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Fred Frith
Prints (Snapshots, Postcards, Messages And Miniatures 1987-2001)

Album UK 2002 on ReR Megacorp label
Electronic, Jazz and Rock (Experimental, Avant-garde, Free Improvisation)

Some of the songs on this record are from compilations to which i have contributed over the years, Stones, Fingerprints, Trocosi, Levity, I Want It To Be Over, and In The Winter Of '64 were recorded for a WDR radio production. The aim of the program was to explore the nature of improvisation. I was supposed to create pieces spontaneously, using my choices from a long list of sampled fragments which i heard only after arriving in the studio. The texts were derived from whatever was in the newspaper on the day of the recording. All these songs were composed and constructed directly onto tape without preparation. Reduce Me was recorded four years later, using the same basic principle. Spot is a live guitar improvisation. Trains & Boats & Planes recorded 1996; From Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (Tzadik Records) Stones recorded January 1997; Text: IHT 27/01/97 Palestinian independence celebrations in Hebron; Sample: Ligueyou Ndeye Realworld CDRW 43 Fingerprints recorded January 1997 Life Of A Detective recorded 1990 at Triple Helix, Denver, CO; From Place Of General Happiness (Lyrics By Ernest Noyes Brookings Vol. 2) © Modern Variety Music (BMI) The Ballad Of Melody Nelson recorded 1997; From Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg (Tzadik Records) Tracosi recorded January 1997; Text: IHT 28/01/97 Enslavement of women in Ghana; Sample: Where Do You Want Go Sound Aspects SAS CD 040 Reduce Me recorded 2001; Text: Guardian July 2001 Afghan woman returns home after ten years of exile Levity Recorded January 1997; Samples: Kattajait from Inuit Games and Songs Unesco Collection D 8032; applause for Helmut Kohl speech, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin True Love recorded 1987 at Noise, New York; from The 20th Anniversary of the Summer of Love (Shimmydisc) I Want It To Be Over recorded January 1997; Text: IHT 27/01/97 Bill Clinton interviewed about Monica Lewinsky; Samples: Escher-loop, broken glass Spot recorded July 2001 In The Winter Of '64 recorded January 1997 Re-mixed, re-constructed and compiled at Jankowski Studio, Esslingen in July 2001. Thanks to Alexander, David Greenberger, Ilana Kotin, Kramer, John Zorn, and all the participating musicians. Distributed by ReR Megacorp Made in USA Distributed in USA by Cuneiform Distributed in Japan by Locus Solus ℗ & © Fred Frith / Anthill Music (GEMA) 1987-2002 Digipak packaging.

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	Fred Frith g, *1949 US instruments, voice, voices, compiled by, technician, re-constructed by, mixed by, re-mixed, album by, written by, guitar
	Peter Hardt , engineer, compiled by, technician, re-constructed by, mixed by, re-mixed
	Heike Liss , *1960 DE photography by, polaroid
	Bernd Lehmann sax, *1966 DE clarinet, tenor saxophone
	Doudou N'Diaye Rose dr, perc, 1930-2015 featuring, sample
	David Kerman dr, perc, *1959 US voice, back-up voice
	Mike Johnson g, voice, principle voice
	Sebastian Gramss cb, b, *1966 DE acoustic bass
	Kahil El'Zabar dr, perc, *1953 US featuring, sample
	Alexandra Schulz , voice, additional
	Inuit , CA featuring, sample
	Bill Clinton vn, *1946 US text by

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