Nils Frahm is a German musician/composer/brilliant pianist. His most recent release, 'Spaces' in 2013, is a compilation made up of live recordings from his performances and shows. Whereas some of the live songs have featured on previous albums, the majority of the recordings on 'Spaces' were previously unreleased.
One of these unreleased songs is entitled 'Toilet Brushes-More', and it is definitely on of the best, emotive songs on the album. Although the live video above is different to the recording on the album, it is longer, and, in my own personal opinion, a better version.
The track starts off with Nils creating a dub-inspired sound with a couple of toilet brushes and an open piano. He moves on to play the piano the more conventional way, incorporating a keyboard to create a beautiful ambient, spacey intertwining piece of music.
This then builds to the beginning of the end of the song, moving onto the piano, with some delayed echo/reverb effects, Nils plays a frenetic melody, which becomes more and more frenetic, busy and out of tune, building and sprawling out into every corner of the venue.
The live video of the performance gives you a sense of the emotion and skillfulness of Nil's playing that the album's version just misses. Its just an awe-inspiring piece of live music.
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