ensemble modern / Fred Frith - traffic continues (2000)
Traffic Continues
1 Inadvertent Introduction 0:53
2 First Riddle 2:30
3 Traffic II 4:25
4 Third Riddle 2:13
5 Lourdement Gai 1:06
6 Traffic III / Traffic I 2:17
7 Freeway / Shadow Of A Tree On Sand 5:28
8 Fragile Finale 9:40
Traffic Continues II: Gusto (For Tom Cora)
9 Introduction : Limbo 1:55
10 Adage A / At Your Earliest Hesitation 4:45
11 Gyrate / Adage B 3:25
12 Not If I See You First 1:17
13 Any Other World 1:27
14 A Good Top Tongue 0:16
15 Nose At Nose 0:56
16 Will Cast Some Light On 1:32
17 Adage D / Neither Fire Nor Place 0:45
18 Monkey Lens Dipthong String 3:34
19 Howdywhoola 0:17
20 No Convenient Time 3:30
21 One Never Knows Do One? / Adage Coda / Long Fade 11:34
Accordion – Heinz Huber (tracks: 9 to 21)
Bassoon, Bassoon [Contra] – Noriko Shimada
Cello – Michael Kasper
Clarinet – Roland Diry
Co-producer – Markus Heuger, Dr. Ulrich Kurth*, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln*
Conductor – Franck Ollu (tracks: 1 to 8)
Double Bass, Electric Bass – Thomas Fichter
Drum Programming [Drum Machines] – Ikue Mori (tracks: 9 to 21)
Engineer – Stefan Hackspiel
Engineer [Head] – Carlos Albrecht
Engineer [Mastering] – Adrian von Ripka
Engineer [Mixing Assistant] – Sebastian Stein
Engineer [Recording Assistant] – Jahn Nehring, Sebastian Stein
Engineer [Technical] – Martin Cichy
Executive Producer – Stefan Winter
Flute, Flute [Bass], Piccolo Flute – Dietmar Wiesner
Guitar, Directed By [Music Director], Composed By, Producer – Fred Frith
Harp, Harp [Electric] – Zeena Parkins (tracks: 9 to 21)
Horns – Franck Ollu
Layout – Günter Mattei
Oboe, English Horn – Catherine Milliken
Percussion – Rainer Römer
Percussion, Cimbalom [Cymbalom] – Rumi Ogawa-Helferich
Photography – Heike Liss
Piano, Sampler – Hermann Kretzschmar
Producer – Winter&Winter*
Recorded By – WDR Köln*
Saxophone, Bass Clarinet [Contra] – Wolfgang Stryi
Trombone – Uwe Dierksen
Trumpet – Bruce Nockles
Viola – Susan Knight
Violin – Freya Kirby, Hilary Sturt
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Recorded 14th to 17th December 1998 at Das TAT im Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt. Mixed 19th to 23rd July 1999 at Musikhochschule, Detmold. Edited 9th August & mastered 12th October 1999 at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg.
"Traffic Continues" (1996) consists of a number of cells of composed music which can be juxtaposed with improvisation of various kinds. The structure and precise content are determined spontaneously by the conductor, with the help of the players, during the course of each performance. Commissioned by the Klangspuren Festival in Schwaz, Austria, it was first performed in September 1996.
"Traffic Continues II: Gusto (For Tom Cora)" (1998) was constructed, in the immediate aftermath of his death, around samples of the late Tom Cora's unique and extraordinary cello playing. Interpolated with great sensitivity by Hermann Kretzschmar, these quotations were taken from "Etymology", a record for sampling enthusiasts made by Skeleton Crew for the Rarefication Label in 1995. Commissioned by the Ensemble Modern, and premiered in the Philharmonie Köln in June 1998
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