The Technology of Tears
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| Studio album by Fred Frith | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1986–1987, United States | |||
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82:59 (LP releases) 60:15 (CD releases) |
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| Label | RecRec (Switzerland) | |||
| Producer | Fred Frith | |||
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The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre) is a double album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is the first of a series of Music for Dance albums Frith made, and is sometimes subtitled Music for Dance volume 1. It was recorded between June 1986 and April 1987, and released on a double LP and a single CD by RecRec Music (Switzerland) and on a double LP only by SST Records (United States) in 1988. It was re-issued on CD in 2008 by Fred Records (United Kingdom). All the CD releases omit the Propaganda suite (side 4 of the double LP).
The album comprises three suites:
Frith composed all the music and plays most of the instruments, with assistance from John Zorn, Tenko Ueno, Christian Marclay and Jim Staley.
The Propaganda suite was reworked and remastered in February 2015, and released by Fred Records as Propaganda in November 2015.
On The Technology of Tears, Fred Frith continues his exploration of world dance music he began on Gravity and Speechless, this time supplementing traditional instrumentation with digital technology to generate patterns, pulses and noise. Samples are used throughout, accompanied by horns, sporadic percussion and wordless vocals. The album is a mix of musique concrète, folk music and improvisation.
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