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 ...

appears on over 400 recordings. This is a selection from bands he was/is a member of, collaborations with other bands and musicians, and his solo recordings. The year indicates when the album was first released. For a comprehensive discography, see the ''Discography of Fred Frith'' by Michel Ramond, Patrice Roussel and Stephane Vuilleumier.

Studio albums

* '' Guitar Solos'' (1974, LP,

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, UK) * ''

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'' (1980, LP, Ralph, US) * '' Speechless'' (1981, LP, Ralph, US) * ''

Cheap at Half the Price ''Cheap at Half the Price'' is a 1983 solo album by English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith. It was Frith's fifth solo album, and was originally released in the United States on LP record on the Residents' Ralph record label. ...

'' (1983, LP, Ralph, US) * ''

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'' (1994, CD,

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, Switzerland) * '' Clearing'' (2001, CD,

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, US) * '' Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures, 1987–2001'' (2002, CD,

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, UK) * '' Eleventh Hour'' (2005, 2xCD,

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, Germany) * '' To Sail, to Sail'' (2008, CD, Tzadik, US) * '' Clearing Customs'' (2011, CD,

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, Switzerland)

Music for Dance

* '' The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre)'' (1988, 2xLP, RecRec, Switzerland) * '' Allies (Music for Dance Volume 2)'' (1996, CD, RecRec, Switzerland) * '' The Previous Evening (Music for Dance Volume 4)'' (1997, CD, Recommended, UK) * '' Accidental (Music for Dance Volume 3)'' (2002, CD, Fred, UK) * '' The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance Volume 5)'' (2006, CD, Fred, UK) * '' Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air (Music for Dance Volume 6)'' (2009, CD, Fred, UK) * '' Field Days (The Amanda Loops)'' (2015, CD, Fred, UK) * ''

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'' (2015, CD, Fred, UK)

Music for Film

* '' The Top of His Head'' (1989, LP,

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, Belgium) – original soundtrack to the film '' The Top of His Head'' by Peter Mettler * ''

Step Across the Border ''Step Across the Border'' is a 1990 avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith. It was written and directed by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel and released in Germany and Switzerland. The film was ...

'' (1990, 2xLP, RecRec, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film ''

'' by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel * '' Middle of the Moment'' (1995, CD, RecRec, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film ''Middle of the Moment'' by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel * '' Eye to Ear'' (1997, CD, Tzadik, US) – collection of film and theatre music * ''

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'' (2003, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany) – original soundtrack to the film ''

'' by Thomas Riedelsheimer * ''

Eye to Ear II ''Eye to Ear II'' is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is a collection of film music composed and performed by Frith, and is the second of three ''Eye to Ear'' albums dedicated to his work for short fil ...

'' (2004, CD, Tzadik, US) – music from ''

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'' by Peter Mettler, ''Returning Home'' by Andy Abrahams Wilson, ''Hirschen Mit Goldenen Hufen'' by Petra Mäussnest, and ''Sideshow'' by Kristin Varner * ''

Eye to Ear III ''Eye to Ear III'' is a studio album by English guitarist, composer, and improvisor Fred Frith. The album is a collection of film music composed and performed by Frith, and is the third of three ''Eye to Ear'' albums dedicated to his work for s ...

'' (2010, CD, Tzadik, US) – music from ''Drei Gegen Troja'' by Hussi Kutulcan, and ''Thirst'' by Deborah Kauffman and Alan Snitow

Composer only

* '' Pacifica'' (1998, CD, Tzadik, US) * ''

Freedom in Fragments ''Freedom in Fragments'' is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and Improvisation, improvisor Fred Frith. It was composed by Frith in 1993 as "a suite of 23 pieces for saxophone quartet", and was performed by the Rova Saxophone Quartet ...

'' (2002, CD, Tzadik, US) * '' Back to Life'' (2008, CD, Tzadik, US)

Live albums

* '' Live in Japan'' (1982, 2xLP, Recommended, Japan) * '' Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986–1996)'' (1999, CD, I Dischi di Angelica, Italy) * '' Impur II'' (2009, CD, Fred, UK) * ''

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'' (2017, CD, Intuition, Germany) * ''

All Is Always Now – Live at The Stone ''All Is Always Now – Live at The Stone'' is a 2019 three-CD box set of live improvised music performed by English guitarist Fred Frith with other musicians, including Theresa Wong, Ikue Mori, Pauline Oliveros and Laurie Anderson. It was record ...

'' (2019, 3xCD, Intakt, Switzerland) * ''

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'' (2019, CD, Klanggalerie, Austria)

Composer only

* '' Impur'' (2006, CD, Fred, UK)

Singles

* " Dancing in the Street" / "What a Dilemma" (1980, 7", Ralph, US) – from ''

Compilations

* ''Fred and Ralph'' (1991, 3xCD, RecRec, Switzerland) – Fred Frith releases by Ralph Records ** ''

'' (1980, CD, Ralph) ** '' Speechless'' (1981, CD, Ralph) ** ''

'' (1983, CD, Ralph) * ''The Fred Records Story 2001–2020 Volume 1: Rocking the Boat'' (2021, 9xCD, Fred, UK) ** '' Guitar Solos'' (2002, CD, Fred) ** ''

'' (2002, CD, Fred) ** ''

'' (2004, CD, Fred) ** '' Killing Time'' (2005, CD, Fred) ** '' Impur'' (2006, CD, Fred) ** '' Middle of the Moment'' (2004, CD, Fred) ** ''

That House We Lived In ''That House We Lived In'' is a double live album by American experimental rock band Keep the Dog. It comprises material from their final European tour in 1991 and was released by Fred Frith on his own Fred Records in 2003. Background Keep the Do ...

'' (2003, 2xCD, Fred) ** ''

Dropera ''Dropera'' is a concept album by Fred Frith and Ferdinand Richard, credited as "Fred & Ferd". It was their first collaborative album as a duo and was recorded in Zürich, Switzerland in August 1989. It was released on both LP and CD by RecRec ...

'' (1991, CD, RecRec) – bonus CD * ''The Fred Records Story 2001–2020 Volume 2: Crossing Borders'' (2021, 9xCD, Fred, UK) ** '' Live in Japan'' (2010, CD, Fred) ** '' Speechless'' (2003, CD, Fred) ** ''

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'' (2002, CD, Fred) ** ''

'' (2003, CD, Fred) ** '' Impur II'' (2009, CD, Fred) ** '' The Art of Memory II'' (2008, CD, Fred) ** '' Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds'' (2005, 2xCD, Fred) ** '' Helter Skelter'' (1992, CD, RecRec) – bonus CD (remastered) * ''The Fred Records Story 2001–2020 Volume 3: Stepping Out'' (2021, 10xCD, Fred, UK) ** ''

The Technology of Tears ''The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre)'' is a double album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is the first of a series of Music for Dance albums Frith made, and is sometimes subtitled ''Music ...

'' (2008, CD, Fred) ** ''

'' (2015, CD, Fred) ** ''

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'' (2004, CD, Fred) ** '' Accidental'' (2002, CD, Fred) ** '' The Previous Evening'' (1997, CD, Recommended) ** ''

The Happy End Problem ''The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance Volume 5)'' is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, and is the fifth of a series of Music for Dance albums he made. It comprises two suites composed in 2003 by Fr ...

'' (2006, CD, Fred) ** ''

Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air ''Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air (Music for Dance Volume 6)'' is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, and is the sixth of a series of Music for Dance albums he made. ''Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air'' consists of t ...

'' (2009, CD, Fred) ** '' Field Days (The Amanda Loops)'' (2015, CD, Fred) ** ''Inimitable – Debates for Ganden'' ith Amanda Miller(2020, CD, Fred) – bonus CD (previously unreleased) ** ''Live in Tel Aviv and Aubervilliers'' ith Tom Cora and Chris Cutler(2020, CD, Fred) – bonus CD (previously unreleased)

Collaborations

With Bruce Ackley,

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and

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, US) With Noël Akchoté * ''Réel'' (1996, 10" LP, Rectangle, France) With Núria Andorrà * ''Dancing Like Dust'' (2023, CD, Klanggalerie, Austria) With

Lotte Anker Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble. Musical career Anker studied music at the Copenhagen University f ...

* ''Edge of the Light'' (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With ARTE Quartett * ''

Still Urban ''Still Urban'' is a 2009 avant-garde jazz studio album by English guitarist and composer Fred Frith and the Swiss-based ARTE Quartett. It was recorded in January 2008 at Swiss Radio DRS2 in Zürich, Switzerland, and was released in 2009 by Inta ...

'' (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) * '' The Big Picture'' (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With Derek Bailey and Antoine Berthiaume * ''Soshin'' (2003, CD,

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, Canada) With Derek Bailey, Sonny Sharrock,

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, Bill Laswell and Charles K. Noyes * ''Improvised Music 1981'' (1992, CD, MuWorks, US) With Anne Bourne and John Oswald * ''Dearness'' (2002, CD, Spool, Canada) With Anthony Braxton * ''

Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 ''Duo (Victoriaville) 2005'' is a 2006 live album of improvised music by Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith. It was recorded on May 20, 2005 at the 22nd Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Quebec, Canada, and released in ...

'' (2006, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada) With

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* ''Cutter Heads'' (2007, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With John Butcher * ''The Natural Order'' (2014, CD, Northern Spy, US) With John Butcher and

Theresa Wong Theresa Wong (born March 31, 1976) is an American cellist, vocalist, composer and improviser in the field of experimental music. In 2013 she lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. Early life and education She was born in Schenectady, New York, Uni ...

* ''Quintillions Green'' (2016, FLAC, Otoroku, UK) With Lindsay Cooper,

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and Gianni Gebbia * ''

Angels on the Edge of Time ''Angels on the Edge of Time'' is a 2015 collaborative live album of musical improvisations by Lindsay Cooper, Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia and Lars Hollmer. It was recorded on 30 May 1992 at the AngelicA Festival Internazionale di Musica in Bologna ...

'' (2015, CD, I Dischi di Angelica, Italy) With Lol Coxhill * '' French Gigs'' (1983, LP, AAA, France) With Chris Cutler * ''

Live in Prague and Washington ''Live in Prague and Washington'' (''Live in Moscow, Prague & Washington'' on CD releases) is a live album of improvised experimental music by Chris Cutler and Fred Frith. It was recorded at the 8th Prague "Jazz Days" Festival in Prague in form ...

'' (1983, LP, Recommended, UK) – 1990 CD release retitled ''Live in Moscow, Prague & Washington'' * '' Live in Trondheim, Berlin & Limoges, Vol. 2'' (1994, CD, Recommended, UK) * '' 2 Gentlemen in Verona'' (2000, CD, Recommended, UK) * '' The Stone: Issue Two'' (2007, CD, Tzadik, US) With Chris Cutler and Tom Cora * ''Live in Tel Aviv and Aubervilliers'' (2021, CD, Fred, UK) With Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio * ''Golden State'' (2010, LP, Recommended, UK) With Lesli Dalaba, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt * '' Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt'' (2003, CD, Accretions, US) With Totsuzen Danball * ''Live at Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23.July'81'' (1982, CT, Floor, Japan) With

Jean Derome Jean Derome (born June 29, 1955) is a French Canadian avant-garde saxophonist, flautist, and composer. A prominent figure in the Montreal ''musique actuelle'' (new music) scene, Derome has been a member of experimental, jazz, and rock groups, and ...

, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen * ''All is Bright, But it is Not Day'' (2002, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) With Michel Doneda * ''Fred Frith Michel Doneda'' (2014, CD, Vand'OEuvre, France) With Mark Dresser and

Ikue Mori (born 17 December 1953), also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, electronic musician, composer, and graphic designer. Mori was awarded a "Genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2022. Biography Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She sa ...

* ''Later...'' (2000, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada) With

Jean-Pierre Drouet Jean-Pierre Drouet (born 30 October 1935) is a French multi-instrumentist percussionist and composer. Born in Bordeaux, Drouet studied with René Leibowitz, Jean Barraqué and André Hodeir. In India, he deepened his knowledge of non-European ins ...

* ''En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers'' (1997, CD, Transes Europeennes, France) With Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis * ''I Dream of You Jumping'' (2001, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada) * ''Contretemps etc...'' (2011, CD, In Situ, France) With Ensemble Modern * '' Traffic Continues'' (2000, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany) With Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles * ''Something About This Landscape for Ensemble'' (2023, LP, Sub Rosa, Belgium) With Anil Eraslan, Tom Malmendier and Clara Weil * ''There or Here and That'' (2020, CD, Eux Sæm, France) With Janet Feder * ''

Ironic Universe ''Ironic Universe'' is a 2006 double album of prepared guitar music by Janet Feder and Fred Frith. It comprises a studio CD of solo tracks by Feder and duo musical improvisation, improvisations by Feder and Frith, and a live DVD of solo performa ...

'' (2006, CD+DVD, Recommended, US) With Hardy Fox * ''A Day Hanging Dead Between Heaven and Earth'' (2018, CD, Klanggalerie, Austria) With Evelyn Glennie * ''

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'' (2007, CD, Tzadik, US) With Barry Guy * ''Backscatter Bright Blue'' (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With Tim Hodgkinson * ''

Live Improvisations ''Live Improvisations'' is a 1992 collaborative live album of improvised music by English experimental musicians Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. It was recorded in May 1990 in England and was released on Woof Records in the United Kingdom and Me ...

'' (1992, CD,

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, UK)

With Percy Howard, Charles Hayward and Bill Laswell * ''Meridiem'' (1998, CD, Materiali Sonori, Italy) With Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto * '' Cut Up the Border'' (2020, CD,

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, France) With Darren Johnston * ''Everybody's Somebody's Nobody'' (2016, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal) With Darren Johnston Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs and Ches Smith * ''Reasons for Moving'' (2007, CD, Not Two, US) With Henry Kaiser * ''

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'' (1979, LP,

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, US) * ''

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'' (1983, LP, Metalanguage, US) * ''With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?'' (1987, CD, SST, US) * ''

Friends & Enemies ''Friends & Enemies'' is a 1999 double-CD compilation album of studio and live material by Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser. It contains the complete collaborative recordings of Frith and Kaiser from 1979 to 1999, namely their two studio albums ''Wit ...

'' (1999, 2xCD, Cuneiform, US) With Carla Kihlstedt and

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* ''

The Compass, Log and Lead ''The Compass, Log and Lead'' is a 2006 studio album of improvised acoustic experimental music by Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart. It was recorded in October 2003 in Oakland, California, and released by Intakt Records in 2006. In ...

'' (2006, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With Hans Koch * ''You are Here'' (2017, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With Joëlle Léandre and

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* ''Tempted to Smile'' (2003, CD, Spool, Canada) With Annie Lewandowski * ''Long as in Short, Walk as in Run'' (2011, CD, Ninth World) With

René Lussier René Lussier (born April 15, 1957) is a jazz guitarist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a composer, guitarist, bass guitarist, percussionist, bass clarinetist, and singer. Lussier has collaborated with Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Jean Dero ...

* '' Nous Autres'' (1987, LP, Les Disques Victo, Canada) With Amanda Miller * ''Inimitable – Debates for Ganden'' (2021, CD, Fred, UK) With Helen Mirra * ''Kwangsi Quail'' (2015, LP, Shhpuma, Portugal) With Macio Moretti * ''Works for Me Should Be the Title'' (2023, LP, Don't Sit On My Vinyl! / Muzyka z Mózgu, Poland) With

* ''A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall'' (2021, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With Mózg Injectors * ''Sylvan Trail'' (2019, 12" LP and CD, Mózg, Poland) With

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and Phil Minton * ''

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'' (1982, LP, Rift, US) With

and

* '' Attention Span'' (1990, CD, RecRec, Switzerland) With Evan Parker * ''Hello, I Must Be Going'' (2015, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada) With Francois-Michel Pesenti * '' Helter Skelter'' (1992, CD, RecRec, Switzerland) With Marc Ribot * ''Subsonic 1. Sounds of a Distant Episode'' (1994, CD, Sub Rosa/Subsonic, Belgium) With

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(as Fred & Ferd) * ''

'' (1991, LP, RecRec, Switzerland) With Danielle Roger * ''Pas de Deux'' (2008, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) Laying Demons to Rest cover

With

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* ''Live In Europe'' (2016, CD, Qilin, Germany) With

Susana Santos Silva Susana Santos Silva (born 3 January 1979 in Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese jazz and free improvisation musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, and flute). Biography Santos studied jazz trumpet at the Music College in Porto until 2008 and then the H ...

* '' Laying Demons to Rest'' (2023, CD, RogueArt, France) With Katrin Scholl, Daniel Erismann, Lucas N. Niggli, Hans Koch and Peter Kowald * ''Nil'' (1995, CD, Unit Records, Switzerland) With Sonargemeinschaft (Sonar Community) * ''Drift'' (2008, CD, Poise, Germany) With Studio Dan * ''Rocket Science #1 #5 #8'' (2021, CD, ROS, Germany) With Sudhu Tewari and Cenk Ergün * ''Lock Me Up, Lock Me Down'' (2020, Digital, Carrier Records, US) With

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* '' What Leave Behind'' (2004, CD, S.K., France) With Benjamin Vergara * ''Fanfarrisimo'' (2019, LP, Tour De Bras, Canada) With Katharina Weber and

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* ''It Rolls'' (2015, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) With Michel Wintsch,

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and Bernard Trontin * ''Whisperings'' (2002, CD, RecRec, Switzerland) With

* '' The Art of Memory'' (1994, CD,

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, UK) * '' 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5'' (2004, CD, Tzadik, US) * '' The Art of Memory II'' (2008, CD, Fred, UK) * '' Late Works'' (2010, CD, Tzadik, US) With John Zorn, Onnyk and Toyozumi Yoshisaburo * ''Ars Longa Dens Brevis'' (2000, CD, Allelopathy, Japan)

Bands

Henry Cow * ''

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'' (1973, LP,

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, UK) * ''

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'' (1974, LP, Virgin, UK) * '' Concerts'' (1976, 2xLP, Caroline, UK) * ''

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'' (1979, LP, Broadcast, UK) * '' The Virgin Years – Souvenir Box'' (1991, 3xCD,

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, US) * ''

Henry Cow Box ''Henry Cow Box'' is a seven- CD limited edition box set by English avant-rock group Henry Cow. It was released in December 2006 by Recommended Records and comprises the six original albums Henry Cow released between 1973 and 1979, including tho ...

'' (2006, 7xCD, Recommended, UK) * '' Stockholm & Göteborg'' (2008, CD, Recommended, UK) * '' The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set'' (2009, 9xCD+DVD, Recommended, UK) * '' The Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow'' (2019, 17xCD+DVD, Recommended, UK) Henry Cow /

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Desperate Straights ''Desperate Straights'' is a collaborative studio album by United Kingdom, British avant-rock Musical ensemble, groups Slapp Happy and Henry Cow. It was recorded at Virgin Records' The Manor Studio, Manor Studio and Nova Sound Studios in Novembe ...

'' (1975, LP, Virgin, UK) * ''

In Praise of Learning ''In Praise of Learning'' is a studio album by British avant-rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in February and March 1975, and released in May 1975. On this album, Henry Cow had expanded to include members of Slapp ...

'' (1975, LP, Virgin, UK) Art Bears * '' Hopes and Fears'' (1978, LP, Recommended, UK) * '' Winter Songs'' (1979, LP, Recommended, UK) * ''

The World as It Is Today ''The World as It Is Today'' is the third and last album by English avant-rock group Art Bears. It was recorded at Sunrise Studio in Kirchberg, Switzerland between 24 August and 7 September 1980, and was first released in 1981. For technical ...

'' (1981, LP, Recommended, UK) * ''

The Art Box ''The Art Box'' is a six- CD box set by English avant-rock group Art Bears. It contains all Art Bears album and single releases, plus new material, including live and unreleased Art Bears tracks, and unreleased remixes and reworkings of Art Bear ...

'' (2004, 6xCD, Recommended, UK) Aksak Maboul * ''

Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits ''Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits'' ( en, A Little of the Bandit Spirit) is the second album by Belgian avant-rock band Aksak Maboul. It was recorded at Sunrise Studio in Kirchberg, Switzerland in February and August 1979, and released on LP in Jan ...

'' (1980, LP, Crammed, Belgium)

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* '' Memory Serves'' (1981, LP, Celluloid, France) * ''

One Down ''One Down'' is a 1982 album by the New York based no wave music group Material, produced by Material, recorded by indie producer/engineer Martin Bisi in Brooklyn and musician/engineer Robert Musso in Manhattan. The album sees the band reduced to ...

'' (1982, LP, Celluloid, France) * '' Live from Soundscape'' (1994, CD, DIW, Japan)

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* '' Killing Time'' (1981, LP, Celluloid, France) * ''

Funny Valentine ''Funny Valentine'' is the second studio album by avant-rock, experimental trio Massacre, recorded 17 years after the first. For this album guitarist Fred Frith and bass guitarist Bill Laswell were joined by English drummer Charles Hayward, who r ...

'' (1998, CD, Tzadik, US) * ''

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'' (2001, CD, Tzadik, US) * '' Lonely Heart'' (2007, CD, Tzadik, US) * ''Love Me Tender'' (2013, CD, Tzadik, US) Skeleton Crew * '' Learn to Talk'' (1984, LP, Rift, US / Recommended, Europe) * ''

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'' (1986, LP, Rift, US / Recommended, Europe) * '' Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds'' (1990, CD, RecRec, Switzerland) * ''

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'' (1997, CD-ROM, Rarefaction, US) * ''

Free Dirt (Live) ''Free Dirt (Live)'' is a live double-CD album by American experimental rock and jazz band Skeleton Crew. It is their first live album and was released posthumously in December 2021 by Austrian record label, Klanggalerie. It comprises live mate ...

'' (2021, 2xCD, Klanggalerie, Austria)

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* '' Rē Records Quarterly, Vol. 1 No. 2'' (1985, LP, Recommended, UK)

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'' (1987, LP,

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, US) * ''

Invisible Means ''Invisible Means'' is a studio album by the English/American experimental rock quartet French Frith Kaiser Thompson. It was the group's second album and was recorded at Mobius Music in San Francisco on March 19–23, 1990. The album was released ...

'' (1990, LP,

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, UK,

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, US) Naked City * '' Naked City'' (1990, LP, Elektra/Nonesuch, US) * '' Torture Garden'' (1990, LP, Elektra/Nonesuch, US) * '' Heretic, Jeux des Dames Cruelles'' (1992, CD, Avant, Japan) * '' Grand Guignol'' (1992, CD, Avant, Japan) * '' Leng Tch'e'' (1992, CD, Toy's Factory, Japan) * ''

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'' (1993, CD, Avant, Japan) * ''

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'' (1993, CD, Avant, Japan) * '' Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989'' (2002, CD, Tzadik, US)

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* ''Death Ambient'' (1995, CD, Tzadik, US) * ''Synaesthesia'' (1999, CD, Tzadik, US) * ''Drunken Forest'' (2007, CD, Tzadik, US)

Fred Frith Guitar Quartet The Fred Frith Guitar Quartet was an American-based contemporary classical and experimental music guitar quartet comprising Fred Frith, René Lussier, Nick Didkovsky and Mark Stewart. The group was formed in 1989 by Frith and they performed ...

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Ayaya Moses ''Ayaya Moses'' is a 1997 studio album by the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, an American-based contemporary classical and experimental music guitar quartet comprising Fred Frith, René Lussier, Nick Didkovsky and Mark Stewart. It is their debut ...

'' (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada) * ''

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'' (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

Maybe Monday Maybe Monday is an American experimental music, experimental electroacoustic improvisation music ensemble comprising guitarist Fred Frith, koto (musical instrument), koto player Miya Masaoka and saxophone, saxophonist Larry Ochs (musician), Larr ...

* ''Saturn's Finger'' (1999, CD, Buzz, Netherlands) * '' Digital Wildlife'' (2002, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany) * '' Unsquare'' (2008, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) Keep the Dog * ''

'' (2003, 2xCD, Fred, UK)

The Orckestra The Orckestra were a 12-piece English avant-garde jazz and avant-rock ensemble formed in March 1977 with the merger of avant-rock group Henry Cow, the Mike Westbrook Brass Band and folk singer Frankie Armstrong. They gave two performances in L ...

* "Unreleased Orckestra Extract" (3" CD single, 2006, Recommended, UK) MMM Quartet - Oakland Lisboa

Cosa Brava Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and free improvisation group formed in March 2008 in Oakland, California by multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog). The band comprises Frith on guitar, Zeena Par ...

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Ragged Atlas ''Ragged Atlas'' is a studio album by Fred Frith's United States experimental rock group Cosa Brava. It was recorded in San Francisco in December 2008 and was released by Intakt Records in Switzerland on March 5, 2010. ''Ragged Atlas'' was the ...

'' (2010, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) * ''

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'' (2012, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) MMM Quartet * ''Live at the Metz' Arsenal'' (2012, CD,

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, UK) * ''Oakland/Lisboa'' (2015, CD, RogueArt, France)

Fred Frith Trio The Fred Frith Trio is a San Francisco Bay Area based experimental music and free improvising group featuring Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes and Jordan Glenn. They were formed in Oakland, California in 2013, released two studio albums on Intakt Rec ...

* ''

Another Day in Fucking Paradise ''Another Day in Fucking Paradise'' is a 2016 studio album by the Fred Frith Trio, a San Francisco Bay Area based experimental music and free improvising group featuring Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes and Jordan Glenn. It is their debut album and ...

'' (2016, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) * '' Closer to the Ground'' (2018, CD, Intakt, Switzerland) * ''

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'' (2021, 2xCD, Intakt Records, Switzerland) Lantskap Logic * ''Lantskap Logic'' (2018, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal) * ''Hidden Danger Lets Me In'' (2023, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal)

Footnotes

References

External links

Fred Frith at Discogs
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