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Fred Frith (17 Feb 1949 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (41)

Official

Album

  1. Guitar Solos 1974
  2. Gravity 1980
  3. Speechless 1981
  4. Cheap at Half the Price 1983
  5. The Technology of Tears (and Other Music for Dance and Theatre) 1988
  6. Quartets 1994
  7. Eye to Ear 18 Mar 1997
  8. The Previous Evening 1997
  9. Pacifica 16 Jun 1998
  10. Clearing 26 Jun 2001
  11. Freedom In Fragments Feb 2002
  12. Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures 1987-2001 2002
  13. Accidental: Music for Dance, Volume 3 27 Jan 2003
  14. Eye To Ear II Jan 2004
  15. Allies: Music for Dance, Volume 2 23 May 2005
  16. Eleventh Hour (Arditti Quartet / Uwe Dierksen / William Winant) 2005
  17. The Happy End Problem 2006
  18. Impur 2006
  19. Back to Life 01 Jan 2008
  20. To Sail, To Sail 2008
  21. The Technology Of Tears 2008
  22. Impur II 01 Jan 2009
  23. Clearing Customs 2011
  24. Backscatter Bright Blue 01 Dec 2014
  25. Field Days (The Amanda Loops) Nov 2015
  26. Propaganda Nov 2015

Album - Live

  1. Live in Japan (The Guitars on the Table Approach Vol.1) 1982
  2. Live in Japan (The Guitars on the Table Approach Vol. 2) 1982
  3. Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986-96) 1999
  4. Keep the Dog: That House We Lived In 2001
  5. Storytelling (live at Theater Gütersloh) 18 Aug 2017
  6. Fred Frith Live at the Stone - All Is Always Now Mar 2019

Album - Soundtrack

  1. The Top of His Head 1989
  2. Step Across the Border 1990
  3. Middle of the Moment 1995
  4. Rivers and Tides { working with time 16 Jun 2003
  5. Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air (Music for Dance Volume 6) Sep 2009
  6. Eye To Ear III 2010

Album - Compilation

  1. Rocking the Boat: Vol. 1 of the Fred Records Story, 2001-2020 01 Mar 2021
  2. Crossing Borders: Vol. 2 of The Fred Records Story, 2001-2020 01 Mar 2021
  3. Stepping Out: Vol. 3 of the Fred Records Story, 2001-2020 01 Mar 2021

Relationships (20)

Students

  1. Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson

Member Of

  1. Art Bears (1978 - 1981)
  2. Cosa Brava (Mar 2008)
  3. Fred Frith Trio lead vocals, electric guitar
  4. Mother Gong
  5. Massacre
  6. Henry Cow
  7. Mad World Music guitar
  8. The Golden Palominos
  9. Fred Frith Guitar Quartet
  10. Tone Dogs
  11. Death Ambient
  12. French Frith Kaiser Thompson eponymous
  13. Material
  14. Duck and Cover
  15. Naked City
  16. Skeleton Crew
  17. Bladerunner
  18. Two Against One

Married

  1. Heike Liss

Recordings by (480)

  1. Hello Music 1:31 (1974)
  2. Glass c/w Steel 5:35 (1974)
  3. Ghosts 3:12 (1974)
  4. Out of Their Heads (On Locoweed) 8:24 (1974)
  5. Not Forgotten 1:55 (1974)
  6. Hollow Music 2:43 (1974)
  7. Heat c/w Moment 1:43 (1974)
  8. No Birds 12:46 (1974)
  9. Water / Struggle / The North 11:05 (1976)
  10. Only Reflect 4:00 (1976)
  11. Dancing in the Street 3:19 (1980)
  12. My Enemy Is a Bad Man ?:?? (1980)
  13. The Entire Works of Henry Cow 1:06 (1980)
  14. The Boy Beats the Rams 4:59 (1980)
  15. Spring Any Day Now 3:08 (1980)
  16. Don't Cry For Me 3:32 (1980)
  17. Hands of the Juggler 5:37 (1980)
  18. Norrgården Nyvla 2:57 (1980)
  19. Year of the Monkey 4:17 (1980)
  20. What a Dilemma 3:14 (1980)
  21. Crack in the Concrete 1:24 (1980)
  22. Come Across 2:50 (1980)
  23. Slap Dance 2:34 (1980)
  24. A Career in Real Estate 4:47 (1980)
  25. Dancing in Rockville, Maryland 2:55 (1980)
  26. Woman Speak to Men; Men Speak to Woman 5:43 (1981)
  27. Balance 5:07 (1981)
  28. Speechless 3:07 (1981)
  29. Domaine de Planousset 3:01 (1981)
  30. Kick the Can, Part 2 2:18 (1981)
  31. Laughing Matter ?:?? (1981)
  32. Esperanza ?:?? (1981)
  33. Osaka I 21:42 (1982)
  34. Osaka II 2:16 (1982)
  35. Osaka III 2:15 (1982)
  36. Fukuoka I 9:25 (1982)
  37. Fukuoka II 9:12 (1982)
  38. Maebashi I 8:16 (1982)
  39. Fukuoka III 11:12 (1982)
  40. Tokyo I 3:50 (1982)
  41. Some Clouds Don't 3:13 (1983)
  42. Cap the Knife 2:49 (1983)
  43. Evolution 3:22 (1983)
  44. Too Much Too Little 2:09 (1983)
  45. The Welcome 2:28 (1983)
  46. Same Old Me 2:58 (1983)
  47. Some Clouds Do 2:50 (1983)
  48. Instant Party 1:55 (1983)
  49. Walking Song 3:16 (1983)
  50. Flying in the Face of Facts 2:43 (1983)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd) 3:57 Brian Eno (Dec 1977)
  2. Strange Light 2:09 Brian Eno (1978)

Performer

  1. Norrgården Nyvla 2:57 Fred Frith (1980)
  2. Legs 2:04 Massacre (1981)
  3. Gate 2:38 Massacre (1981)
  4. Tourism 4:12 Massacre (1981)
  5. Subway Heart 2:45 Massacre (1981)
  6. Lost Causes 3:15 Massacre (1981)
  7. Surfing 1:15 Massacre (1981)
  8. Not the Person We Knew 3:17 Massacre (1981)
  9. Bones 1:41 Massacre (1981)
  10. As Is 8:06 Massacre (1981)
  11. After 5:01 Massacre (1981)
  12. Aging With Dignity 3:06 Massacre (1981)
  13. Killing Time 2:54 Massacre (1981)
  14. Corridor 1:58 Massacre (1981)
  15. Evolution 3:22 Fred Frith (1983)
  16. Too Much Too Little 2:09 Fred Frith (1983)

Instruments

  1. Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road 6:08 Robert Wyatt (26 Jul 1974) viola
  2. Beautiful as the Moon — Terrible as an Army With Banners 7:02 Henry Cow (09 May 1975) piano
  3. Water / Struggle / The North 11:05 Fred Frith (1976) guitar
  4. Only Reflect 4:00 Fred Frith (1976) guitar
  5. All Day 7:16 Janet Sherbourne, Steve Beresford, Phil Buckle, Kevin Edwards, Fred Frith, Stuart Jones (1976) guitar
  6. Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd) 3:57 Brian Eno (Dec 1977) guitar
  7. Energy Fools the Magician 2:06 Brian Eno (Dec 1977) electric guitar
  8. History & Prospects: On the Raft 4:01 Henry Cow (1978) soprano saxophone
  9. On Suicide 1:27 Art Bears (1978) electric guitar
  10. Terrain 3:49 Art Bears (1978) bass
  11. The Squirrel and the Ricketty Racketty Bridge 21:10 Brian Eno, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Gavin Bryars (1978) electric guitar
  12. The Tube 3:05 Art Bears (1978) bass
  13. Strange Light 2:09 Brian Eno (1978) electric guitar
  14. Two Rapid Formations 3:23 Brian Eno (1978) electric guitar
  15. Norrgården Nyvla 2:57 Fred Frith (1980) bass, guitar, violin
  16. Getting A Head 18:40 Bob Ostertag (1980) guitar
  17. Crack in the Concrete 1:24 Fred Frith (1980) keyboard, guitar, violin
  18. Shadow to Shadow 7:07 Kip Hanrahan (1981) electric guitar
  19. Voice of America, Part 1 17:01 Fred Frith, Bob Ostertag, & Phil Minton (1982) tape, guitar
  20. Time Out 4:58 Material (1982) guitar
  21. Voice of America, Part 2 21:18 Fred Frith, Bob Ostertag, & Phil Minton (1982)
  22. Lowlands 4:29 Bill Laswell (1983) guitar, violin
  23. Uprising 1:07 Bill Laswell (1983) guitar, violin
  24. Barricade 4:10 Bill Laswell (1983) guitar, violin
  25. Unsafe at Any Speed 3:30 David Moss (1985) bass
  26. Three Metal Moves 3:42 David Moss (1985) bass, guitar
  27. Surface Tension 3:21 David Moss (1985) bass
  28. Stride 3:25 David Moss (1985) bass
  29. Sixth Sense 3:05 David Moss (1985) bass

Vocals

  1. Der kleine Leutnant des lieben Gottes 5:22 John Zorn (1985)

Produced

  1. Fallaway 2:19 David Moss (1985)
  2. Unsafe at Any Speed 3:30 David Moss (1985)

Credited as (112)

  1. Fred Frith
  2. Fred Frith & Ensemble Modern
  3. Tom Cora, Fred Frith & John Zorn
  4. Fred Frith & Catherine Jauniaux
  5. Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser
  6. Attwenger and Fred Frith
  7. Fred Frith & Beth Custer
  8. Fred Frith & Tina Curran
  9. Ikue Mori, Fred Frith & Mark Dresser
  10. Antoine Berthiaume & Derek Bailey & Fred Frith
  11. Fred Frith & Evelyn Glennie
  12. Fred Frith, Stevie Wishart & Carla Kihlstedt
  13. Cora/Cutler/Frith
  14. Fred Frith, Bob Ostertag, & Phil Minton
  15. Fred Frith & René Lussier
  16. Fred Frith & Tim Hodgkinson
  17. John Zorn & Fred Frith
  18. Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Charles K. Noyes
  19. Chris Cutler & Fred Frith
  20. Kronos Quartet & Fred Frith
  21. Fred Frith & Maybe Monday
  22. Percy Howard, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith & Bill Laswell
  23. Antoine Berthiaume, Derek Bailey & Fred Frith
  24. Thomas Dimuzio with Chris Cutler and Fred Frith
  25. Fred Frith + Que D'La Gueule
  26. Fred Frith / Marc Ribot
  27. Rusconi feat. Fred Frith
  28. Fred Frith / Joëlle Léandre / Jonathan Segel
  29. Scholl, Erismann, Niggli, Frith, Koch, Kowald
  30. Kazuyuki K.Null with Fred Frith, Guy Lohnes, Ichiro Agata & Jim O’Rourke
  31. Dalaba, Frith, Glick Rieman, Kihlstedt
  32. Fred Frith and John Butcher
  33. Lotte Anker & Fred Frith
  34. Andy Haas Duet With Fred Frith
  35. Johanna Borchert with Fred Frith, Shahzad Ismaily & Julian Sartorius
  36. Janet Feder + Fred Frith
  37. Kronos Quartet, Fred Frith & Christopher Laurence
  38. Fred Frith, John Zorn, Onnyk & Toyozumi Yoshisaburo
  39. Ostertag with Zorn with Frith
  40. Jean-Pierre Drouet / Fred Frith / Louis Sclavis
  41. Fred Frith / Darren Johnston
  42. Toychestra and Fred Frith
  43. Thomas Bloch, Fred Frith & Sally Potter
  44. Thomas Bloch & Fred Frith
  45. Frith & Kaiser
  46. Fred Frith and Arte Quartett
  47. Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith
  48. Fred Frith & John Zorn
  49. Fred Frith & John Oswald
  50. Fred Frith & Bob Ostertag
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Works (66)

Wrote

  1. Rats & Monkeys
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Composed

  1. Trouble With Traffic (1995)
  2. The Right Angel (2003)
  3. What Happens
  4. Two to Three to Tango
  5. Re-Shuffle
  6. Day to Climb
  7. Full Step
  8. Glider
  9. Neural Sense
  10. Song of the Possible
  11. Miniscus
  12. Swayaway
  13. For Nothing
  14. For Nothing: I. —
  15. For Nothing: II. —
  16. For Nothing: III. —
  17. Water / Struggle / The North
  18. Only Reflect
  19. Should See Me Out
  20. Every Minute Counts
  21. Song of the Crow
  22. Almost Yes Unless
  23. Barn Dance
  24. Scribble
  25. Luminiscense
  26. Everybody's Somebody's Nobody
  27. Bounce
  28. Morning and the Shadow
  29. Down Time
  30. Rising Time
  31. Scratch
  32. Ants
  33. Standard Candles
  34. A Spit in the Ocean
  35. Norrgården Nyvla
  36. Storytelling (For Eduardo Galeano) - Chapter 1
  37. Storytelling (For Eduardo Galeano) - Chapter 2
  38. Storytelling (For Eduardo Galeano) - Chapter 3
  39. La Pasión de Soñar
  40. Backsliding
  41. Pocket
  42. Hello, I Must Be Going
  43. downtown, top corner
  44. points follow
  45. We Build
  46. Bottle
  47. describe it either
  48. the soul hovers
  49. Code
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Events (5)

Main Performer At

  1. Fred Frith at Rönnells antikvariat
  2. Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2001
  3. Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2002
  4. Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2003
  5. MIMI 89

Links (22)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.fredfrith.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.whosampled.com/Fred-Frith/
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13950886x
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/fred_frith
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91038281
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr91038281
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w69f23tv
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134378660

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Fred+Frith

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/351412

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Frith

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/78003

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000178916

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295947/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/46952033

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460325

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KMt98IljgbTUeeU9KAu7y
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/465726

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/33316

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FredFrith_June1998.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/4801bad4-1b42-4c9e-84b1-bf61067ab67c

Discography Pages

  1. http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm