The Technology of Tears

by Fred Frith

The Technology of Tears cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: RecRec
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 59:57
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed originally for choreographers and modern dance performances, this avant-garde release heavily utilizes sampling, tape manipulation, and wildly unconventional guitar techniques. The dense, erratic structures showcase the prolific composer's mastery of blending abrasive noise with complex, highly structured rhythmic frameworks.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Fusion, progressive, improvisation, avant-garde, experimental, theatrical, technical, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Sadness, Its Bones Bleached Behind Us (13:05)
  2. You Are What You Eat (7:22)
  3. You Are What You Eat [Continued] (11:39)
  4. The Palace Of Laughter, The Technology Of Tears (10:08)
  5. Jigsaw (14:39)
  6. Jigsaw Coda (3:04)

Credits

  • Fred Frith - primary artist, instruments, voice [voices]
  • John Zorn - alto saxophone [alto sax]
  • Concert Dance Company of Boston - commissioned by
  • Creation Production Company - commissioned by
  • Rosalind Newman - commissioned by
  • Henry Riedel - lacquer cut by
  • Henry Kaiser - programmed by [programming guidance from]
  • Zbigniew Herbert - sleeve notes

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