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The Letter (Cosa Brava album)

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Released
  
March 2012 (2012-03)

Length
  
61:08

Release date
  
21 March 2012

Label
  
Intakt Records

Recorded
  
June 2010, August 2011

Artist
  
Cosa Brava

Producer
  
Fred Frith

Genre
  
Experimental rock

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The Letter is a studio album by Fred Frith's United States experimental rock group Cosa Brava. It was recorded in France in June 2010 and Oakland, California in August 2011, and was released by Intakt Records in Switzerland on March 21, 2012.

Contents

Reception

Writing at All About Jazz, John Eyles described The Letter as "transcend[ing] genre", and Frith's songs as "melodic ... provid[ing] the group with plenty of scope for embellishment". He said the album "hangs together well", adding that Kihlstedt's violin has "inflections carrying great emotional weight", and Frith's guitar as "fluid [and] interwoven with wordless vocals, to stunning effect" on "Common Sense".

Track listing

All tracks written by Fred Frith, except where noted.

Source: Intakt Records, Discogs

Personnel

  • Fred Frith – guitar, bass guitar, voice
  • Carla Kihlstedt – violin, bass harmonica, voice
  • Zeena Parkins – accordion, keyboards, foley objects, voice
  • Shahzad Ismaily – bass guitar, voice
  • Matthias Bossi – drums, percussion, mayhem, vocals
  • The Norman Conquest – sound manipulation

    • Guests

  • Michael Elrod – tambura (track 4)
  • William Winant – concert bass drum (track 10), crotales (track 2)

    • Recording and production

  • Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12 recorded at Chàteau de Faverolles, France, June 1–4, 2010
  • The Norman Conquest – engineer
  • Tracks 3, 7, 9, 10 recorded at New Improved Recording, Oakland, California, August 9–11, 2011
  • The Norman Conquest – engineer
  • Mixed at Jankowski Soundfabrik, Esslingen, Germany, April 9–11, 2011, July 4–5, 2011, January 31, 2012, February 3, 2012
  • Peter Hardt – engineer
  • Mastered at Headless Buddha, Oakland, California, February 10, 2012
  • Myles Boisen – engineer
  • Artwork
  • Heike Liss – cover image
  • Jonas Schoder – graphic design
  • Production
  • Fred Frith – producer
  • Intakt Records – producer

    • Source: Intakt Records, Discogs

    Songs

    1Soul of the Machine2:12
    2The Eyjafjallajökull Tango6:48
    3Drowning4:04

    References

    The Letter (Cosa Brava album) Wikipedia
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