''Propaganda'' is a

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by English

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

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

improvisor Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

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 21 pieces for dance written by Frith and commissioned by Matthew Maguire for the Creation Production Company. It was first performed at La Mama ETC in New York City in May 1987. The suite was recorded by Kramer at Noise New York in April 1987 and released on Side 4 of the LP release of Frith's 1988 solo album, ''

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 ...

''. It was omitted from the CD releases of the album. The ''Propaganda'' suite was reworked and remastered in February 2015 by Myles Boisen, and was released by Fred Records in November 2015.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

. Sources: AllMusic, Discogs, SquidCo

Personnel

– all instruments, voice Sources: Discogs, SquidCo

Sound and artwork

Recorded at Noise New York, April 1987; Mastered at Headless Buddhna Mastering Labs, Oakland, California, February 2015. * Kramer – recording engineer (1987) *Myles Boisen – remastering (2015) *

– producer *Nancy Campbell – photography *Tom Kurth – cover design Source: Discogs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Propaganda 2015 albums Fred Frith albums Fred Records albums Albums produced by Fred Frith