Three distinct commissions for dance performed by Frith & Carla Kihlstedt; Frith & Carla with Fred Guiliano & Gail Brand; and with Frith, Hande Erdem & Threresa Wong.
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Fred Frith-electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, computing, samples, radio, running, bass mbira, low-grade violin, voice
Carla Kihlstedt-violin
Sarah Gail Brand-trombone cameo
Fred Giuliani-samples
Hande Erdem-violin
Theresa Wong-cello
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UPC: 752725902120
Label: ReR/ Fred Records
Catalog ID: ReR/FRA 7
Squidco Product Code: 12279
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: Great Britain
Packaging: Digipack - 3 panel
Recorded and mixed at Guerrilla Recordings, Oakland by Myles Boisen, 2008.
"This is Frith's sixth CD of music for dance, featuring three commissions by three different choreographers each sharing, as Fred says ' a certain obsession with melodic deconstruction.' Two of them feature - and were especially written for - the remarkable violinist Carla Kihlstedt. Fred and Carla perform one of them (Fred playing a huge array of instruments here as on all pieces), are joined by Fred Guiliano, (samples) and Gail Brand (trombone) on another, while the third features Fred, Hande Erdem (violin) and Threresa Wong (cello). These are complex studio compositions characterised by a deceptive simplicity, layers and plateaux, rhythm and colour."-ReR USA
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• Show Bio for Carla Kihlstedt "Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971) is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod. She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, renamed Tin Hat), Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Book of Knots, Causing a Tiger and Rabbit Rabbit. Other musical projects include 2 Foot Yard, Charming Hostess and Minamo (Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii). She is a recognized classical composer who has performed with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), has worked occasionally on projects with Tom Waits and Fred Frith, and recorded numerous albums as a guest or session musician. Kihlstedt has studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In February 2012 she founded Rabbit Rabbit with her husband (and former Sleepytime Gorilla Museum drummer) Matthias Bossi. Rabbit Rabbit released their debut album, Rabbit Rabbit Radio - Vol. 1 in 2013. The band revolves around a song-a-month subscription website called Rabbit Rabbit Radio." ^ Hide Bio for Carla Kihlstedt • Show Bio for Sarah Gail Brand "Sarah Gail Brand: trombonist composer arranger tutor workshop leader. Born in London, 1971. Described by The Wire magazine as the most exciting trombone player for years, Sarah Gail Brand has recorded and performed on the international Jazz and Improvised Music since the early 1990s with Mark Sanders, John Edwards, Martin Hathaway, Billy Jenkins, Elton Dean, Evan Parker, Phil Minton, Lol Coxhill, Alexander Hawkins, Maggie Nicols, Rachel Musson, Wadada Leo Smith, Jason Yarde, Steve Beresford and countless others. She appears in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, series 1 & 2 (BBC TV) and with Stewart in the 2014 documentary film Taking the Dog for a Walk. Current ongoing performing projects include: Brand/Sanders duo with Mark Sanders (drums); Deep Trouble Trio with Paul Rogers (7 string double bass) and Mark Sanders (drums); Brand/Beresford/Edwards/Sanders (Steve Beresford- electronics, piano,John Edwards- double bass) This ensemble also works as a quartet with Mark Sanders (drums) SGB Sextet: SGB (trombone), Nicholas Malcolm (trumpet), Martin Hathaway (reeds), Liam Noble (piano), Dave Whitford (double bass) Mark Sanders (drums) Rosenblatt with Sam Eastmond: SGB (trombone), Hannah Marshall (cello), Mick Foster (bass clarinet), Moss Freed (guitar), Mark Lewandowski (double bass), Will Glaser (drums). Sarah's composing credits include an original score for the Charlie Chaplin classic Easy Street, premiered at the Barbican Cinema, London in 2013; incidental music for the 2014 short Low Down Alley Blues; We Should Consider The Possibility- Piece for Improvising Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra, premiered by the Guildhall Improvised Music Ensemble and the Southbank Sinfonia in 2014. Sarah was a guest presenter on Jazz on 3 (BBC Radio 3) 2009-2016, is a professor of Improvisation at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and a qualified Music Therapist. Sarah is currently studying for her PhD in Improvised Music at Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent." ^ Hide Bio for Sarah Gail Brand • Show Bio for Theresa Wong "Theresa Wong is a composer, cellist and vocalist active at the intersection of music, experimentation, improvisation and the synergy of multiple disciplines. Bridging sound, movement, theater and visual art, her primary interest lies in finding the potential for transformation for both the artist and receiver alike. Her works include The Unlearning (Tzadik), 21 songs for violin, cello and 2 voices inspired by Goya's Disasters of War etchings, O Sleep, an improvised opera for an 8 piece ensemble exploring the conundrum of sleep and dream life and Venice Is A Fish, a collection of solo songs. Her commissioned works include pieces for Splinter Reeds, Vajra Voices, pianist Sarah Cahill and Del Sol string quartet. At the heart of her work is a desire to expand the sonic possibilities of materials and to explore their potential in many modes of performance. She collaborates with many singular artists, including Fred Frith, Ellen Fullman, Luciano Chessa, Annie Lewandowski, Chris Brown, Frantz Loriot, John McCowen, Søren Kjærgaard, Carla Kihlstedt, conceptual artist Jonathon Keats and filmmaker Daria Martin. In 2018, Wong founded fo'c'sle, a record label dedicated to adventurous music from the Bay Area and beyond, featuring inaugural releases by Ellen Fullman with David Gamper and Stuart Dempster, Chris Brown, Powerdove and the Lijiang Quintet. Wong has shared her work internationally at venues including Fondation Cartier in Paris, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Cafe Oto in London, Festival de Arte y Ópera Contemporánea in Morelia, Mexico and The Stone and Roulette in New York City. She is the recipient of grants from the Center for Cultural Innovation, American Composers Forum, San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music and Meet The Composer. Wong is a Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow and has also been an artist-in-residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts and Yaddo. She currently works and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area." ^ Hide Bio for Theresa Wong
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Track Listing:
1. Nowhere To Run 5:17
2. Nowhere Near 3:19
3. Nowhere To Be Seen 3:10
4. Nowhere Else 1:43
5. Nowhere Can Compare 2:21
6. Getting Nowhere 2:27
7. Going Nowhere 2:25
8. Nowhere To Hide 3:08
9. Sideshow: Clearing The Throat 3:34
10. Sideshow: Show Time 7:24
11. Sideshow: On Or In The Wing 3:13
12. Sideshow: Act Two 3:31
13. Sideshow: Angels With Thirty Faces 5:17
14. Sideshow: In Which All May Have Been Resolved 5:27
15. Sideshow: Ghost Of BB 1:48
16. Sideshow: Ms. Mac Drinks And Goes Home 1:19
17. Thin Air: Ladders 6:52
18. Thin Air: Screened 1:35
19. Thin Air: Plastic 3:01
20. Thin Air: Running 3:51
21. Thin Air: Falling 3:27
22. Thin Air: Fast Feet 2:29
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