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Feb 1, 2018It’s continuously changing, perfectly timed, evenly spaced--an impeccable album.
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Jan 26, 2018A vibrant, exploratory album born from Frahm’s newly constructed Berlin studio and the freedom to experiment it allowed.
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Jan 25, 2018It’s astounding stuff from a modern master.
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Feb 5, 2018Frahm’s first major solo work since Spaces, and it finds its maker exploring new sounds and new spaces with often stunning results.
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Jan 23, 2018With All Melody, Nils Frahm has retained his unique approach and emotional sensitivity. He’s also expanded his sound, and shown more of his soul than ever before. It’s a record to be treasured.
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Jan 30, 2018All Melody is remarkably well-rounded. It's not a techno album, it's not a classical album and it's not an ambient album, but it at times resembles all three.
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Jan 26, 2018For Nils Frahm, this record is nothing new: on his terms it is not extraordinary. But for mere mortals, All Melody is a bracing cacophony of the possibilities of minute sonic experimentation.
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MojoJan 23, 2018An ambitious and unclassifiable album. [Feb 2018, p.88]
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Q MagazineJan 23, 2018Listeners so far unhipped to the contemporary avant-classical may find themselves pleasantly intrigued. [Feb 2018, p.117]
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Jan 23, 2018By challenging himself to make the most out of his new recording environment, he has refreshed his sound and ended up with his most engaging and accessible work to date. It is a wholly immersive triumph that draws you in tight as few albums do.
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Jan 23, 2018It's an impressive compilation of provocatively disparate ideas, but taken in in its intended order, there's a mesmerizing continuity to it all.
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UncutJan 23, 2018Richard Koch's trumpet and Shards' choral vocals on the spooky "Human Range" confirm his quiet urge to defy expectations. [Feb 2018, p.27]
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Jan 24, 2018Across 12 songs and 74 minutes, All Melody functions as a single, cohesive piece of music, with recurring themes interwoven throughout. It’s easy to get lost in the album and then, hearing a familiar motif, come up short, as if turning a corner in a long hallway and wondering if you hadn’t passed the same spot just a moment ago. It’s a pleasantly disorienting sensation.
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Jan 31, 2018By making a space that fits his creative style, Frahm found a way to give complex compositions even more room to weave themselves into the world while you listen.
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Jan 26, 2018Frahm can get a little lost in his acreage and compositions might benefit from the fences of editing but transportation requires a sense of adventure and following Nils Frahm has hidden rewards.
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Jan 25, 2018Kacirek and Müller are credited, but it's difficult to discern their contributions to the piece. The title All Melody seems to refer to the singularity of the sounds combining together. It also suggests that while empty space is often a major element to the album, what is present is entirely melodic, and purely based in emotions.
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Jan 29, 2018The opening half sees him attempt something a little different with mixed results, the second half seems him return to more familiar ground with only moderate success.
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Jan 29, 2018While All Melody’s textures are magnificent, plick-plocking susurrations, his treatment of the human voice is like a gash in an otherwise beauteous canvas.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 39 out of 44
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Mixed: 2 out of 44
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Negative: 3 out of 44
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Jan 26, 2018Minimalist at its core - requires patience, but musically fulfilling in the end. Top 3 tracks: Sunson, #2, Kaleidoscope.
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Feb 26, 2018