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2015 studio album by Fred Frith

Field Days (The Amanda Loops)

Studio album by Fred Frith

Released

November 2015 (2015-11)

Recorded

2011

Studio

Guerilla Recordings, Oakland, California

Experimental music

Length

38:44

Fred (UK)

Fred Frith chronology

Angels on the Edge of Time
(2015)

Field Days (The Amanda Loops)
(2015)

Propaganda
(2015)

Music for Dance series chronology

Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air
(2009)

Field Days (The Amanda Loops)
(2015)

Propaganda
(2015)

Field Days (The Amanda Loops) is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It comprises 14 pieces for dance written by Frith for choreographer Amanda Miller and the Nederland Dans Theater. The album was released by Fred Records in November 2015.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fred Frith.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prologue"	2:56
2.	"Run Don't Walk"	1:17
3.	"One Road, Many Destinations"	4:04
4.	"Shimmer, Simmer"	3:31
5.	"Up Ahead"	2:49
6.	"Desert Sundown"	3:39
7.	"Ran Didn't Hide"	2:01
8.	"Hills Have Eyes"	2:01
9.	"Moving on Sideways"	1:45
10.	"Moving on Up"	3:09
11.	"Act of Faith"	3:58
12.	"Home Stretch"	3:03
13.	"Jumped In"	1:48
14.	"Epilogue"	2:43

Sources: AllMusic, Discogs, SquidCo

Personnel

Fred Frith – all other instruments
Carla Kihlstedt – Nyckelharpa, violin
Kiku Day – Shakuhachi
Daan Vandewalle – piano
William Winant – percussion
Lotte Anker – saxophone
Arte Sax Quartet – saxophones
Arditti Quartet – strings

Sources: Discogs, SquidCo

Sound and artwork

Recorded at Guerilla Recordings, Oakland, California, 2011.

Myles Boisen – engineer
Fred Frith – producer

Source: Discogs

References

^ Fred Frith – Field Days (The Amanda Loops) at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
"Frith, Fred: Field Days". ReR Megacorp. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ "Fred Frith – Field Days (The Amanda Loops)". Discogs. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ "Frith, Fred – Field Days (The Amanda Loops)". Squidco. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

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Studio albums

Music for Dance	The Technology of Tears Allies The Previous Evening Accidental The Happy End Problem Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air Field Days (The Amanda Loops) Propaganda
Music for Film	The Top of His Head Step Across the Border Middle of the Moment Eye to Ear Rivers and Tides Eye to Ear II Eye to Ear III
Composer only	Pacifica Freedom in Fragments Back to Life

Live albums

Composer only	Impur

Collaborations

With Friends Like These (with Henry Kaiser)
Voice of America (with Bob Ostertag and Phil Minton)
Live in Prague and Washington (with Chris Cutler)
French Gigs (with Lol Coxhill)
Who Needs Enemies? (with Henry Kaiser)
Nous Autres (with René Lussier)
Attention Span (with Bob Ostertag and John Zorn)
Dropera (with Ferdinand Richard)
Live Improvisations (with Tim Hodgkinson)
Helter Skelter (with François-Michel Pesenti)
Live in Trondheim, Berlin & Limoges, Vol. 2 (with Chris Cutler)
The Art of Memory (with John Zorn)
Traffic Continues (with Ensemble Modern)
2 Gentlemen in Verona (with Chris Cutler)
Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt (with Lesli Dalaba, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt)
What Leave Behind (with Toychestra)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 (with John Zorn)
The Compass, Log and Lead (with Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart)
Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 (with Anthony Braxton)
Ironic Universe (with Janet Feder)
The Stone: Issue Two (with Chris Cutler)
The Sugar Factory (with Evelyn Glennie)
The Art of Memory II (with John Zorn)
Still Urban (with ARTE Quartett)
The Big Picture (with ARTE Quartett)
Late Works (with John Zorn)
Angels on the Edge of Time (with Lindsay Cooper, Gianni Gebbia and Lars Hollmer)
Cut Up the Border (with Nicolas Humbert and Marc Parisotto)
Laying Demons to Rest (with Susana Santos Silva)

Compilations	Friends & Enemies (with Henry Kaiser)

Box sets

Fred and Ralph
The Fred Records Story 2001–2020 Volume 1: Rocking the Boat
The Fred Records Story 2001–2020 Volume 2: Crossing Borders
The Fred Records Story 2001–2020 Volume 3: Stepping Out

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