Medium The New York Times Fred Frith, born in Great Britain in 1949, has been described as “one of the most respected figures in the field where rock music meets the avant-garde”, while the newspaper Chicago Reader He called Frith a “giant of avant-garde music”, adding: “Among experimental guitarists, perhaps only Derek Bailey, Henry Kaiser and Sonny Sharrock can be considered equal to Frith. He also has an impeccable reputation in progressive rock, having founded a band at the age of twelve Henry Cow and also a side project Art Bears. [..] His extensive discography includes complex compositions, simple songs, “pure” free improvisation, as well as music for dance performances, films and theater.”
Kind of like Keith Rowe (Keith Rowe), Frits prepares the electric guitar differently and plays it horizontally. Even on his more experimental records, Frith chooses to emphasize his rock and folk roots in interesting ways. He has taught at Mills College in California and the Basel Academy of Music, and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield.
A solo performance by Fred Frith In the forest of sounds’2024 related to the fact that for his historical record Guitar Solos this year is the 50th anniversary. In celebration of this event, the publishing house Week-End Records reissued Guitar Solos complete with a brand new record fifty, which demonstrates how his language of solo guitar music has evolved over fifty years.
When mentioning Fritt, the 1990 documentary film dedicated to him often comes to mind Fred Frith: Step Across the Border, which in itself has been a special phenomenon in the world of cinema: the most prestigious cinema magazine of all time Cahiers du Cinéma ranked it among the 100 most influential films of the last century. It can be said that this black-and-white film, with its dreamy and free-flowing structure, has successfully mirrored the abstraction of Frith’s own music.
Fred Frith’s compositions have been performed by such ensembles as Arditti Quartet, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Glasgow Improvisation Orchestra and Ensemble Modern.
Frith has collaborated with musicians such as Brian Eno (Brian Eno), Chris Cutler (Chris Cutler), Bill Lasswell (Bill Laswell)Christian Marklay (Christian Marclay) and John Zorn (John Zorn) (his provocative jazz metal band can be highlighted here Naked City). He is also very active in the field of free improvisation and has played with such formers Forest of sounds guests like Evan Parker (Evan Parker), Lotte Anker (Lotte Anker)Phil Minton (Phil Minton) and Anthony Braxton (Anthony Braxton). The musician himself emphasizes that his interest in improvisation was obvious at the beginning of his career, but he often feels the desire to work in this context with musicians who have never considered themselves improvisers in the traditional sense.
Frith currently lives and works in the USA.
It was previously announced that the festival Forest of sounds an experimental electronic music duo will also perform Autechre and an abstract hip-hop duo Armand Hammer.
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