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Fred Frith

Impur II

LabelReR Megacorp

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Essentially a pretty great concert by a large 19 strong ensemble with Fred conducting as well as playing. Lots of rhythm, harmony, rock noise, exotic instrumentation, power, complexity and melodic writing, with stretches of chaos, eccentricity and theatre. Totally different, then, from Impur Part I which was a deconstructed, spatialised simultaneity of musical events heard through open windows or by wandering through rooms; Impur Part II was an unannounced performance upon which audience members had to stumble (and then collect their friends - or not).

The recording here was in fact made a little later, by the same people in a different artspace and has been edited and re-mastered by Fred for this release. It fits well in the aesthetic of earlier group records from Fred: Gravity, Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog

Details
Cat. number: RER/FRFC 2

Release notes

Recorded in concert at RamDam, Lyon on 20th December 1997. Mixed at Tonstudio Jankowski in August 2004 Edited and mastered at Headless Buddha Mastering Labs, Oakland, California, in December 2006

Tracklist
1Invitation/Invocation6:49
2Affront National3:26
3Dead Sea4:06
4Waiting For God1:55
5Danses Avec Les Rats3:32
6Nueve1:39
7Now We Know2:16
8Gaga-Kun1:52
9Don't Say1:15
10Cuts Up1:17
11Le Sursis4:03
12Ses Habits De Dimanche4:47
13Finger On The Pulse2:26
14La Dernière Valse (Pour Mie)4:18
Credits
Stéphane Lambert
Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax], Shenai
Jean-Michel Quoisse
Bass
Joël Jorda
Clarinet [Clarinets]
Laurent Vichard
Clarinet [Clarinets]
Pascal Pariaud
Clarinet [Clarinets]
Fred Frith
Composed By, Producer [Produced By], Conductor [Conducted By], Guitar [Guitar Solo] (12)
Denis Mariotte
Drums, Melodica
Bader Gharzouli
Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars]
Gilles Laval
Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars]
Ghilem Lacroux
Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars]
Guillaume Quemener
Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars]
Emmanuel Gilot
Engineer [Concert Recording]
Myles Boisen
Engineer [Editing And Mastering]
Peter Hardt
Engineer [Mixing]
Serge Sana
Keyboards, Sampler
Claire Mollard
Marimba, Percussion
Cyril Cambon
Marimba, Percussion
Stéphane Grosjean
Marimba, Percussion
Philippe Madile
Piano, Synthesizer
Samuel Chagnard
Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax]
Stephen Tissot
Violin
Laurent Frick
Voice, Trumpet