The Hamburg-born composer and pianist David August brought his live show to the 72nd floor of The View from The Shard for a late fabric session.
A live set by David August, the German composer and pianist, filled the 72nd floor of The View from The Shard at London Bridge on Friday 15 August 2025. LO-LOW and Nyksan supported him.
Born David Nattkemper in Hamburg in 1990, August began classical piano at five. He became a resident at the Hamburg club EGO in 2009 and released the Instant Harmony EP a year later.
His first album, Times, came out in 2013, and with it he started playing his own music live in clubs. A Boiler Room broadcast of unreleased work in 2014 was a turning point.
In 2016 he performed with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin. Two years later he launched his own label, 99Chants, with the album DCXXXIX A.C.
This was the second of two late sessions fabric held at the Shard that August, a week after Mike Skinner’s FABRICLIVE. It ran from 23:00 to 04:00, with sound and lighting installed by fabric’s technical manager, Matt Smith.
LO-LOW and Nyksan played the support sets around his performance.