Rasmus Faber
{{Short description|Swedish musician (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rasmus Faber
| image = 2009.04.25@CANARIA & SUNSHINE STUDIO 004 Rasmus Faber.jpg
| alt = Young Man mixing records in a darkened club
| caption = Rasmus Faber performing in Japan
| birth_name = Rasmus Peter Faber
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|5|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| genre = House Music, Jazz
| associated_acts = RaFa Orchestra
| occupation = {{Hlist|Pianist|Composer}}
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = [http://farplane.com/ Farplane Records]
| website = {{URL|rasmusfaber.com}}
}}
Rasmus Peter Faber (born 16 May 1979) is a Swedish pianist,{{cite web|title=Rasmus Faber – piano & keyboards|url=http://www.stockholmjazz.com/en/artists/rasmus-faber-rafa-ochestra-feat-melo-emily-mcewan-thomas-eby-simone-moreno-sun|url-status=dead|website=Stockholm Jazz|access-date=11 April 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110812032402/http://www.stockholmjazz.com/en/artists/rasmus-faber-rafa-ochestra-feat-melo-emily-mcewan-thomas-eby-simone-moreno-sun|archive-date=12 August 2011}} DJ, remixer, composer, record producer, sound engineer, and founder of the record label Farplane Records.{{cite web|title=Java Jazz Festival Festival 2011|url=http://jazzuality.com/java-jazz-2011/java-jazz-festival-2011-rasmus-faber-and-rafa-orchestra-chairul-umam-quintet-and-gugun-blues-shelter/|url-status=dead|website=Jazzuality|access-date=11 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509035201/http://jazzuality.com/java-jazz-2011/java-jazz-festival-2011-rasmus-faber-and-rafa-orchestra-chairul-umam-quintet-and-gugun-blues-shelter/|archive-date=9 May 2015}} He is notable in the electronic dance music genre, and performs solo as a DJ and pianist, and live with his band the RaFa Orchestra. Over the last decade, Faber has become better known as a composer of music for anime, computer games, advertising, and virtual reality worlds.
Early life
Following his musical education, Faber started working as a session musician,{{Cite web|title=Rasmus Faber & The RaFa Orchestra|url=http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/event/3222/Rasmus-Faber-The-RaFa-Orchestra|url-status=dead|website=timeout.jp|date=4 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104210604/http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/event/3222/Rasmus-Faber-The-RaFa-Orchestra|archive-date=4 November 2011}} pianist, and musical director for local acts in Sweden.
= Producer career =
In 2002, Faber released his first collaboration single "Never Felt So Fly" with Melo produced by British record label Black Vinyl Records.{{cite web|title=Rasmus Faber Feat. Melo {{!}} Never Felt So Fly|url=http://www.discogs.com/Rasmus-Faber-Feat-Melo-Never-Felt-So-Fly/master/157147|website=Discogs|access-date=11 April 2012}} After its success, his career and reputation grew quickly, and Rasmus started collaborating with big dance label Defected Records, and achieved further success and notoriety with his remix of Junior Jack's E Samba.{{Cite web|title=Junior Jack – E Samba (Rasmus Faber Remixes) at Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Junior-Jack-E-Samba/release/199000|website=Discogs|access-date=11 April 2012}} The first single on the label was "Ever After" featuring singer Emily McEwan, which was a successful club hit worldwide.{{Cite web|title=Rasmus Faber in Korea|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/CalendarView____18488.aspx?slaveid=136160|website=Sweden Abroad|access-date=11 April 2012}}
Over the last decade, Faber has become producer of exotic instruments (and performers), including the nyckelharpa and tongue drum (used on YouTube virtual celebrity project Artiswitch). His down-tempo single, "Be Real", has become his most popular release to date with more than 24 million streams on Spotify and counting.{{Cite web|url=https://rasmusfaber.com/|title=Rasmus Faber|website=Rasmus Faber official website|access-date=8 December 2022}}
= RaFa Orchestra =
Since 2009, Faber has been playing his songs live, together with a group of ten musicians and singers forming the RaFa Orchestra. Selected venues they have played include Billboard Live Tokyo/Osaka;{{Cite web|script-title=ja:ラスマス・フェイバー Live Band Set|url=http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=6828&shop=1|url-status=dead|website=Billboard Live|access-date=11 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111943/http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=6828&shop=1|archive-date=4 March 2016}} Java Jazz Festival,{{Cite web|title=Java Jazz Festival 2011 Line up|url=http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2012/artistdetail.php?action=detail&nid=1874|website=Java Jazz Festival|access-date=11 April 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025}} Jakarta, Indonesia; the Southport Weekender Festival.{{Cite web|title=Southport Weekender Festival 2011 Line-up|url=http://www.southportweekender.co.uk/spw47/|website=Southport Weekender|access-date=11 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504041443/http://www.southportweekender.co.uk/spw47/|archive-date=4 May 2012}}
Discography
= Music department =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Work !Type !Job !Episodes !{{Ref heading}} |
| 2024
|Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf |TV Series |music coordinator |16 | rowspan="10" |{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm10080374/ |title=Rasmus Faber|website=IMDb|access-date=14 April 2025}}{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2025}} |
| 2024
|Trapezium | |music coordinator |
| 2021
|TV Series | theme music composer | 13 |
| 2020
| Video Game | composer additional music |
| 2019
| TV Series | composer additional music |
| 2018
| Takunomi | TV Series | theme music composer | 12 |
| 2017
| Arcaea |Video Game | composer additional music |
| 2015 – 2016
|TV Series |Lyrics and music: "Hold You in the Wind" |24 |
| 2015
|TV Mini Series | theme music composer | 12 |
| 2012
| Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne |TV Series | theme music composer | 24 |
= Composer =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Work !Type !Episodes !{{Ref heading}} |
| 2021
| AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline |TV Series |13 |
| 2021
| ArtisWitch |TV Series |6 |
| 2020
| The Multiverse Bakery: Tales from Soda Island, Chapter 1 | Short |
| 2018
| TV Mini Series | 12 |
| 2015 - 2016
| TV Series |
Awards and nominations
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Official|http://rasmusfaber.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|10080374}}
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