Impur II

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Field	Value
name	Impur II
type	live
artist	Fred Frith
cover	FredFrith AlbumCover Impur II(2009).jpg
released
recorded	20 December 1997
venue	RamDam, Lyon, France
genre	Experimental music
length
label	Fred (UK)
producer	Fred Frith
prev_title	The Big Picture
prev_year	2009
next_title	Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air
next_year	2009
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| name = Impur II | type = live | artist = Fred Frith | cover = FredFrith AlbumCover Impur II(2009).jpg | released = | recorded = 20 December 1997 | venue = RamDam, Lyon, France | genre = Experimental music | length = | label = Fred (UK) | producer = Fred Frith | prev_title = The Big Picture | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air | next_year = 2009

Impur II is an album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It was composed in 1996 by Frith and performed in December 1997 in RamDam in Lyon, France, by students and teachers from L’Ecole Nationale de Musique, Villeurbanne. Frith conducted and played with the ensemble.

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 (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.

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, France on 20 December 1997 by Emmanuel Gilot

References

References

1. "FRITH, FRED: Impur part II".
2. "FRITH, FRED: Impur II".
3. "Impur Part II".

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