FRED FRITH "GRAVITY" PART 1 by Bas Andriessen/De Muzen aug 3 2014

On saturday june 7 2014.guitarist/composer FRED FRITH played on festival MUSIC MEETING in Nijmegen (Holland) with a group of young musicians of the Bay Area/San Francisco their special project "GRAVITY", which is a live adaptation of the very influential record "Gravity' that Frith recorded solo in 1979. I (= Bas Andriessen) was so lucky to get permission to film the concert and rehearsal for 2 summerspecials-out-of-5 that I make for my artprogram "DE MUZEN" for local tv in my hometown Nijmegen N1.
The Gravity Band is: Fred Frith conductor/guitar/bass, Aaron Novik clarinet, Dominique Leone keyboards, Kaethe Hostetter violin, Kasey Knudsen sax, Marië Abe accordeon, Jon Leidecker samples, Ava Mendoza guitar, Lisa Mezzacappa bass, Jordan Glenn drums, William Winant percussion, Myles Boisen soundengineer.
This is part 1 with a live excerpt of side 1 of de album "Gravity".
Camera: Hans van der Maarel, Mirjam Zegers, Bas Andriessen.
Geluid: Mark Peters.
Interview, (eind)redactie, productie, montage: Bas Andriessen.
Uitzending august 3 2014 Zomerspecial DE MUZEN N1

[@Darrylizer1]

Saw these guys at Slim's in San Francisco, fucking wonderful!

[@massimomarchesin8708]

FRED FRITH GREAT THAN ROBERT FRIPP and FRANK ZAPPA RIP !!!!!! A real GENIUS !!!!!!!

[@ELPERRITOENEAS]

Siempre tan interesante el maestro Fred Frith.. bravo!!

[@ostrichvonnipple6144]

why the internet can be a good thing.

[@tabbycrumch3062]

i have never seen any of this material performed live. What a fucking treat. Chills throughout

[@Freddy-Da-Freeloadah]

Memories... Of my cut out vinyl "Ralph Records" copy. WITH An acoustic bass!! How the lady get's it to sound electric I do not know... And the drummer adds a Chris Cutler flair that was missing from the original! I think the original had a dominant "harpsichoridish" keyboard. Missed, but whatever...

[@CliffordMartinOnline]

Wonderful stuff! Nice upload Bas!

[@boblgumm1]

Breathtaking rendition of breathtaking album. Sure wish the camera person could have moved around a bit more to include all the musicians. Apparently there was a bass player, a second guitarist and a woman with a bun on her head.

[@MegaCirse]

intimate Composer , impressionistic and uncompromising ; the great Fred Frith !!

[@wholeworld399]

My favorite Frith album. .

[@philippecirse4872]

Un tel iconoclasme, une telle grandeur, un tel improbable paysage cosmique plein de ténèbres, de lumière, de peur et d’émerveillement et surtout de mystère, avec des déflagrations qui vous plongent dans une transe suivie de changements soudains qui vous réveillent, les yeux écarquillés et les sourcils frissonnants. J'écoute cela de temps en temps depuis des lustres et j'entends encore de nouvelles subtilités 🔥

[@shnootch]

He’s got a special thing, Fred does.

[@mementomori1193]

amo este disco, le oigo desde mi revelde juventud, hermoso montaje quiero estar ahí con mi bandoneon 🎶!!!

[@rbrookefox]

What a treat! Thanks much.

[@suricatafari]

great work!

[@basandriessen]

Thank you Darrylizer!

[@studdabubba2138]

This Made my day

[@EndlessNot1]

saw this at FIMAV...memorable night

[@danruetenik3583]

Holy Zappa.!!!!...Really good

[@Darrylizer1]

Thankyou for the upload Bas!

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love your work!!

[@wademcinnis922]

One of my favorite records - this sounds rather soporific. Better than nothing but only just. No comparison to the original.

[@tabbycrumch3062]

not sure if you realized, Frith himself says the record is heavily studio-based.