Impur II is an album

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 by English

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 guitarist

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, composer

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 and improvisor

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 Fred Frith

Fred Frith

Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...

. It was composed in 1996 by Frith and performed in December 1997 in RamDam in Lyon

Lyon

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, France by students and teachers from L’Ecole Nationale de Musique, Villeurbanne

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. Frith conducted and played with the ensemble

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Impur II is the second of two performances commissioned by L’Ecole Nationale de Musique while Frith was resident music professor at the institution. The first was Impur

Impur (album)

Impur is an album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was composed in 1996 by Frith "for 100 musicians, large building and mobile audience" and was performed on 30 May 1996 by students and teachers from L’Ecole Nationale de Musique, Villeurbanne, France...

(2006), which was performed simultaneously by students in different rooms of a building. Frith did not play on that album. Impur II was an unannounced concert that took place in the school hall –
it started with no audience and continued as people discovered it and began filling the room.

Track listing

All tracks composed and conducted by Fred Frith

Fred Frith

Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...

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1. "Invitation/Invocation" – 6:41
2. "Affront National" – 3:27
3. "Dead Sea" – 4:07
4. "Waiting ror God" – 1:55
5. "Danses Avec Les Rats" – 3:32
6. "Nueve" – 1:40
7. "Now We Know" – 2:16
8. "Gaga-Kun" – 1:53
9. "Don't Say" – 1:16
10. "Cuts Up" – 1:18
11. "Le Sursis" – 4:04
12. "Ses Habits De Dimanche" – 4:48
13. "Finger on the Pulse" – 2:26
14. "La Dernière Valse (Pour Mie)" – 4:19

Personnel

• Fred Frith – composition, conductor, guitar solo
• Jean-Michel Quoisse – bass guitar
• Stephen Tissot – violin
• Denis Mariotte – drums, melodica
• Claire Mollard – marimba, percussion
• Stephane Grosjean – marimba, percussion
• Cyril Cambon – marimba, percussion
• Philippe Madile – piano, synthesizer
• Gilles Laval – electric guitar
• Guillaume Quemener – electric guitar
• Ghilem Lacroux – electric guitar
• Bader Gharzouli – electric guitar
• Laurent Frick – trumpet
• Stephane Lambert – baritone sax, shenai
• Pascal Pariaud – clarinet
• Laurent Vichard – clarinet
• Joel Jorda – clarinet
• Serge Sana – klaviers, echantillonage
• Samuel Chagnard – soprano sax

Recording

• Recorded in concert at RamDam, Lyon
  Lyon
  Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
  
  , France on 20 December 1997 by Emmanuel Gilot

External links

• Impur II on Fred Records
  Recommended Records
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