Niklas Paschburg

“The Polyend Perc is my ‘robot arm’. It brought me new live possibilities”

It’s fair to say that Hamburg-based performer Niklas Paschburg has so far drawn maritime influence for his neo classical-strained ambient releases, from the stormy seas of 2018’s Oceanic to the icy climes of new release Svalbard. It was in the latter Norwegian archipelago that the Ólafur Arnalds-influenced artist holed up with just a piano and his thoughts to compose his newest work, before relaying the whole thing to Brighton’s Andy Barlow (formerly of Lamb and the producer behind hits for U2 and Willie Nelson) for recording and mixing. But is his studio environment equally tempestuous? We found out…

When did you start making music?

“I started to play the piano aged five. My grandparents had a piano at home and I started to play some keys and tried to find sounds which fit together. My parents then asked me if I wanted have piano lessons. That’s how it all started. In the beginning I was mainly playing classical music but later I moved to jazz and pop.”

Tell us about your studio/setup?