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Middle of the Moment 
Soundtrack album by Fred Frith Released 1995 Recorded North Africa and Europe, early 1990s Genre Experimental rock, Electronic music Length 60:40 Label RecRec (Switzerland) Producer Fred Frith Fred Frith chronology Quartets
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[1]Piero Scaruffi (4/10)[2] Middle of the Moment is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 1995 documentary film, Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel.
The film was made over a period of three years in the early 1990s, following the tuareg in North Africa and an avant garde circus troupe, Cirque O in Europe. The music comprises Frith compositions and sound collages drawn from field recordings of ambient sounds, conversations and indigenous music.
Frith describes how he created the soundtrack:[3]
“ I 'travelled' through this material, formed my impressions, and created a 'sound-movie' from them, using a process analogous to that of editing a film. [...] My idea is more to create a parallel narrative, free to draw on music that wasn't in the film but was part of the process of making it. ” Contents
Track listing
- "Le Jour Se Leve" (Frith) – 6:26
- "Moving" (Frith) – 3:55
- "Digging For Water" (Frith) – 2:34
- "Portrait I" / "Tam-Tam in Timia" (Frith) – 3:28
- "Le Cirque" (Frith) – 7:10
- "Robert Lax Is" (Frith) – 0:58
- "Gnawa Express Tanger" (Frith) – 3:01
- "Bell Song" (Frith) – 2:37
- "Portrait II" (Frith) – 1:44
- "Ghost Stories" (Frith) – 6:50
- "Portes Ouvertes" (Frith) – 3:43
- "Le Cirque-Oh!" / "Ghost Dance" / "Portrait III" (Frith) – 10:43
- "Le Jour S'Arrache" (Frith) – 2:59
- "Middle of the Moment (title theme)" (Frith) – 4:32
Personnel
- Fred Frith – guitar, bass, violin, keyboards, percussion
- Fabrizio Appelius – accordion
- Mikaela Dietl – accordion
- Tim Hodgkinson – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
- Robert Lax – voice
- Sandra M'Bow – voice
Tuareg
- Idaman walat Akhmudan – voice
- Tshanak ag Abalbal – voice
- women from the Kel Iforas tribe – vocals, drumming
Cirque O
- Josefina Lehmann – violin
- Johann le Guillerm – accordion, voice
- Bertrand Duva – Tibetan rattles
- Attila Zombori – drums, percussion, guimbarde
Production
- Peter Hardt – engineer
Re-issues
- In 2004 Fred Records issued a remastered version of the soundtrack.
References
- ^ Olewnick, Brian. "Middle of the Moment". AllMusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r545238. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Fred Frith". The History of Rock Music. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/frith.html. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- ^ "Middle of the Moment". ReR USA. http://www.rerusa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=6292&Category_Code=FRITH. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
External links
- Middle of the Moment at Allmusic
- Fred Frith discography
- artfilm.ch. Middle of the Moment
Fred Frith Discography Guitar Solos • Gravity • Speechless • Live in Japan • Cheap at Half the Price • The Technology of Tears • The Top of His Head • Step Across the Border • Quartets • Middle of the Moment • Allies • Eye to Ear • The Previous Evening • Pacifica • Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire • Clearing • Freedom in Fragments • Accidental • Prints • Rivers and Tides • Eye to Ear II • Eleventh Hour • Impur • The Happy End Problem • Back to Life • To Sail, to Sail • Impur II • Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air • Eye to Ear III • Clearing CustomsRelated articles Categories:- Film soundtracks
- Albums produced by Fred Frith
- Fred Frith soundtracks
- 1995 soundtracks
- Fred Records soundtracks
- RecRec Music soundtracks
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