The Compass, Log and Lead
by FRED FRITH - CARLA KIHLSTEDT - STEVIE WISHART
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time comes presto
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look at sky go
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dog-eared
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I am Buffalo Bill today
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initially this
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postcard from the back
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I am Map
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abstract expressionism
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dream as a means
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aller retour
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time goes largo
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about
Intakt CD 103
The CD The Compass, Log and Lead is a feast of string instruments: Fred Frith paints wonderful colors on his acoustic guitar, Carla Kihlstedt (USA) plays violin and the nyckelharpa, a Swedish folk instrument, and Steve Wishart (Australia) has turned the hurdy-gurdy into a modern instrument. For one of Fred Frith’s strengths has always been to tie together unbelievably beautiful folk harmonies with free improvisation, something already heard in his band Skeleton Crew or in the soundtrack to the film Step Across the Border. This is also a strength of this trio.
The music on this record is improvised. What we bring to each performance is who we are and all that we have learned so far. None of us is involved exclusively with improvisation. We each have experience playing composed music our own and other peoples’ – and we’re involved in a wide range of other musical activities. We write songs, use electronics, work in recording studios, collaborate with artists from other disciplines, compose scores, and much else besides. For us, improvising is the sum of our personal musical histories intertwined, a place where we can meet on equal terms and discover things we never knew, or hear what we thought we knew in a new light.
It’s a conversation, an exchange. There are no rules, other than to listen well and act accordingly.
The CD The Compass, Log and Lead is a feast of string instruments: Fred Frith paints wonderful colors on his acoustic guitar, Carla Kihlstedt (USA) plays violin and the nyckelharpa, a Swedish folk instrument, and Steve Wishart (Australia) has turned the hurdy-gurdy into a modern instrument. For one of Fred Frith’s strengths has always been to tie together unbelievably beautiful folk harmonies with free improvisation, something already heard in his band Skeleton Crew or in the soundtrack to the film Step Across the Border. This is also a strength of this trio.
The music on this record is improvised. What we bring to each performance is who we are and all that we have learned so far. None of us is involved exclusively with improvisation. We each have experience playing composed music our own and other peoples’ – and we’re involved in a wide range of other musical activities. We write songs, use electronics, work in recording studios, collaborate with artists from other disciplines, compose scores, and much else besides. For us, improvising is the sum of our personal musical histories intertwined, a place where we can meet on equal terms and discover things we never knew, or hear what we thought we knew in a new light.
It’s a conversation, an exchange. There are no rules, other than to listen well and act accordingly.
credits
released January 1, 2006
Fred Frith: acoustic guitar, lowry organ, violin
Carla Kihlstedt: violin, nyckelharpa
Stevie Wishart: hurdy-gurdy, electronics, violin
Improvised in October, 2003 at New Improvised Recording, Oakland. Engineer: Myles Boisen, John Finkbeiner. Cover art: Carla Kihlstedt. Design: Fabrizio Gilardino. Produced and published by Intakt Records. Executive production: Fredi Bosshard, Patrik Landolt
Fred Frith: acoustic guitar, lowry organ, violin
Carla Kihlstedt: violin, nyckelharpa
Stevie Wishart: hurdy-gurdy, electronics, violin
Improvised in October, 2003 at New Improvised Recording, Oakland. Engineer: Myles Boisen, John Finkbeiner. Cover art: Carla Kihlstedt. Design: Fabrizio Gilardino. Produced and published by Intakt Records. Executive production: Fredi Bosshard, Patrik Landolt
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Fred Frith Oakland, California
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith has been making noise of one kind or another for almost 50 years.
Fred is best known as a pioneering electric guitarist and improviser, song-writer, and composer for film, dance and theater.
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