Fred Frith discography


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.

Bands

Henry Cow
Henry Cow / Slapp Happy
  • Desperate Straights
  • In Praise of Learning
Art Bears
Aksak Maboul
  • Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits
Material
  • Memory Serves
  • One Down
  • Live from Soundscape
Massacre
  • Killing Time
  • Funny Valentine
  • Meltdown
  • Lonely Heart
  • Love Me Tender
Skeleton Crew
  • Learn to Talk
  • The Country of Blinds
  • Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds
  • Etymology
Duck and Cover
French Frith Kaiser Thompson
  • Live, Love, Larf & Loaf
  • Invisible Means
Naked City
Death Ambient
Fred Frith Guitar Quartet
Maybe Monday
Keep the Dog
The Orckestra
Cosa Brava
Fred Frith Trio
With Bruce Ackley, Henry Kaiser and Aram Shelton
With Noël Akchoté
With Lotte Anker
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
With Anne Bourne and John Oswald
  • Dearness
With Anthony Braxton
  • Duo 2005
With Chris Brown
  • Cutter Heads
With John Butcher
  • The Natural Order
With John Butcher and Theresa Wong
  • Quintillions Green
With Lindsay Cooper, Lars Hollmer and Gianni Gebbia
With Lol Coxhill
  • French Gigs
With Chris Cutler
With Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio
With Lesli Dalaba, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt
With Totsuzen Danball
With Evelyn Davis and Phillip Greenlief
  • Lantskap Logic
With Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen
  • All is Bright, But it is Not Day
With Michel Doneda
  • Fred Frith Michel Doneda
With Mark Dresser and Ikue Mori
  • Later...
With Jean-Pierre Drouet
  • En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers
With Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis
With Ensemble Modern
  • Traffic Continues
With Janet Feder
  • Ironic Universe
With Hardy Fox
With Evelyn Glennie
With Barry Guy
  • Backscatter Bright Blue
With Tim Hodgkinson
  • Live Improvisations
With Percy Howard, Charles Hayward and Bill Laswell
  • Meridiem
With Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto
With Darren Johnston
With Darren Johnston Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs and Ches Smith
With Henry Kaiser
With Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart
With Hans Koch
With Joëlle Léandre, Alvin Curran and Urs Leimgruber
With Joëlle Léandre and Jonathan Segel
With Annie Lewandowski
With René Lussier
With Helen Mirra
With Mózg Injectors
With Bob Ostertag and Phil Minton
With Evan Parker
With Francois-Michel Pesenti
With Marc Ribot
With Ferdinand Richard
With Danielle Roger
With Rusconi
With Katrin Scholl, Daniel Erismann, Lucas N. Niggli, Hans Koch and Peter Kowald
  • Nil
With Sonargemeinschaft
  • Drift
With Toychestra
  • What Leave Behind
With Benjamin Vergara
With Katharina Weber and Fredy Studer
With Michel Wintsch, Franziska Baumann and Bernard Trontin
With John Zorn
'With John Zorn, Onnyk and Toyozumi Yoshisaburo