Fred Frith discography
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Fred Frith at a piano recording session at New, Improved Recording in Oakland, California, September 2006.
Fred Frith appears on over 400 recordings. This is a selection from bands he was/is a member of, collaborations with other bands and musicians, and his solo recordings. The year indicates when the album was first released. For a comprehensive discography, see the Discography of Fred Frith by Michel Ramond, Patrice Roussel and Stephane Vuilleumier.[1]
Bands
- Legend (1973, LP, Virgin, UK)
- Unrest (1974, LP, Virgin, UK)
- Concerts (1976, 2xLP, Caroline, UK)
- Western Culture (1979, LP, Broadcast, UK)
- The Virgin Years – Souvenir Box (1991, 3xCD, East Side Digital, US)
- Henry Cow Box (2006, 7xCD, Recommended, UK)
- Stockholm & Göteborg (2008, CD, Recommended, UK)
- The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (2009, 9xCD+DVD, Recommended, UK)
- Desperate Straights (1975, LP, Virgin, UK)
- In Praise of Learning (1975, LP, Virgin, UK)
- Hopes and Fears (1978, LP, Recommended, UK)
- Winter Songs (1979, LP, Recommended, UK)
- The World as It Is Today (1981, LP, Recommended, UK)
- The Art Box (2004, 6xCD, Recommended, UK)
- Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits (1980, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium)
- Memory Serves (1981, LP, Celluloid, France)
- One Down (1982, LP, Celluloid, France)
- Live from Soundscape (1994, CD, DIW, Japan)
- Killing Time (1981, LP, Celluloid, France)
- Funny Valentine (1998, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Meltdown (2001, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Lonely Heart (2007, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Love Me Tender (2013, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Learn to Talk (1984, LP, Rift, US / Recommended, Europe)
- The Country of Blinds (1986, LP, Rift, US / Recommended, Europe)
- Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds (1990, CD, RecRec, Switzerland)
- Etymology (1997, CD-ROM, Rarefaction, US)
- Rē Records Quarterly, Vol. 1 No. 2 (1985, LP, Recommended, UK)
- Live, Love, Larf & Loaf (1987, LP, Rhino, US)
- Invisible Means (1990, LP, Demon, UK, Windham Hill, US)
- Naked City (1990, LP, Elektra/Nonesuch, US)
- Torture Garden (1990, LP, Elektra/Nonesuch, US)
- Heretic, Jeux des Dames Cruelles (1992, CD, Avant, Japan)
- Grand Guignol (1992, CD, Avant, Japan)
- Leng Tch'e (1992, CD, Toy's Factory, Japan)
- Radio (1993, CD, Avant, Japan)
- Absinthe (1993, CD, Avant, Japan)
- Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (2002, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Death Ambient (1995, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Synaesthesia (1999, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Drunken Forest (2007, CD, Tzadik, US)
- Ayaya Moses (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- Upbeat (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- Saturn's Finger (1999, CD, Buzz, Netherlands)
- Digital Wildlife (2002, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
- Unsquare (2008, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- That House We Lived In (2003, 2xCD, Fred, UK)
- Ragged Atlas (2010, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- The Letter (2012, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- Fred Frith Trio
- Another Day in Fucking Paradise (2016, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
Solo
- Guitar Solos (1974, LP, Caroline Records, UK)
- Gravity (1980, LP, Ralph Records, US)
- Speechless (1981, LP, Ralph Records, US)
- Live in Japan (1982, 2xLP, Recommended Records, Japan)
- Cheap at Half the Price (1983, LP, Ralph Records, US)
- Quartets (1994, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- Eye to Ear (1997, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986–1996) (1999, CD, I Dischi di Angelica, Italy)
- Clearing (2001, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures, 1987–2001 (2002, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- Eye to Ear II (2004, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Eleventh Hour (2005, 2xCD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
- To Sail, to Sail (2008, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Impur II (2009, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- Eye to Ear III (2010, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Clearing Customs (2011, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
Music for Dance
- The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre) (1988, 2xLP, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- Allies (Music for Dance Volume 2) (1996, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- The Previous Evening (Music for Dance Volume 4) (1997, CD, Recommended Records, UK)[nb 1]
- Accidental (Music for Dance Volume 3) (2002, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance Volume 5) (2006, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air (Music for Dance Volume 6) (2009, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- Field Days (The Amanda Loops) (2015, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- Propaganda (2015, CD, Fred Records, UK)
Soundtracks
- The Top of His Head (1989, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium) – original soundtrack to the film The Top of His Head by Peter Mettler
- Step Across the Border (1990, 2xLP, RecRec Music, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film Step Across the Border by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
- Middle of the Moment (1995, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
- Rivers and Tides (2003, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany) – original soundtrack to the film Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer
Composer only
- Pacifica (1998, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Freedom in Fragments (2002, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Impur (2006, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- Back to Life (2008, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
Compositions featured
- Rova Saxophone Quartet: Bingo (Victo, 1998) – features "Water Under the Bridge"
Collaborations
- With various artists
- Guitar Solos 2 (1976, LP, Caroline Records, UK)
- Guitar Solos 3 (1979, LP, Rift Records, US)
- With Friends Like These (1979, LP, Metalanguage, US)
- Who Needs Enemies? (1983, LP, Metalanguage, US)
- With The Residents
- Commercial Album (1980, LP, Ralph Records, US)
- Voice of America (1982, LP, Rift Records, US)
- Fred Frith and Totsuzen Danball
- Live at Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23.July'81 (1982, CT, Floor Records, Japan)
- Live in Prague and Washington (1983, LP, Recommended Records, UK)
- Live in Trondheim, Berlin, Limoges (1994, CD, Recommended Records, UK)
- 2 Gentlemen in Verona (2000, CD, Recommended Records, UK)
- The Stone: Issue Two (2007, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- French Gigs (1983, LP, AAA, France)
- Nous Autres (1987, LP, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
- Fred Frith and Ferdinand Richard (as Fred & Ferd)
- Dropera (1991, LP, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- Live Improvisations (1992, CD, Woof Records, UK)
- Fred Frith and François-Michel Pesenti
- Helter Skelter (1992, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- Fred Frith and Marc Ribot
- Subsonic 1. Sounds of a Distant Episode (1994, CD, Sub Rosa/Subsonic, Belgium)
- Fred Frith and John Zorn
- The Art of Memory (1995, CD, Incus Records, UK)
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 (2004, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- The Art of Memory II (2008, CD, Fred Records, UK)
- Late Works (2010, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Fred Frith and Jean-Pierre Drouet
- En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers (1997, CD, Transes Europeennes, France)
- Percy Howard, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith and Bill Laswell
- Meridiem (1998, CD, Materiali Sonori, Italy)
- Traffic Continues (2000, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
- Later ... (2000, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
- Fred Frith, Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis
- I Dream of You Jumping (2001, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
- Michel Wintsch, Fred Frith, Franziska Baumann and Bernard Trontin
- Whisperings (2002, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- Fred Frith, Anne Bourne and John Oswald
- Dearness (2002, CD, Spool, Canada)
- Fred Frith, Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen
- All is Bright, But it is Not Day (2002, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- Derek Bailey, Antoine Berthiaume and Fred Frith
- Soshin (2003, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- Tempted to Smile (2003, CD, Spool, Canada)
- Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt
- Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt (2003, CD, Accretions Records, US)
- Toychestra and Fred Frith
- What Leave Behind (2004, CD, S.K. Records, France)
- The Compass, Log and Lead (2005, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- Electric Ascension (Atavistic, 2005)
- Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 (2006, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
- Ironic Universe (2006, CD+DVD, Ad Hoc Records, US)
- Cutter Heads (2007, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- Darren Johnston, Fred Frith, Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs and Ches Smith
- Reasons for Moving (2007, CD, Not Two, US)
- The Sugar Factory (2007, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
- Sonargemeinschaft (Sonar Community) and Fred Frith
- Drift (2008, CD, Poise, Germany)
- Fred Frith and Danielle Roger
- Pas de Deux (2008, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- Still Urban (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- The Big Picture (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- Chris Cutler, Thomas Dimuzio and Fred Frith
- Golden State (2010, LP, Recommended Records, UK)[nb 2]
- Fred Frith and Annie Lewandowski
- Long as in Short, Walk as in Run (2011, CD, Ninth World Records)
- Jean-Pierre Drouet, Fred Frith and Louis Sclavis
- Contretemps etc ... (2011, CD, In Situ, France)
- MMM Quartet – Live at the Metz' Arsenal (2012, CD, Leo Records, UK)[nb 3]
- MMM Quartet – Oakland/Lisboa (2015, CD, RogueArt, France)
- Fred Frith and Michel Doneda
- Fred Frith Michel Doneda (2014, CD, Vand'Œuvre, France)
- Fred Frith and Barry Guy
- Backscatter Bright Blue (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- Edge of the Light (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- The Natural Order (2014, CD, Northern Spy, US)
- Hello, I Must Be Going (2015, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
- Katharina Weber, Fred Frith and Fredy Studer
- It Rolls (2015, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
- Lindsay Cooper, Fred Frith, Lars Hollmer and Gianni Gebbia
- Angels on the Edge of Time (2015, CD, Angelica, Italy) – recorded at the 1993 Angelica Festival
- Kwangsi Quail (2015, LP, Shhpuma, Portugal)
- Fred Frith and Darren Johnston
- Everybody's Somebody's Nobody (2016, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal)
Footnotes
- ↑ The Previous Evening was designated "Music for Dance Volume 4" after Accidental was released.
- ↑ Golden State is an LP-only release; "a CD just wouldn't be the same, sonically, visually or ontologically." – Chris Cutler.[2]
- ↑ MMM stands for "MillsMusicMafia", with reference to Mills College where Léandre, Frith and Curran teach music.[3]
References
- ↑ Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; Vuilleumier, Stephane. "Discography of Fred Frith". New York Downtown Scene and other miscellaneous discographies. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ↑ Cutler, Chris. "CUTLER, CHRIS, THOMAS DIMUZIO, FRED FRITH: Golden State (LP)". ReR Megacorp. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ↑ "Joelle Leandre / Fred Frith / Alvin Curran / Urs Leimgruber: MMM". Leo Records. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
External links
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