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| John Zorn
Fred CDs
Art Of Memory II CD (2008) Import
 $37.25
Sometimes they seem to be responding to each other's ideas, other times they're engaged in parallel but unrelated play like two toddlers side by side in a sandbox. Zorn's approach to winds is all about timbre and color; pitch is secondary at best. Both of them also have a sense of humor, which is a good thing when your musical modus operandi involves hitting your guitar with stuff and doing unnatural things with birdcalls. The five tracks on this album were originally recorded in two live venues in 1983 and 1985, just at the beginning of the end of what had been, for about ten years, an unbelievably fertile avant-garde music scene in downtown Manhattan. No one (except maybe Bill Laswell) did more to bring color and vibrancy to that scene than Frith and Zorn, and this recording helps illustrate how they did it: Frith's tonal palette is unbelievably varied, his techniques as utterly unorthodox as they are kaleidoscopically fascinating. Amazingly, there's hardly an uninteresting sound anywhere on this album. No matter how mellifluous the noises he makes (and they are rarely very mellifluous at all), Zorn always sounds like an angry guy who's out for revenge. No matter how hellaciously abrasive the noises he makes, Frith always sounds like a happy guy having fun. What makes guitarist Fred Frith and saxophonist/bird caller John Zorn such a great improv team is that their musical personalities are so different. Highly recommended to all skronk fans.
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| Massacre
Fred music
Killing Time CD (1982)
$15.29  
Massacre (despite its heavy-metallish moniker) was a challenging but quirkily charming "power trio" consisting of guitarist Fred Frith, bassist Bill Laswell and drummer Fred Maher, all of whom had already established themselves as movers and shakers in the experimental-music world. Of the many obscure and wonderful albums recorded by members of the downtown avant-garde elite in the early 1980s, this is one of the most obscure and most wonderful.
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| Skeleton Crew
Fred Records
Learn To Talk/The Country Of Blinds CDs (2005)
$20.59
Skeleton Crew (80's): Fred Frith (vocals, guitar, violin, piano, 6-string bass, drums); Zeena Parkins (electric harp, accordion, organ, drums); Tom Cora (cello, bass guitar, drums).
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| Fred music
Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages And Miniatures, 1987-2001 CD (2002)
$15.29
Liner Note Author: Fred Frith.
Recording information: Noise, NY (1987-2001); Triple Helix, Denver, CO (1987-2001).
Photographer: Heike Liss.
The short story: Prints is Fred Frith's first album of songs in 20 years. The long story: it is actually a collection of compilation tracks
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