F.S. BLUMM & NILS FRAHM – Handling – LP – Vinyl [SEP 19]

LP – Limited Standard Edition Black Vinyl.

NILS FRAHM and F.S.BLUMM have confirmed the release of their fifth collaborative album, Handling. Containing three tracks but 40 minutes long, it finds the duo advancing from 2021s dub-influenced 2X1=4, deploying its lessons in ambitious new territory that also nods to earlier collections. Recorded at his studio in Berlins Funkhaus, the album will be released by LEITER on vinyl and via all digital platforms on September 19, 2025.

Handlings three exquisitely detailed pieces are each entitled Leuchter, German for candlestick, encapsulating the LPs luminescent glow and rising inner energy. Its scrupulous arrangements exploit a magic cabinet of instruments, among them pianos, celestas and cristal baschets, glockenspiels, guitars and multiple forms of percussion. Their painstakingly engineered improvisations were equally meticulously reassembled in a series of intense editing sessions.

That the duos collaboration is built on a friendship and mutual admiration dating back to the early 2000s enables an unusual level of trust, despite both operating in their own distinct manner. Its not Frank, its not Nils, they reflect. Weve become a new persona. Handling blends Blumms organic chaos with Frahms structured intuition, offering a distinct and luminous experience that doesnt just sound different, but feels like its own evolving world.

Tracklist:

1. LEUCHTER 1
2. LEUCHTER 2
3. LEUCHTER 3