Berlin based cellist and composer Anne Mller announces the release of her long awaited debut solo album Heliopause on November 22, with the hypnotic new piece Nummer 2. Heliopause follows several Erased Tapes releases featuring Anne, including her celebrated collaboration with Nils Frahm titled 7fingers, appearances on lafur Arnalds & Nils Frahms Collaborative Works, Nils Frahms All Melody and his acclaimed soundtrack for the film Victoria, Lubomyr Melnyks Fallen Trees, as well as the two bespoke solo pieces Walzer fr Robert and Bel Tono for the labels 5th and 10th anniversary box sets. In fact, a glance at Mllers Discogs boasts credits on over 60 releases since she began recording in 2007. A profound believer in the power of artistic collaboration, Annes skilled cello playing and instinctive composition became extremely sought after. Following her work with Nils Frahm, an enduring partnership with singer-songwriter-composer Agnes Obel ensued, touring for five years together and featuring on two albums (Philharmonics Deluxe Edition and Aventine) and most recently, working with multi-instrumentalist Markus Sieber (aka Aukai) on his 2019 album Reminiscence. In between all this, Mller also co-founded the progressive live project Solo Collective along with violinist/singer Alex Stolze and pianist/conceptual artist Sebastian Reynolds, releasing Solo Collective Part One in 2017. Mller also co-founded the progressive live project Solo Collective along with violinist/singer Alex Stolze and pianist/conceptual artist Sebastian Reynolds, releasing Solo Collective Part One in 2017. A solo record in every sense of the word, Mller wrote, recorded, arranged and produced Heliopause. The album is named after the boundary where the suns wind ceases to have influence. It is ultimately, the border of our solar system. The name struck a chord with Mller since the two voyagers sent on an exploratory mission 42 years ago, recently crossed the Heliopause - one in 2012 and one just last year in 2018 - entering into interstellar space and losing power from our own sun. Mller recognised herself in this moment, not only approaching the same age, but also breaking new ground; having relied on collaborating with so many other stars and now venturing into the unknown with her first solo statement. 'Heliopause marks the end of a long journey but also the start of voyages to explore strange new worlds' Anne Mller Both as the closing title track and album as a whole, Heliopause crosses these physical and invisible borders throughout, sending the cello as a typically classical instrument to exciting new and uncharted territory.
