Frahm’s performances have always been known for expanding upon his studio recordings, and Paris is no exception. Drawing on his substantial catalogue, the German composer and producer reworks tracks from ‘Music For Animals’ (‘Right Right Right’ and ‘Briefly’) before less recent material from 2009’s ‘The Bells’ (‘Some’, also included on 2015’s Solo), and 2012’s ‘Screws’ (‘Re’, originally recorded with just nine fingers after Frahm broke a thumb). There’s also ‘Spells’ from ‘All Encores’ and ‘You Name It’ from this year’s solo piano album, ‘Day’, while the brand new, luxurious and strangely gripping ‘Opera’ sets the stage for ‘On The Roof’ from his heart-rending, award-winning score for 2015’s widely acclaimed, one-camera, one-take German thriller, ‘Victoria’.

Having first come to prominence with delicate vignettes for piano, Nils’ instrumental range has expanded to include a mountain of vintage synths and keyboard instruments. These include a custom-made organ as well as the final glass harmonica constructed by Gerhard Finkenbeiner, a master glassblower who, in the 1980s, resurrected the instrument – first invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761 – and then died in 1999 in mysterious, still unresolved circumstances. Nils’ grasp of dynamics and tension has likewise expanded, and not only does he reinvigorate his work during concerts for this wider range of possibilities, but he also keeps developing it as he tours.

All music is writte, performed and mixed by Nils Frahm