveal studio film ‘Trance Frendz’ and announce third EP ‘Loon’
We launched a joint website www.arnaldsfrahm.com with a 46-minute film of new improvised material by the two.
Rival Consoles announces new album HOWL
24.8 2015
Album
We are extremely excited to announce that our first signing Rival Consoles has a new album out on October 16, entitled ‘HOWL’!
Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm reveal surprise 7” single titled ‘Life Story Love and Glory’
19.8 2015
Single
SURPRISE!! You can find a brand new 7\” single by Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm titled ‘Life Story Love And Glory’ featuring two piano duets in all good record stores tomorrow and for an exclusive period of 2 weeks!
Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm surprise fans with impromptu live collabs and matched profile pics
16.8 2015
Event
If you follow our dear composers Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds you might notice something’s going on... First they join each others live sets at Haldern Pop Festival as captured by German TV station WDR Rockpalast, then update their profile pictures simultaneously...
Erased Tapes goes BBC Proms
4.8 2015
Event
A Winged Victory For The Sullen and Nils Frahm perform the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
Nils Frahm curates next Late Night Tales
14.7 2015
Album
We’re very proud to announce that our dearest Nils Frahm will curate the next Late Night Tales compilation out September 11 featuring a rework of John Cage’s famous \“4’33\” of silence, Boards Of Canada, Bibio, Colin Stetson, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Four Tet and spoken words by our friend and supporter Cilian Murphy!
Masayoshi Fujita signs to Erased Tapes
21.6 2015
Signee
Berlin-based Japanese vibraphone player Masayoshi Fujita, also known under his alias el fog, came to the attention of label founder Robert Raths a few years ago. Not only because the vibraphone is an intriguing instrument, but also the way Masayoshi treats his instrument and draws ethereal and layered sounds, is what truly attracted him to Masayoshi’s work.
Erased Tapes x BBC Proms 2015
22.4 2015
Event
We’re very proud to announce that our dear artists Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory For The Sullen will represent Erased Tapes at this year’s BBC Proms for BBC 6 Music, presented by the wonderful Mary Anne Hobbs!
Nils Frahm reveals stage plan of new live setup
20.4 2015
Tour
Following an already busy start of the year for Berlin-based pianist and composer Nils Frahm with the announcement of an annual Piano Day and the release of the free album Solo, Nils now takes the focus back to his live performance. Continuing in the tradition of his acclaimed 2013 album Spaces, which featured a grand piano, upright piano, synthesisers, electric piano and tape delays, he will now add drum machines, a Mellotron (tape replay keyboard containing pre-recorded self-made sounds), his very own upright called Una Corda and a custom made, electronically-controlled wind organ to his new live set.
Michael Price’s ‘Entanglement’ out now!
12.4 2015
Album
Michael Price’s beautiful debut album ‘Entanglement’ is here and available from good record stores worldwide! To celebrate we decided to extend the full album stream for one more week.
Happy Piano Day with Nils Frahm “Solo”!
28.3 2015
Piano Day
Nils Frahm has a very special surprise waiting for you...
Dawn of Midi sign to Erased Tapes and announce worldwide release of ‘Dysnomia’
With Dysnomia, the Brooklyn-based group Dawn of Midi made up of double bass player Aakaash Israni, pianist Amino Belyamani and drummer Qasim Naqvi abandon improvisation in favour of composition, utilising sophisticated rhythmic structures from North and West African folk traditions to weave a sonic tapestry of trance-inducing grooves. From close up one may see only dots, but when stepping back an undulating image reveals itself. “We didn’t want to create anything cerebral,” says Belyamani, “we wanted something visceral, something that would awaken our instinctive dance impulses.”
Happy New Year with Erased Tapes Collection VI
1.1 2015
We’d like to thank you all for a wonderful year 2014 with a very special gift in form of a free download compilation, entitled ‘Erased Tapes Collection VI’.