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- Date Released: January 1, 1990
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: RER Megacorp / IODA
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Although this is technically the soundtrack to a film of the same name by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel, Step Across the Border actually serves as an excellent overview of Fred Frith's groundbreaking work as a soloist, bandleader, and collaborator. There's an example of his "guitars on the table" approach ("Romanisches Cafe"), and a couple of excellent duos with tape manipulation whiz Bob Ostertag ("Voice of America Part 3," from the lost and lamented Voice of America album they made for the defunct Metalanguage label). There are also scraps of material from his work with Skeleton Crew as well as numerous other well-chosen miniatures that vary from tuneful and charming to stark and forbidding. Perhaps the best thing this album accomplishes is that it puts some of the material from the astounding (but, sadly, long out-of-print) album of avant-garde power trio compositions and improvisations Frith recorded with Bill Laswell and Fred Maher under the name Massacre back into circulation: the very fine "Legs" is included here, as is a previously unreleased live track from 1983. Very highly recommended.
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| 01. |  |
Sparrow Song |
1:30 |
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| 02. | |
Voice Of America Part 3 / Legs |
4:25 |
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| 03. | |
Selluloid Restaurant / The Old Man Puts Out The Fire |
3:11 |
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| 04. | |
After Dinner |
1:49 |
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| 05. | |
Houston St |
2:38 |
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| 06. | |
Drum Factory |
2:03 |
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| 07. | |
Regardless Of Rain |
3:07 |
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| 08. | |
Candy Machine |
3:02 |
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| 09. | |
Romanisches Cafe |
6:10 |
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| 10. | |
The Border |
3:31 |
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| 11. | |
Nirvana Again |
1:55 |
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| 12. | |
Scottish Roppongi |
1:48 |
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| 13. | |
Norrgarden Nyvla |
3:00 |
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| 14. | |
Birds |
2:21 |
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| 15. | |
The As Usual Dance Towards The Other Flight To What Is Not Part 3 |
1:50 |
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| 16. | |
Williamsburg Bridge |
1:55 |
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| 17. | |
Same Old Me |
4:13 |
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| 18. | |
The As Usual Dance Towards The Other Flight To What Is Not Part 7 |
2:28 |
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| 19. | |
Lost And Found |
3:20 |
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| 20. | |
Nine By Nine |
5:54 |
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| 21. | |
Evolution |
3:22 |
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| 22. | |
Union Square |
1:43 |
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| 23. | |
Morning Song |
2:02 |
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| 24. | |
Voice Of America |
2:05 |
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| 25. | |
Too Much Too Little |
2:10 |
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| 26. | |
Too Late |
2:28 |
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26 Total Tracks, 74:00 Total Length
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Credits
- Martin Bisi - Engineer // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Bill Laswell - Bass // Tom Cora - Cello // Tom Cora - Drums // Tom Cora - Vocals // Tom Cora - Voices // Marc Hollander - Sax (Alto) // Bob Ostertag - Synthesizer // Bob Ostertag - Sampling // Bob Ostertag - Tape // Bob Ostertag - Tapes // Iva Bittová - Violin // Iva Bittová - Violin // Iva Bittová - Violin // Iva Bittová - Violin // Iva Bittová - Vocals // Iva Bittová - Vocals // Iva Bittová - Vocals // Iva Bittová - Vocals // Iva Bittová - Voices // Iva Bittová - Voices // Iva Bittová - Voices // Iva Bittová - Voices // Myles Boisen - Mastering // Myles Boisen - Mastering // Hans Bruniusson - Drums // Tina Curran - Bass // Jean Derome - Sax (Alto) // Pavel Fajt - Guitar // Pavel Fajt - Sound Effects // Pavel Fajt - Vocals // Fred Frith - Bass // Fred Frith - Guitar // Fred Frith - Percussion // Fred Frith - Trumpet // Fred Frith - Violin // Fred Frith - Drums // Fred Frith - Keyboards // Fred Frith - Vocals // Fred Frith - Voices // Fred Frith - Bottle // Fred Frith - Main Performer // Fred Frith - DX-7 // Fred Frith - Casio // Eino Haapala - Guitar // Tim Hodgkinson - Clarinet (Bass) // Tim Hodgkinson - Engineer // Lars Hollmer - Keyboards // Fred Maher - Drums // Zeena Parkins - Drums // Zeena Parkins - Drums // Zeena Parkins - Keyboards // Zeena Parkins - Keyboards // Zeena Parkins - Vocals // Zeena Parkins - Vocals // Zeena Parkins - Voices // Zeena Parkins - Voices // John Zorn - Sax (Alto) // John Zorn - Sax (Alto) // Haco - Piano // Haco - Piano // Haco - Vocals // Haco - Vocals // Haco - Voices // Haco - Voices // Kevin Norton - Drums // René Lussier - Bass // Yasushi Utsunomiya - Engineer // Zürich Busag - ? // Zürich Busag - Lithography // Benedykt Grodon - Engineer // Daihachi Oguchi - Sound Effects // Rudolf Oleschko - Engineer // Oscar Salgado - Photography // Oscar Salgado - Cover Photo // Y. Utsonomiya - Engineer // Jean Vapeur - Engineer // Jean Vapeur - Field Recording // Jean Vapeur - Live Recording // Eitetsu Hayashi - Drums // Tomas Kurth - Design // Peter Bader - Cover Design
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