Little Human CD

A story of an album written in many nights during the first lockdown

Is nothing sacred for Marius Nitzbon? For his second album ‘Little Human’, he had a precise sound in his mind that he couldn’t find in any instrument. So he went to his old school’s grand piano and tweaked, poked, and pulled apart for four weeks until he had what he wanted. The resulting sound can be heard in the restless composition Dancing Drops, the first single from the work.
But this 22 year-old’s curiosity goes on well beyond ebony and ivory. The rest of the album is dotted with appearances from the most characterful sounds of the analogue and binary worlds, including a wooden pipe organ, the odd bit of viola, and a lot of Marius’ beloved synthesizers. His vision for this record extends to real-world textures, from the creaking of the pedals and the rustle of a draught through the window to the rattle of a bag of rice. Marius Nitzbon is more than a musician: he’s a mechanic with a vision.