Fred Frith discography

Fred Frith at a piano recording session at New, Improved Recording in Oakland, California, September 2006.

Fred Frith 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.^[1]

Bands

Henry Cow

• Legend (1973, LP, Virgin, UK)
• Unrest (1974, LP, Virgin, UK)
• Concerts (1976, 2xLP, Caroline, UK)
• Western Culture (1979, LP, Broadcast, UK)
• The Virgin Years – Souvenir Box (1991, 3xCD, East Side Digital, US)
• Henry Cow Box (2006, 7xCD, Recommended, UK)
• Stockholm & Göteborg (2008, CD, Recommended, UK)
• The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (2009, 9xCD+DVD, Recommended, UK)

Henry Cow / Slapp Happy

• Desperate Straights (1975, LP, Virgin, UK)
• In Praise of Learning (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 (1981, LP, Recommended, UK)
• The Art Box (2004, 6xCD, Recommended, UK)

Aksak Maboul

• Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits (1980, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium)

Material

• Memory Serves (1981, LP, Celluloid, France)
• One Down (1982, LP, Celluloid, France)
• Live from Soundscape (1994, CD, DIW, Japan)

Massacre

• Killing Time (1981, LP, Celluloid, France)
• Funny Valentine (1998, CD, Tzadik, US)
• Meltdown (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)
• The Country of Blinds (1986, LP, Rift, US / Recommended, Europe)
• Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds (1990, CD, RecRec, Switzerland)
• Etymology (1997, CD-ROM, Rarefaction, US)

Duck and Cover

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

French Frith Kaiser Thompson

• Live, Love, Larf & Loaf (1987, LP, Rhino, US)
• Invisible Means (1990, LP, Demon, UK, Windham Hill, 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)
• Radio (1993, CD, Avant, Japan)
• Absinthe (1993, CD, Avant, Japan)
• Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (2002, CD, Tzadik, US)

Death Ambient

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

Fred Frith Guitar Quartet

• Ayaya Moses (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
• Upbeat (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

Maybe Monday

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

Keep the Dog

• That House We Lived In (2003, 2xCD, Fred, UK)

Cosa Brava

• Ragged Atlas (2010, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
• The Letter (2012, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Solo

• Guitar Solos (1974, LP, Caroline Records, UK)
• Gravity (1980, LP, Ralph Records, US)
• Speechless (1981, LP, Ralph Records, US)
• Live in Japan (1982, 2xLP, Recommended Records, Japan)
• Cheap at Half the Price (1983, LP, Ralph Records, US)
• Quartets (1994, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• Eye to Ear (1997, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986–1996) (1999, CD, I Dischi di Angelica, Italy)
• Clearing (2001, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures, 1987–2001 (2002, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• Eye to Ear II (2004, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• Eleventh Hour (2005, 2xCD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
• To Sail, to Sail (2008, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• Impur II (2009, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• Eye to Ear III (2010, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• Clearing Customs (2011, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Music for Dance

• The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre) (1988, 2xLP, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• Allies (Music for Dance Volume 2) (1996, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)
• The Previous Evening (Music for Dance Volume 4) (1997, CD, Recommended Records, UK)^{[nb 1]}
• Accidental (Music for Dance Volume 3) (2002, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance Volume 5) (2006, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air (Music for Dance Volume 6) (2009, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• Field Days (The Amanda Loops) (2015, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• Propaganda (2015, CD, Fred Records, UK)

Soundtracks

• The Top of His Head (1989, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium) – original soundtrack to the film The Top of His Head by Peter Mettler
• Step Across the Border (1990, 2xLP, RecRec Music, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film Step Across the Border by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
• Middle of the Moment (1995, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland) – original soundtrack to the film Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
• Rivers and Tides (2003, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany) – original soundtrack to the film Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer

Composer only

• Pacifica (1998, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• Freedom in Fragments (2002, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• Impur (2006, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• Back to Life (2008, CD, Tzadik Records, US)

Compositions featured

• Rova Saxophone Quartet: Bingo (Victo, 1998) – features "Water Under the Bridge"

Collaborations

With Various artists

• Guitar Solos 2 (1976, LP, Caroline Records, UK)
• Guitar Solos 3 (1979, LP, Rift Records, US)

Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser

• With Friends Like These (1979, LP, Metalanguage, US)
• Who Needs Enemies? (1983, LP, Metalanguage, US)

With The Residents

• Commercial Album (1980, LP, Ralph Records, US)

Fred Frith, Bob Ostertag and Phil Minton

• Voice of America (1982, LP, Rift Records, US)

Fred Frith and Totsuzen Danball

• Live at Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23.July'81 (1982, CT, Floor Records, Japan)

Fred Frith and Chris Cutler

• Live in Prague and Washington (1983, LP, Recommended Records, UK)
• Live in Trondheim, Berlin, Limoges (1994, CD, Recommended Records, UK)
• 2 Gentlemen in Verona (2000, CD, Recommended Records, UK)
• The Stone: Issue Two (2007, CD, Tzadik Records, US)

Lol Coxhill and Fred Frith

• French Gigs (1983, LP, AAA, France)

Fred Frith and René Lussier

• Nous Autres (1987, LP, Les Disques Victo, Canada)

Fred Frith and Ferdinand Richard (as Fred & Ferd)

• Dropera (1991, LP, RecRec Music, Switzerland)

Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson

• Live Improvisations (1992, CD, Woof Records, UK)

Fred Frith and François-Michel Pesenti

• Helter Skelter (1992, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)

Fred Frith and Marc Ribot

• Subsonic 1. Sounds of a Distant Episode (1994, CD, Sub Rosa/Subsonic, Belgium)

Fred Frith and John Zorn

• The Art of Memory (1995, CD, Incus Records, UK)
• 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 (2004, CD, Tzadik Records, US)
• The Art of Memory II (2008, CD, Fred Records, UK)
• Late Works (2010, CD, Tzadik Records, US)

Fred Frith and Jean-Pierre Drouet

• En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers (1997, CD, Transes Europeennes, France)

Percy Howard, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith and Bill Laswell

• Meridiem (1998, CD, Materiali Sonori, Italy)

Fred Frith and Ensemble Modern

• Traffic Continues (2000, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany)

Mark Dresser, Fred Frith and Ikue Mori

• Later ... (2000, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)

Fred Frith, Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis

• I Dream of You Jumping (2001, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)

Michel Wintsch, Fred Frith, Franziska Baumann and Bernard Trontin

• Whisperings (2002, CD, RecRec Music, Switzerland)

Fred Frith, Anne Bourne and John Oswald

• Dearness (2002, CD, Spool, Canada)

Fred Frith, Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen

• All is Bright, But it is Not Day (2002, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

Derek Bailey, Antoine Berthiaume and Fred Frith

• Soshin (2003, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

Fred Frith, Joëlle Léandre and Jonathan Segel

• Tempted to Smile (2003, CD, Spool, Canada)

Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt

• Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt (2003, CD, Accretions Records, US)

Toychestra and Fred Frith

• What Leave Behind (2004, CD, S.K. Records, France)

Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart

• The Compass, Log and Lead (2005, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Rova::Orchestrova

• Electric Ascension (Atavistic, 2005)

Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith

• Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 (2006, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)

Janet Feder and Fred Frith

• Ironic Universe (2006, CD+DVD, Ad Hoc Records, US)

Fred Frith and Chris Brown

• Cutter Heads (2007, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Darren Johnston, Fred Frith, Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs and Ches Smith

• Reasons for Moving (2007, CD, Not Two, US)

Fred Frith and Evelyn Glennie

• The Sugar Factory (2007, CD, Tzadik Records, US)

Sonargemeinschaft (Sonar Community) and Fred Frith

• Drift (2008, CD, Poise, Germany)

Fred Frith and Danielle Roger

• Pas de Deux (2008, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

Fred Frith and ARTE Quartett

• Still Urban (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)
• The Big Picture (2009, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Chris Cutler, Thomas Dimuzio and Fred Frith

• Golden State (2010, LP, Recommended Records, UK)^{[nb 2]}

Fred Frith and Annie Lewandowski

• Long as in Short, Walk as in Run (2011, CD, Ninth World Records)

Jean-Pierre Drouet, Fred Frith and Louis Sclavis

• Contretemps etc ... (2011, CD, In Situ, France)

Joëlle Léandre, Fred Frith, Alvin Curran and Urs Leimgruber

• MMM Quartet – Live at the Metz' Arsenal (2012, CD, Leo Records, UK)^{[nb 3]}
• MMM Quartet – Oakland/Lisboa (2015, CD, RogueArt, France)

Fred Frith and Michel Doneda

• Fred Frith Michel Doneda (2014, CD, Vand'Œuvre, France)

Fred Frith and Barry Guy

• Backscatter Bright Blue (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Lotte Anker and Fred Frith

• Edge of the Light (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Fred Frith and John Butcher

• The Natural Order (2014, CD, Northern Spy, US)

Fred Frith and Evan Parker

• Hello, I Must Be Going (2015, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)

Katharina Weber, Fred Frith and Fredy Studer

• It Rolls (2015, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Lindsay Cooper, Fred Frith, Lars Hollmer and Gianni Gebbia

• Angels on the Edge of Time (2015, CD, Angelica, Italy) – recorded at the 1993 Angelica Festival

Fred Frith and Helen Mirra

• Kwangsi Quail (2015, LP, Shhpuma, Portugal)

Fred Frith and Darren Johnston

• Everybody's Somebody's Nobody (2016, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal)

Footnotes

1. The Previous Evening was designated "Music for Dance Volume 4" after Accidental was released.
2. Golden State is an LP-only release; "a CD just wouldn't be the same, sonically, visually or ontologically." – Chris Cutler.^[2]
3. MMM stands for "MillsMusicMafia", with reference to Mills College where Léandre, Frith and Curran teach music.^[3]

References

1. Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; and Vuilleumier, Stephane. "Discography of Fred Frith". New York Downtown Scene and other miscellaneous discographies. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
2. Cutler, Chris. "CUTLER, CHRIS, THOMAS DIMUZIO, FRED FRITH: Golden State (LP)". ReR Megacorp. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
3. "Joelle Leandre / Fred Frith / Alvin Curran / Urs Leimgruber: MMM". Leo Records. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

External links

• Fred Frith discography
• Fred Frith at Discogs
• Fred Frith at Artist Direct