Middle of the Moment (soundtrack)

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Released 1995 (1995) Label RecRec (Switzerland) Release date 1995 Producer Fred Frith		Length 60:40 Artist Fred Frith Movie Middle of the Moment

Recorded Early 1990s, North Africa and Europe Genres Experimental rock, Electronic music Similar Fred Frith albums, Experimental rock albums

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:

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fred Frith.

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

Middle of the Moment (soundtrack) Wikipedia

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