Fred & Ferd - Dropera

Fred Ferd (Fred Frith Ferdinand Richard) - Dropera
Жанр: avant-garde
Год выпуска диска: 1991
Производитель диска: Suisse
Аудио кодек: (MP3 + FLAC)
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 46:15
Источник: ослосеть
Трэклист:
1. Petite Entrée: Au Restaurant, On Se Regarde! (3:31)
2. Tableau 1: Riche Et Mystérieux! (5:56)
3. Tableau 2: Mauvaise Gauche! (2:24)
4. Tableau 3: Deux Emballés! (2:52)
5. Tableau 4: Tous Cuits! (4:02)
6. Fin Tragique: Flottent Les Petits Morceaux! (2:33)
7. Enchaînement Alchimique: Nos Fantômes Naissent! (3:42)
8. Tableau 5: La Mer Est Notre Mère! (4:08)
9. Tableau 6: Ah, Que La Vie Est Dure! (4:59)
10. Tableau 7: Allez, On Danse! (4:08)
11. Tableau 8: Holà! Tu Rèves! / Fin Comique: A Quand La Suite? (7:48)
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Dropera is a concept album by Fred Frith and Ferdinand Richard, credited as Fred Ferd. It was their first collaborative album as a duo and was recorded in Zürich, Switzerland in August 1989. It was released on both LP and CD by RecRec Music in Switzerland in 1991. The album's songs were sung in French and a booklet of the song lyrics in French, German and English accompanied the album.
Background
English experimental guitarist/composer Fred Frith and French experimental bass guitarist/composer Ferdinand Richard had previously worked together in other contexts before coming together as a duo to record this album. Frith was a founding member of the English avant-garde rock band Henry Cow and Richard a founding member of the French avant-garde rock band Etron Fou Leloublan. Their paths first crossed in the mid-1970s when Henry Cow began touring Europe. Contact consolidated in 1978 when the two bands and three others joined forces to form Rock in Opposition. In mid-1980 Etron Fou Leloublan (including Richard) recorded with Frith in France and Switzerland, and appeared on one side of Frith's 1981 solo LP, Speechless. Frith also played on and produced two of Etron Fou Leloublan's albums in 1982 and 1985.
Content and reception
Dropera is a twisted rock opera about the comic and surreal adventure of two diners in a French restaurant involving abduction, an aircraft crash, death and re-awakening. Frith and Richard composed the music, and Richard wrote and sung the song texts. The music has been described as a mixture of avant-rock, pastorale with a little improvisation. Allmusic wrote that notwithstanding the leaden sound of the programmed drums, Fans of Frith will not be disappointed with this collaboration.
Personnel
* Fred Frith – guitars, violins, keyboards, digital and analogue percussion, background vocals
* Ferdinand Richard – six-string bass guitar, lead vocals
* Raymund van Santen – alto saxophone, clarinet, flageolet
Production
* Recorded by Andy Rathgeb in August 1989 at Sound and Vision Studio, Zürich, Switzerland
* Mixed by Tim Hodgkinson in December 1989 at Cold Storage Studio, London
* Produced by Raymund van Santen
* Photography by Bill Gilonis
* Artwork by Peter Bäder