Accidental (album)

Accidental
Studio album by Fred Frith
Released 2002 (2002)
Recorded December 1995 – January 1996
Studio Studio Jankowski, Stuttgart, Germany
Genre Experimental rock
Length 39:25
Label Fred (UK)
Producer Fred Frith
Fred Frith chronology
Freedom in Fragments
(2002)		 Accidental
(2002)		 Prints
(2002)
Music for Dance series chronology
The Previous Evening
(1997)		 Accidental
(2002)		 The Happy End Problem
(2006)

Accidental (Music for Dance Volume 3) is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is the third of a series of Music for Dance albums Frith made,[1] and was recorded between December 1995 and January 1996 at Studio Jankowski in Stuttgart, Germany. The album was released on CD in March 2002 on Fred Records and was the first release in Frith's archival release program on the record label.

Background

Accidental was commissioned in 1995 by the British choreographer Paul Selwyn Norton for the dance piece "Rogue Tool", with funding provided by the British Council through the British/Israeli cultural initiative, BI Arts. "Rogue Tool" was premiered by the Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv, Israel in February 1996.

Frith constructed the music on Accidental using a principle he called "block-melodies" [2] and he incorporated random events, or "accidents", into the compositions, including "found sounds" and field recordings, to trigger new patterns. Frith explained the background to the making of the album:[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBCfavorable[4]

Bill Tilland of the BBC wrote in a review of this album:[4]

Track listing

  1. "The Tangled Bank" (Frith) – 3:40
  2. "Hit and Run" (Frith) – 2:57
  3. "Gatto Nero" (Frith) – 1:33
  4. "Old Geometry" (Frith) – 2:24
  5. "Their Blood is Black and Yellow" (Frith) – 4:33
  6. "In a Heartbeat" (Frith) – 1:15
  7. "Fooled Again" (Frith) – 5:04
  8. "Accidental" (Frith) – 3:27
  9. "Absinthe Memories (for Phil Minton)" (Frith) – 3:00
  10. "Incoming" (Frith) – 6:20
  11. "Almighty Home at Last" (Frith) – 5:12

Personnel

  • Fred Frith – guitars, violin, keyboards, percussion, samplers, voice

Sound

  • Extraneous material taken from recordings of demonstrations in New York City and Washington, D.C., and random radio tunings
  • Engineered by Peter Hardt
  • Edited and mastered by Peter Hardt and Fred Frith, July 2000
  • Design and artwork by Tomas Kurth

References

  1. ↑ The Previous Evening (1997), released before Accidental, was designated "Music for Dance Volume 4" after Accidental was released.
  2. ↑ Frith, Fred. "Fred Frith interview, June 2003". Fred Frith's homepage. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  3. ↑ Cutler, Chris. "Fred Frith/Accidental". Chris Cutler's ReR/Recommended. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  4. 1 2 Tilland, Bill. "Accidental review". BBC Music. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
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