Night

Released in May 2025 on Erased Tapes, Night finds Nils Frahm returning to a more stripped-back, solo-piano approach after the denser, more electronically layered records that preceded it. Recorded on the Klavins M450 — a purpose-built upright piano installed at his Funkhaus studio in Berlin — the album leans into the physical, mechanical character of the instrument rather than smoothing it over with production. Frahm has spent over a decade blurring the line between classical composition and ambient electronic music, and records like this one are a reminder of how much of that reputation was built on his touch at the keyboard alone, without electronics doing the heavy lifting.

Nils Frahm is a Berlin-based pianist and composer, and one of the artists most responsible for building Erased Tapes into a globally respected home for modern classical and ambient music. Classically trained but drawn early to the textures of tape, analogue synthesis and the mechanical noise of the piano itself, he's spent over fifteen years moving fluidly between solo piano records, electronic-leaning albums like All Melody, and elaborate live performances built around custom instruments. His studio at Berlin's Funkhaus complex has become almost as much a part of his identity as the music itself, and Night is a return to the most direct, unaccompanied version of his sound.