Distract Robots, by Frieder Nagel

Distract Robots

by Frieder Nagel

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Plain black vinyl with the remarkable b&w artwork by berlin based illustrator Beata Niedhart recalling 1920´s melange of tech-utopia and menacing android aesthetics.

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1.	They Kept Walking 06:08	buy track
2.	Blossom 06:56	buy track
3.	Obey feat. Mima 05:32	buy track
4.	Run 07:11	buy track
5.	Evolve (Live) 04:32	buy track

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"Distract Robots is an otherworldly treat; its five tracks take the listener down a constantly morphing auditory wormhole full of light, darkness, and cosmic bliss [...] the listener is presented with a set of dystopic ballads and pensive, melancholic outings that carry deep, emotive cores. Distract Robots is a debut of staggering details and depth, and one that warrants many return visits." XLR8R (US)

This 12" has become an album in miniature with a final polish by mastering guru Zino Mikorey – known for his work for Nils Frahm ́s All Melody. This EP offers up a mystical world, full of warm synths and detailed sound clusters morphing into each other to form utterly dark and dystopian ballads. Nagel gets lost in obsessively endless sessions with his instruments. He isolates himself and spends night after night drifting away from reality. The result is that his tracks carry moments of utterly deep relief and deliverance, as well as despairing sadness and stoical escapism.

Frieder Nagel invites his listeners to get lost in a universe that spans from euphoric to devastating excitement. He is known for managing projects in venues ranging from theatres to clubs, for concerts to audio-visual experiments - working with artists like David August, La Boum Fatale and Daniel Brandt (Brandt Brauer Frick). The first time he appeared on stage, in 2016 at Berlin's infamous Radialsystem V, armed with several synthesizers, effects, drum machines, one grand piano; and backed by the German Symphony Orchestra (DSO). This critically acclaimed debut was streamed by Boiler Room later and led to further collaborations with Philharmonie Essen or his ensemble show at Reeperbahn Festival.

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released January 18, 2019

All tracks written, performed & produced by Frieder Nagel
Vocals by Stefanie Mikus-Marx aka Mima, saxophone in They Kept walking played by Mark Wyand, additional drums in Run played by Wolfgang Haffner

A&R by Alexandre Cazac
Mastered by Zino Mikorey
Artwork by Beata Niedhart
Published by InFiné Éditions
℗ & © InFiné / 2019

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Frieder Nagel Berlin, Germany

Frieder Nagel offers up a mystical world, full of warm synths and detailed sound clusters. He invites his listeners to get lost in a universe that spans from euphoric to devastating excitement.

discography

The Arrival

Jan 2021
Karoshi

Apr 2020
Distract Robots

Jan 2019

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