Fred Frith discography

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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 complete discography, see Discography of Fred Frith.

Contents 1 Bands 2 Collaborations 3 Solo 3.1 Music for Dance 3.2 Soundtracks 3.3 Composer only 4 External links

[edit] Bands

Henry Cow

• 1973 Leg End aka Legend (LP Virgin Records, UK)
• 1974 Unrest (LP Virgin Records, UK)
• 1976 Henry Cow Concerts (2xLP Caroline Records, UK)
• 1979 Western Culture (LP Broadcast, UK)

Henry Cow/Slapp Happy

• 1975 Desperate Straights (LP Virgin Records, UK)
• 1975 In Praise of Learning (LP Virgin Records, UK)

Art Bears

• 1978 Hopes and Fears (LP Recommended Records, UK)
• 1979 Winter Songs (LP Recommended Records, UK)
• 1981 The World as It Is Today (LP Recommended Records, UK)

Aksak Maboul

• 1979 Un Peu de L'Ame des Bandits (LP Crammed Discs, Belgium)

Material

• 1981 Memory Serves (LP Celluloid Records, France)
• 1982 One Down (LP Celluloid Records, France)
• 1983 Time Out (LP Celluloid Records, France)
• 1991 Improvised Music New York (CD Muworks Records, Japan)
• 1994 Live from Soundscape (CD DIW, Japan)

Massacre

• 1981 Killing Time (LP Celluloid Records, France)
• 1998 Funny Valentine (CD Tzadik Records, USA)
• 2001 Meltdown (CD Tzadik Records, USA)

Skeleton Crew

• 1984 Learn to Talk (LP Rift Records, USA)
• 1986 The Country of Blinds (LP Rift Records, USA)
• 2005 Learn to Talk / The Country of Blinds (2xCD Fred Records, UK)

French Frith Kaiser Thompson

• 1987 Live, Love, Larf & Loaf (LP Rhino, USA)
• 1990 Invisible Means (LP Windham Hill, USA)

Naked City

• 1990 Naked City (LP Elektra Nonesuch, USA)
• 1990 Torture Garden (LP Shimmy Disc, USA)
• 1992 Heretic, Jeux des Dames Cruelles (CD Avant, Japan)
• 1992 Grand Guignol (CD Avant, Japan)
• 1992 Leng Tch'e (CD Toy's Factory Records, Japan)
• 1993 Radio (CD Avant, Japan)
• 1993 Absinthe (CD Avant, Japan)
• 2002 Naked City Live, Vol 1, The Knitting Factory 1989 (CD Tzadik Records, USA)

Death Ambient

• 1995 Death Ambient (CD Tzadik Records, USA)
• 1999 Synaesthesia (CD Tzadik Records, USA)

Fred Frith Guitar Quartet

• 1997 Ayaya Moses (CD Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
• 1999 Upbeat (CD Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

Keep the Dog

• 2003 That House We Lived In (2xCD Fred Records, UK)

[edit] Collaborations

With Henry Kaiser

• 1979 With Friends Like These (LP Metalanguage, USA)
• 1983 Who Needs Enemies? (LP Metalanguage, USA)

With Bob Ostertag and Phil Minton

• 1982 Voice of America (LP Rift Records, USA)

With Totsuzen Danball

• 1982 Live at Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan (LP Floor Records, Japan)

With Chris Cutler

• 1983 Live in Prague and Washington (LP Recommended Records, UK)
• 1994 Live in Trondheim, Berlin, Limoges (CD Recommended Records, UK)
• 2000 2 Gentlemen in Verona (CD Recommended Records, UK)
• 2007 Live at The Stone (CD Tzadik Records, USA)

With Lol Coxhill

• 1983 French Gigs (LP AAA, France)

With René Lussier

• 1987 Nous Autres (LP Les Disques Victo, Canada)

With Ferdinand Richard

• 1991 Dropera (LP RecRec Music, Switzerland)

With Tim Hodgkinson

• 1992 Live Improvisations (CD Woof Records, UK)

With François-Michel Pesenti

• 1993 Helter Skelter (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)

With Marc Ribot

• 1994 Subsonic 1. Sounds of a Distant Episode (CD Sub Rosa/Subsonic, Belgium)

With John Zorn

• 1995 The Art of Memory (CD Incus, UK)
• 2004 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Five (CD Tzadik Records, USA)

With Jean-Pierre Drouet

• 1997 En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers (CD Transes Europeennes, France)

With Tom Cora

• 1997 Etymology (CD Rarefaction, USA)

With Percy Howard, Charles Hayward and Bill Laswell

• 1998 Meridiem (CD Materiali Sonori, Italy)

With Ensemble Modern

• 2000 Traffic Continues (CD Winter & Winter, Germany)

With Mark Dresser and Ikue Mori

• 2000 Later ... (CD Les Disques Victo, Canada)

With Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis

• 2001 I Dream of You Jumping (CD Les Disques Victo, Canada)

With Maybe Monday

• 2002 Digital Wildlife (CD Winter & Winter, Germany)

With Michel Wintsch, Franziska Baumann and Bernard Trontin

• 2002 Whisperings (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)

With Anne Bourne and John Oswald

• 2002 Dearness (CD Spool, Canada)

With Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen

• 2002 All is Bright, But it is Not Day (CD Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

With Joëlle Léandre and Jonathan Segel

• 2003 Tempted to Smile (CD Spool, Canada)

With Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart

• 2005 The Compass, Log and Lead (CD Intakt, Switzerland)

With Janet Feder

• 2006 Ironic Universe (CD+DVD Ad Hoc Records, USA)

[edit] Solo

• 1974 Guitar Solos (LP Caroline Records, UK)
• 1980 Gravity (LP Ralph Records, USA)
• 1981 Speechless (LP Ralph Records, USA)
• 1982 Live in Japan (2xLP Recommended Records, Japan)
• 1983 Cheap at Half the Price (LP Ralph Records, USA)
• 1994 Quartets (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• 1997 Eye to Ear (CD Tzadik Records, USA)
• 1999 Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986-1996) (CD I Dischi di Angelica, Italy)
• 2001 Clearing (CD Tzadik Records, USA)
• 2002 Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures, 1987-2001 (CD Fred Records, UK)
• 2004 Eye to Ear II (CD Tzadik Records, USA)
• 2005 Eleventh Hour (2xCD Winter & Winter, Germany)

[edit] Music for Dance

• 1988 The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre) (2xLP RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• 1996 Allies (Music for Dance volume 2) (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• 1997 The Previous Evening (Music for Dance volume 4) (CD Recommended Records, UK) ¹
• 2002 Accidental (Music for Dance volume 3) (CD Fred Records, UK)
• 2006 The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance volume 5) (CD Fred Records, UK)

¹ The Previous Evening was designated "Music for Dance volume 4" after Accidental was released.

[edit] Soundtracks

• 1989 The Top of His Head – original soundtrack to the film The Top of His Head by Peter Mettler (LP Crammed Discs, Belgium)
• 1990 Step Across the Border – original soundtrack to the film Step Across the Border by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel (2xLP RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• 1995 Middle of the Moment – original soundtrack to the film Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• 2003 Rivers and Tides – original soundtrack to the film Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer (CD Winter & Winter, Germany)

[edit] Composer only

• 1998 Pacifica (CD Tzadik Records, USA)
• 2002 Freedom in Fragments (CD Tzadik Records, USA)
• 2006 Impur (CD Fred Records, UK)

[edit] External links

• Fred Frith discography.

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Bands
Art Bears • Henry Cow • Keep the Dog • Massacre • Skeleton Crew Death Ambient • Fred Frith Guitar Quartet • French Frith Kaiser Thompson Aksak Maboul • Material • Naked City
Solo discography
Guitar Solos (1974)  •  Gravity (1980)  •  Speechless (1981)  •  Live in Japan (1982)  •  Cheap at Half the Price (1983)  •  Quartets (1994)  •  Eye to Ear (1997)  •  Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (1999)  •  Clearing (2001)  •  Prints (2002)  •  Eye to Ear II (2004)  •  Eleventh Hour (2005)
Music for Dance:  The Technology of Tears (1988)  •  Allies (1996)  •  The Previous Evening (1997)  •  Accidental (2002)  •  The Happy End Problem (2006)
Soundtracks:  The Top of His Head (1989)  •  Step Across the Border (1990)  •  Middle of the Moment (1995)  •  Rivers and Tides (2003)
Composer only:  Pacifica (1998)  •  Freedom in Fragments (2002)  •  Impur (2006)
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Fred Frith discography  •  Fred Records