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Fred Frith - Allies - Music for Dance, vol.2
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Artist: Fred Frith
Album: Allies - Music for Dance, vol.2
Company: n/a
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Rel. Date : 09/17/2005 Streetdate : 00/00/0000
Ripper : freund Supplier : freund
Genre : Avantgarde Style : Avantgarde
Quality : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz Mode : Joint-Stereo
Grabber : EAC Encoder : lame
Songs : 06 Playtime : 40:41 min
Size : 54,9 MB
Url : n/a
Type : Album Source : CDDA
Language : English
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Guitarist, bassist, violinist and composer Fred Frith has
made many different kinds of music over the course of his
celebrated career, from the politically progressive
avant-rock of Henry Cow and the Art Bears to the more
abrasive punk jazz of Massacre and his richly varied solo
work, some of which is esoteric and forbidding (Guitar Solos)
and some of which is downright lyrical and inviting
(Gravity). Allies, a suite of compositions for Frith's
various solo instruments accompanied by drums, saxophone and
cello, is one of his most impressive accomplishments, a work
of maturity and depth that never panders to the listener but
never goes out of its way to alienate, either. In fact, these
six pieces are all quite easy on the ear; "Rifka," which
opens the program, is much more rhythmically complex than it
sounds at first, but its melodic structure is straightforward
and lovely. The melody builds among the various instruments
on a rocketing principle that distributes the melody notes
from instrument to instrument while Joey Baron stitches
things together with a spare but elegant drum part. "Nenad"
is less immediately captivating, but builds nicely with
interlocked rhythmic patterns that unfold in a manner
reminiscent of Steve Reich's early work. Only "Davor and
Dzeneta" fails to really engage the imagination, and even it
contains moments of genuine interest. The overall mood of the
six compositions is rather sad and contemplative, but not
unattractively so. Very highly recommended.
In the '60s and '70s, much (if not most) contemporary
improvisation was jazz-based. That began to change in the
'80s, when a significant number of rock musicians began
exploring the possibilities of free improvisation and new
classical forms. Fred Frith is one of the more prominent.
Co-founder of the underground British band Henry Cow in 1968,
composer/improviser/guitarist Frith moved to the U.S. in the
late '70s, where he began associations with such New
York-based experimental musicians as cellist Tom Cora,
harpist Zeena Parkins, saxophonist John Zorn, and
percussionist Ikue Mori. Frith lived in New York for 14
years; some of his well-known ventures in that time included
Massacre (with Bill Laswell and Fred Maher), Skeleton Crew
(with Cora and Parkins), and his sextet Keep the Dog. In the
'80s, Frith's compositional activities increased; he began
writing for dance, film, and theater, and for such ensembles
as the Rova Saxophone Quartet, Ensemble Moderne, Asko
Ensemble, and his own Guitar Quartet. Primarily known as an
improvising guitarist, Frith has also performed on bass (with
Zorn's Naked City) and violin (with Lars Hollmer's Looping
Home Orchestra). Frith has played on albums by the Residents,
Brian Eno, Amy Denio, and RenΘ Lussier, to name just a few.
Frith was the subject of Step Across the Border, a
documentary film by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzels. By
2000, Frith was a professor of composition at Mills College
in Oakland, CA.
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01. [09:37] Rifka
02. [04:26] Small Mercy I
03. [07:53] Nenad
04. [06:18] A Rock and A Hard Place
05. [06:25] Davor and Dzeneta
06. [06:02] Small Mercy II
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40:41 min
54,9 MB
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