Rivers and Tides (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Rivers and Tides
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Fred Frith


Background = orange
Released = 2003
Recorded = Germany, 2002
Genre = Chamber music
Experimental music
Length = 40:51
Label = Winter & Winter (Germany)
Producer = Fred Frith
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kv6dtr8tkl4x link]
*Piero Scaruffi (6.5/10) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/frith.html link] | Last album = "Prints"
(2002)
This album = "Rivers and Tides"
(2003)
Next album = "Eye to Ear II"
(2004)

"Rivers and Tides: Working with Time" is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 2001 Anglo-German documentary film, "Rivers and Tides" by Thomas Riedelsheimer [ cite web |url=http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm |title="Discography of Fred Frith" |work=New York Downtown Scene and other miscellaneous discographies |last=Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; Vuilleumier, Stephane |accessdate=2008-07-16 ] about the British landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. [ cite web |url=http://www.riversandtides.co.uk/ |title="Rivers and Tides" |work=riversandtides.co.uk |accessdate=2008-07-16 ]

Frith composed all the music for the soundtrack cite web |url=http://www.skyline.uk.com/riversandtides/credits.html |title="Credits "Rivers and Tides" |work=riversandtides.co.uk |accessdate=2008-07-16 ] and incorporated sound clips of water from the film in the final mix. cite web |url=http://www.jazzword.com/nova/showreview.pl?item=artist&artist_id=103730&artist_name=Jonathan%20Segel |title="Fred Frith, Rivers and Tides" |work=Jazzword reviews |first=Ken |last=Waxman |accessdate=2008-07-16 ] The music has been described as chamber and features Frith and a German trio of Karoline Höfler, Bernd Settelmeyer and Wolfgang Stryi.

In a review of the album, "Allmusic" had this to say of Frith: "Rivers and Tides demonstrates that Frith is not only a skewed pop genius and fearless improviser, but a remarkably empathetic soundtrack composer as well." [ cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kv6dtr8tkl4x |title="Rivers and Tides: Working With Time" |work=AllMusic.com |first=Sean |last=Westergaard |accessdate=2007-02-13 ]

Track listing

#"Part I" (Frith) – 10:08
#"Part II" (Frith) – 3:10
#"Part III" (Frith) – 2:22
#"Part IV" (Frith) – 1:25
#"Part V" (Frith) – 4:40
#"Part VI" (Frith) – 4:15
#"Part VII" (Frith) – 11:31
#"Part VIII" (Frith) – 3:20

Personnel

*Fred Frith – guitar, samples, violin, piano, berimbao
*Karoline Höfler – double bass
*Bernd Settelmeyer – percussion
*Wolfgang Stryi – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

ound and art work

*Digitally recorded and mixed at Jankowski Tonstudio, Esslingen, Germany, July 8-9, 2002
**Engineered by Peter Hardt
*Digital re-mixing and mastering at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany, January 30-31, 2003
**Engineered by Adrian von Ripka with Stefan Winter
*Art and photography by Andy Goldsworthy
*Prints by Peter Postel

References

*Frith, Fred. (2003). "Rivers and Tides" [CD] . Winter & Winter.

External links

*amg | id = 10:kv6dtr8tkl4x | label = Rivers and Tides: Working With Time
* [http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm Fred Frith discography]