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''Accidental (Music for Dance Volume 3)'' is a
studio album
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by
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guitarist
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,
composer
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and
improvisor Fred Frith
Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser.
Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
. It is the third of a series of
Music for Dance albums Frith made, and was recorded between December 1995 and January 1996 at Studio Jankowski in
Stuttgart
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, Germany. The album was released on CD in March 2002 on
Fred Records
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and was the first release in Frith's archival release program on the record label.
Background
''Accidental'' was commissioned in 1995 by the
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choreographer
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Paul Selwyn Norton
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for the dance piece "Rogue Tool", with funding provided by the
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through the British/Israeli cultural initiative, BI Arts. "Rogue Tool" was premiered by the Batsheva Dance Company in
Tel Aviv
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,
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in February 1996.
Frith constructed the music on ''Accidental'' using a principle he called "block-melodies" and he incorporated random events, or "accidents", into the compositions, including "
found sounds" and
field recording
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s, to trigger new patterns. Frith explained the background to the making of the album:
Reception
Bill Tilland of the
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wrote in a review of this album:
In a review for
AllMusic
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, François Couture commented: "''Accidental'' may not be as ambitious, challenging, or cutting-edge as the man's other output from the 1990s, but it sure sounds sweet to fans of his avant rock work from the previous two decades. Recommended."
Chris Brook, writing for the ''
Rough Guide to Rock'', stated that the album title "suggest
exactly the principles behind the compositions," and noted that the recording "took elements as diverse as improvised mandolin and random radio tunings and assembled them into a mesmerizing whole."
Jesse Jarnow of
Jambands.com remarked: "When I
listen to ''Accidental''... I don't think in terms of narrative... I imagine something moving. That's not to say that I visualize anything, either. It just moves. It's a feeling I don't get from... other proper dance/groove music. Groove music makes one move, but there is often little movement within it." He concluded that ''Accidental'' "invert
that idea, but keep
it just as compelling, and a lot more challenging."
Track listing
All tracks composed by
Fred Frith
Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser.
Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
.
Personnel
*
Fred Frith
Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser.
Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
– guitars, violin, keyboards, percussion, samplers, voice
Sound
*Extraneous material taken from recordings of demonstrations in
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and
Washington, D.C.
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, and random radio tunings
*Engineered by
Peter Hardt
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*Edited and mastered by
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and
Fred Frith
Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser.
Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
, July 2000
*Design and artwork by
Notes
References
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