tracks

Trains & Boats & Planes
Stones
Fingerprints
Life Of A Detective
The Ballad Of Melody Nelson
Trocosi
Reduce Me
Levity
True Love
I Want It To Be Over
Spot
In The Winter Of '64

notes

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.

credits

Design – Tomas Kurth
Engineer – Peter Hardt (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12)
Instruments, Voice [Voices] – Fred Frith
Mixed By [Re-mixed], Technician [Re-constructed By], Compiled By – Fred Frith, Peter Hardt
Photography By [Polaroid] – Heike Liss
Recorded By – Alexander Schuhmacher (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12)

companies

Distributed By – ReR Megacorp
Distributed By – Cuneiform Records
Distributed By – Locus Solus
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fred Frith
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Anthill Music
Copyright (c) – Fred Frith
Copyright (c) – Anthill Music
Copyright (c) – Modern Variety Music
Recorded At – Jankowski Soundfabrik GmbH
Recorded At – Triple Helix
Recorded At – Noise New York
Remixed At – Jankowski Soundfabrik GmbH
Manufactured By – www.morphius.com

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