Fred Frith discography

Fred Frith appears on over 400 recordings. This is a selection from bands he was/is a member of, collaborations with other bands and musicians, and his solo recordings. The year indicates when the album was first released. For a comprehensive discography, see the Discography of Fred Frith by Michel Ramond, Patrice Roussel and Stephane Vuilleumier.[1]

Fred Frith at a piano recording session at New, Improved Recording in Oakland, California, September 2006.

Studio albums

Music for Dance

Music for Film

Composer only

Live albums

Composer only
  • Impur (2006, CD, Fred, UK)

Singles

Compilations

Collaborations

With Bruce Ackley, Henry Kaiser and Aram Shelton

With Noël Akchoté

  • Réel (1996, 10" LP, Rectangle, France)

With Núria Andorrà

  • Dancing Like Dust (2023, CD, Klanggalerie, Austria)

With Lotte Anker

  • Edge of the Light (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

With ARTE Quartett

With Derek Bailey and Antoine Berthiaume

With Derek Bailey, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Charles K. Noyes

  • Improvised Music 1981 (1992, CD, MuWorks, US)

With Anne Bourne and John Oswald

  • Dearness (2002, CD, Spool, Canada)

With Anthony Braxton

With Chris Brown

  • Cutter Heads (2007, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

With John Butcher

With John Butcher and Theresa Wong

  • Quintillions Green (2016, FLAC, Otoroku, UK)

With Lindsay Cooper, Lars Hollmer and Gianni Gebbia

With Lol Coxhill

With Chris Cutler

With Chris Cutler and Tom Cora

With Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio

With Lesli Dalaba, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt

With Totsuzen Danball

  • Live at Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23.July'81 (1982, CT, Floor, Japan)

With Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen

  • All is Bright, But it is Not Day (2002, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

With Michel Doneda

  • Fred Frith Michel Doneda (2014, CD, Vand'OEuvre, France)

With Mark Dresser and Ikue Mori

  • Later... (2000, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)

With Jean-Pierre Drouet

  • En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers (1997, CD, Transes Europeennes, France)

With Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis

  • I Dream of You Jumping (2001, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)
  • Contretemps etc... (2011, CD, In Situ, France)

With Ensemble Modern

With Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles

  • Something About This Landscape for Ensemble (2023, LP, Sub Rosa, Belgium)

With Anil Eraslan, Tom Malmendier and Clara Weil

  • There or Here and That (2020, CD, Eux Sæm, France)

With Janet Feder

With Hardy Fox

  • A Day Hanging Dead Between Heaven and Earth (2018, CD, Klanggalerie, Austria)

With Evelyn Glennie

With Barry Guy

  • Backscatter Bright Blue (2014, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

With Tim Hodgkinson

Cut Up the Border by Fred Frith, Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto

With Percy Howard, Charles Hayward and Bill Laswell

  • Meridiem (1998, CD, Materiali Sonori, Italy)

With Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto

With Darren Johnston

  • Everybody's Somebody's Nobody (2016, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal)

With Darren Johnston Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs and Ches Smith

  • Reasons for Moving (2007, CD, Not Two, US)

With Henry Kaiser

With Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart

With Hans Koch

  • You are Here (2017, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

With Joëlle Léandre and Jonathan Segel

  • Tempted to Smile (2003, CD, Spool, Canada)

With Annie Lewandowski

  • Long as in Short, Walk as in Run (2011, CD, Ninth World)

With René Lussier

With Amanda Miller

With Helen Mirra

  • Kwangsi Quail (2015, LP, Shhpuma, Portugal)

With Macio Moretti

  • Works for Me Should Be the Title (2023, LP, Don't Sit On My Vinyl! / Muzyka z Mózgu, Poland)

With Ikue Mori

  • A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall (2021, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

With Mózg Injectors

  • Sylvan Trail (2019, 12" LP and CD, Mózg, Poland)

With Bob Ostertag and Phil Minton

With Bob Ostertag and John Zorn

With Evan Parker

  • Hello, I Must Be Going (2015, CD, Les Disques Victo, Canada)

With Francois-Michel Pesenti

With Marc Ribot

  • Subsonic 1. Sounds of a Distant Episode (1994, CD, Sub Rosa/Subsonic, Belgium)

With Ferdinand Richard (as Fred & Ferd)

  • Dropera (1991, LP, RecRec, Switzerland)

With Danielle Roger

  • Pas de Deux (2008, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
Laying Demons to Rest by Fred Frith and Susana Santos Silva

With Rusconi

  • Live In Europe (2016, CD, Qilin, Germany)

With Susana Santos Silva

With Katrin Scholl, Daniel Erismann, Lucas N. Niggli, Hans Koch and Peter Kowald

  • Nil (1995, CD, Unit Records, Switzerland)

With Sonargemeinschaft (Sonar Community)

  • Drift (2008, CD, Poise, Germany)

With Studio Dan

  • Rocket Science #1 #5 #8 (2021, CD, ROS, Germany)

With Sudhu Tewari and Cenk Ergün

  • Lock Me Up, Lock Me Down (2020, Digital, Carrier Records, US)

With Toychestra

With Benjamin Vergara

  • Fanfarrisimo (2019, LP, Tour De Bras, Canada)

With Katharina Weber and Fredy Studer

  • It Rolls (2015, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

With Michel Wintsch, Franziska Baumann and Bernard Trontin

  • Whisperings (2002, CD, RecRec, Switzerland)

With John Zorn

With John Zorn, Onnyk and Toyozumi Yoshisaburo

  • Ars Longa Dens Brevis (2000, CD, Allelopathy, Japan)

Bands

Henry Cow

Henry Cow / Slapp Happy

Art Bears

Aksak Maboul

Material

Massacre

Skeleton Crew

Duck and Cover

French Frith Kaiser Thompson

Naked City

Death Ambient

  • Death Ambient (1995, CD, Tzadik, US)
  • Synaesthesia (1999, CD, Tzadik, US)
  • Drunken Forest (2007, CD, Tzadik, US)

Fred Frith Guitar Quartet

  • Ayaya Moses (1997, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
  • Upbeat (1999, CD, Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)

Maybe Monday

  • Saturn's Finger (1999, CD, Buzz, Netherlands)
  • Digital Wildlife (2002, CD, Winter & Winter, Germany)
  • Unsquare (2008, CD, Intakt, Switzerland)

Keep the Dog

The Orckestra

  • "Unreleased Orckestra Extract" (3" CD single, 2006, Recommended, UK)
Oakland/Lisboa by MMM Quartet

Cosa Brava

MMM Quartet[lower-alpha 4]

  • Live at the Metz' Arsenal (2012, CD, Leo, UK)
  • Oakland/Lisboa (2015, CD, RogueArt, France)

Fred Frith Trio

Lantskap Logic

  • Lantskap Logic (2018, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal)
  • Hidden Danger Lets Me In (2023, CD, Clean Feed, Portugal)

Footnotes
  1. The Previous Evening was designated "Music for Dance Volume 4" after Accidental was released.
  2. A limited edition bonus CD included in the Fred Records Story box set.
  3. Golden State is an LP-only release; "a CD just wouldn't be the same, sonically, visually or ontologically." – Chris Cutler.[2]
  4. MMM stands for "MillsMusicMafia", with reference to Mills College where Leandre, Frith and Curran teach music.[3]

References
  1. Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; Vuilleumier, Stephane. "Discography of Fred Frith". New York Downtown Scene and other miscellaneous discographies. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  2. Cutler, Chris. "CUTLER, CHRIS, THOMAS DIMUZIO, FRED FRITH: Golden State (LP)". ReR Megacorp. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  3. "Joelle Leandre/Fred Frith/Alvin Curran/Urs Leimgruber: MMM". Leo Records. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
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