Zebulon welcomes the return of the Fred Frith Trio, this time joined by their friends Phipps Pt., the Bay Area experimental duo of Lovage Sharrock and Jon Leidecker (Wobbly.)
The Fred Frith Trio began life almost by accident in 2013. A couple of low key local gigs in Oakland gave rise to a European tour, a debut record on Intakt, and an always busy schedule. By now they have performed in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Istanbul, New York, Paris, Prague, Sao Paolo, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb and a host of other places, creating an identity that seems to revolve around memories of a bygone psychedelic era filtered through the lens of razor-sharp improvisation. Closer to the Ground has been described as “a gripping piece of spontaneous timelessness”, “ a vital statement from a singular artist and his inventive crew”, “a magical , transcendent world”. The new record Road, a double CD of live recordings with guests Susana Santos Silva and Lotte Anker, has also been enthusiastically received—“wide-ranging free rock that’s positively bursting with ideas”, “an extraordinary catalog of sounds”, “a triumph of emphatic expectations”. The group is freshly returned from a tour of nine countries in 14 days, and have never sounded better!
Phipps Pt. push the boundaries of what it means to connect through music, where composition and experimental sound converge. Lovage Sharrock’s acoustic guitar patterns and vocals vacillate between delicate, seductive, humorous and disturbed. Jon Leidecker splinters, processes, and feeds back unexpected sound which Sharrock then responds to, offering moments of profound beauty and catharsis within joy and deep discomfort. Each performance is raw, distinct and unrepeatable. Together, with the audience, Phipps Pt. conjure spaces where nothing need be explained.
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- Next month, 3rd July, 10:00 pm, ABBA Night in Los Angeles
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