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Soul of the Machine
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Drowning
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The Wedding
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The Letter
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Slings and Arrows
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Jitters
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For Lars Hollmer
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Emigrants
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Nobody Told Me
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Common Sense
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about
Intakt CD 204
"Cosa Brava is about storytelling. I don't think about it too much. It just turned out that way. Some of the stories have words and some don't, but they share a sense of scenes glimpsed in passing. Torn photos, fragments of movies, distant shouts. One of my earliest memories is of a long drive north, as our family moved away from London to start a new life in the Yorkshire dales. I remember the smell of the car, and passing our broken down removals lorry in the middle of night. I was four years old, and sometimes it feels like I've been on the road ever since. I need to travel, and now my life depends on it, so there's never a shortage of stories. The musicians of Cosa Brava are fellow nomads and experienced collaborators, and some of the best storytellers around, so my stories also become their stories. It's been an exhilarating journey, and I still have no idea where we're going. In the end it doesn't seem very important."
REVIEWS:
www.intaktrec.ch/rev204-a.htm
"Cosa Brava is about storytelling. I don't think about it too much. It just turned out that way. Some of the stories have words and some don't, but they share a sense of scenes glimpsed in passing. Torn photos, fragments of movies, distant shouts. One of my earliest memories is of a long drive north, as our family moved away from London to start a new life in the Yorkshire dales. I remember the smell of the car, and passing our broken down removals lorry in the middle of night. I was four years old, and sometimes it feels like I've been on the road ever since. I need to travel, and now my life depends on it, so there's never a shortage of stories. The musicians of Cosa Brava are fellow nomads and experienced collaborators, and some of the best storytellers around, so my stories also become their stories. It's been an exhilarating journey, and I still have no idea where we're going. In the end it doesn't seem very important."
REVIEWS:
www.intaktrec.ch/rev204-a.htm
credits
released April 15, 2012
Fred Frith: guitar, bass, voice
Carla Kihlstedt: violin, bass harmonica, voice
Zeena Parkins: accordion, keyboards, foley objects, voice
Shahzad Ismaily: bass, voice
Matthias Bossi: drums, percussion, mayhem, voice
The Norman Conquest: sound manipulation
All songs composed by Fred Frith and arranged by Cosa Brava, (* words by Zeina Nasr & FF). Recorded by The Norman Conquest at Chàteau de Faverolles, France, between June 1-4, 2010 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12) and at New Improved Recording, Oakland, between August 9-11, 2011 (tracks 3, 7, 9, 10). Mixed by Peter Hardt at Jankowski Tonfabrik, Esslingen, on April 9-11, 2011 / July 4-5, 2011 / January 31, February 3, 2012. Mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha, Oakland, on February 10, 2012. Cover art: Heike Liss. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Produced by Fred Frith and Intakt Records. Published and copyright by Intakt
Fred Frith: guitar, bass, voice
Carla Kihlstedt: violin, bass harmonica, voice
Zeena Parkins: accordion, keyboards, foley objects, voice
Shahzad Ismaily: bass, voice
Matthias Bossi: drums, percussion, mayhem, voice
The Norman Conquest: sound manipulation
All songs composed by Fred Frith and arranged by Cosa Brava, (* words by Zeina Nasr & FF). Recorded by The Norman Conquest at Chàteau de Faverolles, France, between June 1-4, 2010 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12) and at New Improved Recording, Oakland, between August 9-11, 2011 (tracks 3, 7, 9, 10). Mixed by Peter Hardt at Jankowski Tonfabrik, Esslingen, on April 9-11, 2011 / July 4-5, 2011 / January 31, February 3, 2012. Mastered by Myles Boisen at Headless Buddha, Oakland, on February 10, 2012. Cover art: Heike Liss. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Produced by Fred Frith and Intakt Records. Published and copyright by Intakt
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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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