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Nonkeen is a German experimental trio consisting of childhood friends Frederic Gmeiner, Nils Frahm and Sepp Singwald, who have been creating music together since they were in primary school. Their improvised recordings reflect on their youth and upbringing, and musically resemble a hazy mix of Krautrock, mellow electronic jazz, and ambient music. The trio first started recording together in the late '80s, when Berlin-based Singwald visited Frahm and Gmeiner (who grew up in Hamburg) with a tape recorder, and the three began corresponding by sending each other audio tapes filled with music and dialogue. Eventually, they formed a band, with Gmeiner and Frahm visiting Singwald in Berlin during summers, and the trio performed concerts at a fairground. Unfortunately, during a performance in 1997, two seats from a carousel broke off and crashed into the trio's instruments, and they decided to give up making music together. A decade later, when Gmeiner and Frahm had relocated to Berlin, the three friends reunited and decided to start collaborating again. In 2015, the group finally released two albums - The Gamble and Oddments of the Gamble - via R&S Records.
The summer of 2024 finally sees the release of Nonkeen's third album, All Good? The eight-track collection serves as a heartfelt homage to the legendary Herbert Laser, the innovative mind behind ‘Laserjazz’ and a longtime musical inspiration for the band.
The summer of 2024 finally sees the release of Nonkeen's third album, All Good? The eight-track collection serves as a heartfelt homage to the legendary Herbert Laser, the innovative mind behind ‘Laserjazz’ and a longtime musical inspiration for the band.
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