''Field Days (The Amanda Loops)'' is a

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by English

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and

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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 comprises 14 pieces for dance written by Frith for

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Amanda Miller and the Nederland Dans Theater. The album was released by Fred Records in November 2015.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

. Sources: AllMusic, Discogs, SquidCo

Personnel

– all other instruments * Carla Kihlstedt – Nyckelharpa, violin *

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– Shakuhachi * Daan Vandewalle – piano * William Winant – percussion * Lotte Anker – saxophone * Arte Sax Quartet – saxophones *

Arditti Quartet The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. T ...

– strings Sources: Discogs, SquidCo

Sound and artwork

Recorded at Guerilla Recordings, Oakland, California, 2011. *Myles Boisen – engineer *

– producer Source: Discogs

References

{{Authority control 2015 albums Fred Frith albums Fred Records albums Albums produced by Fred Frith