STEP ACROSS THE BORDER

Fred Frith

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4.12 | 7 ratings | 1 reviews | 43% 5 stars

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 1990

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Sparrow Song (1:31)
2. Voice of America, Part III (4:26)
3. Selluloid Restaurant (3:12)
4. After Dinner (1:49)
5. Houston Street (2:56)
6. Drum Factory (2:04)
7. Regardless of Rain (3:07)
8. Candy Machine (3:02)
9. Romanisches Caf� (6:22)
10. The Border (3:31)
11. Nirvana Again (1:55)
12. Scottish Roppongi (1:50)
13. Norrg�rden Nyvla (2:59)
14. Birds (2:21)
15. The As Usual Dance towards the Other Flight to What Is Not, Part 3 (1:50)
16. Williamsburg Bridge (1:56)
17. Same Old Me (4:13)
18. The As Usual Dance towards the Other Flight to What Is Not, Part 7 (2:28)
19. Lost and Found (3:20)
20. Nine by Nine (5:54)
21. Evolution (3:23)
22. Union Square (1:44)
23. Morning Song (2:03)
24. Voice of America, Part IV (2:05)
25. Too Much Too Little (2:09)
26. Too Late (2:25)

Total Time: 73:71

Line-up / Musicians

- Fred Frith / guitar, violin, bass, home-mades, DX7, Casio, voice, percussion, bottles, trumpet, etc.
- Tom Cora / cello, drum, voice
- Zeena Parkins / keyboards, drum, voice
- Bob Ostertag / Serge synthesizer, tapes, samples
- Bill Laswell / bass
- Fred Maher / drums
- John Zorn / alto saxophone
- Daihachi Oguchi / factory sound
- Jean Derome / alto saxophone
- Ren� Lussier / bass
- Kevin Norton / drums
- Eino Haapala / guitar
- Marc Hollander / alto saxophone
- Lars Hollmer / keyboards
- Hans Bruniusson / drums
- Tim Hodgkinson / bass clarinet
- Iva Bittov� / violin
- Pavel Fajt / beer cans, guitar, voice
- Eitetsu Hayashi / taiko
- Tina Curran / bass
- Haco / piano, voice

Releases information

2 x LP/CD RecRec Music RecRec 30 (Switzerland)

CD East Side Digital ESD 80462 (US),

Music for the film by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel

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FRED FRITH Step Across the Border ratings distribution

4.12
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Review by Evolver
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams

I'm not familiar enough with most of Fred Frith's albums to know if this is really a compilation, but this is actually the soundtrack to a movie, a documentary about the great inventive guitarist. However, Norrg�rden Nyvla except for some sound effects at the beginning, does sound like the version on Gravity, not that that's a bad thing.

The collection itself is wonderful, showing all sides of Frith's skillful and innovative playing and composition. The songs range from sounds similar to The Residents, whose Commercial Album featured Frith as a sideman, to early Zappa, and even one song Evolution, with high pitched vocals and a reggae influenced beat, that sounds sort of like a deranged version of The Police.

This is a gem in my collection. Highly recommended for the ROI fan.

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