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Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English musician and composer. He is brother of Simon Frith, a well-known music critic and sociologist and Chris Frith, a psychologist working at University College London.
He primarily performs on guitar, regular and selfmade ones,producing an innovative series of experimental Guitar Solos albums during the 1970s. He also plays bass guitar, violin, drums and xylophone. He was a founder member of British avant-garde progressive rock bands Henry Cow and Art Bears. While living in New York City he formed two improvising groups in the early 1980s, Massacre and Skeleton Crew. He has collaborated with Robert Wyatt, Brian Eno, Lars Hollmer, The Residents, Lol Coxhill, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Attwenger and others. Frith has also made two records with experimental group French Frith Kaiser Thompson (consisting of John French, Frith, Henry Kaiser, and Richard Thompson).
In 1990, German film makers Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel filmed Step Across the Border, a documentary on the Frith’s life, work and philosophy of music making, as well as many famed musicians of New York’s East Village and the New Music world: Arto Lindsay, Cyro Baptista, Iva Bittova, René Lussier and Tom Cora, to name a few.
He is a professor of the Music Department at Mills College, Oakland, California.
He primarily performs on guitar, regular and selfmade ones,producing an innovative series of experimental Guitar Solos albums during the 1970s. He also plays bass guitar, violin, drums and xylophone. He was a founder member of British avant-garde progressive rock bands Henry Cow and Art Bears. While living in New York City he formed two improvising groups in the early 1980s, Massacre and Skeleton Crew. He has collaborated with Robert Wyatt, Brian Eno, Lars Hollmer, The Residents, Lol Coxhill, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Derek Bailey, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Attwenger and others. Frith has also made two records with experimental group French Frith Kaiser Thompson (consisting of John French, Frith, Henry Kaiser, and Richard Thompson).
In 1990, German film makers Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel filmed Step Across the Border, a documentary on the Frith’s life, work and philosophy of music making, as well as many famed musicians of New York’s East Village and the New Music world: Arto Lindsay, Cyro Baptista, Iva Bittova, René Lussier and Tom Cora, to name a few.
He is a professor of the Music Department at Mills College, Oakland, California.
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Edelce wrote:
Estará en Chile el 17 de Diciembre!
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ggoes wrote:
just saw him in act of god!
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Clashnroller wrote:
Great sounds.
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MeteoFestival wrote:
Fred Frith will perform 3 times in Festival météo (Mulhouse - F). Solo, duo w/ Fritz Hauser & trio w/ Stevie Wishart, Daniella Cattivelli. see > http://www.lastfm.fr/event/1165670+météo+-+Mulhouse+Music+Festival
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chinneths wrote:
i like this stuff
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grahamr93 wrote:
Who here has seen "Touch The Sound"?
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gamboda wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/third+view/negative+premonition some free music from russia sibiria very intresting
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uncle-naughty wrote:
Fred Firth, Ikue Mori & Kato Hideki collaborating on a jewel called Death Ambient.a new find for me, and it's tasty with fava bean and a nice chianti I saw Fred doing his one man total improve thing and I was very very happy to have done so Mr the Snakefinger is gone, :[
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insomniacme wrote:
Didn't Snakefinger die? :(
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lbanezist wrote:
Saw him with Co Streiff in Switzerland today. Godlike.
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Universs wrote:
Shure Fred is Fred and Snakefinger is Snakefinger. I wonder how many ppl discuss this nonsense rumor about. Snakefinger was not so enigmatic figure like Residents, he appeared many times at public and string of solo albums. His technique interesting in its own rights has nothing to do with Mr Frith genious.
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Tongman wrote:
I've been chasing the illusive (in mainstream) Mr. Frith all me life after being exposed to Massacre as a teen and then losing it. I think he's the secret Pope or something and I think he had more to do with The Residents than most let on. Is Fred Snakefinger??
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PandaGetSad wrote:
catchy tune - fred frith ♥
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Grindfucked wrote:
To Sail, To Sail is really really good, I think. sunk in at 2nd listen.
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SeattleJQueen wrote:
I can't kill TangerinePie. Y'know...it's perfectly normal for some kids to have two daddies, or two mommies.
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SeattleJQueen wrote:
Well, he's my father. Does this mean I have two daddies now? :|
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TangerinePie wrote:
Fred Frith is my boyfriend.
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drtikliner wrote:
Massacre////////Fred Frirh Bill Laswell Fred Maher Super zika,zamisli koja ekipa...super
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Mynoreti wrote:
amazing
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green_pencil wrote:
I really like the part in Step across the border when Fred plays with the seagulls.
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Fred Frith en Chile
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