Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986-96)

by Fred Frith

Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986-96) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Recommended Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:58:32
  • Community rating: 3.42/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire' collects live performances of Frith's graphic scores, written between 1986 and 1996. The pieces are realised by different ensembles following his pictorial notation rather than conventional scores.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, experimental, noisy, improvisation, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Goongerah (4:20)
  2. Tokyo (2:15)
  3. Firewood (6:42)
  4. Screen (3:38)
  5. Dry Stone I (4:59)
  6. Dry Stone II (2:39)
  7. Bricks For Six (4:10)
  8. Vlissingen (4:33)
  9. Skylight (3:27)
  10. Drystone II (4:17)
  11. Bricks For Six (1:48)
  12. Dry Stone I (2:03)
  13. Dry Stone II (2:09)
  14. Skylight (Extract) (0:31)
  15. High Tension (Extract) (1:07)
  16. Roof (1:28)
  17. Screen (3:40)
  18. High Tension (1:33)
  19. Z眉rich (0:46)
  20. Athens (3:39)
  21. Firewood (1:49)
  22. Green (5:44)
  23. Drystone II (6:50)
  24. Improvisation (1:34)
  25. Roof (1:54)
  26. Improvisation (1:45)
  27. Rejkyavik (4:02)
  28. Ulissingen (5:15)
  29. Improvisation (1:17)
  30. Skylight V (Extract) (5:18)
  31. Improvisation (5:28)
  32. Tokyo (Extract) (1:06)
  33. Screen (5:49)
  34. Jahresringe (4:34)
  35. Firewood (6:23)

Credits

  • Raymund Van Santen - alto saxophone, soloist, alto saxophone
  • Jean Derome - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
  • Takashi Yamane - bass clarinet, soloist, bass clarinet
  • Olivia Bignardi - clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Roberto Paci Dal貌 - clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Ikue Mori - drum machine [drum computer], soloist, drum machine [drum computer]
  • Ahmed Compaore - drums, soloist, drums
  • Giorgio Simbola - euphonium [bombardino]

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