Middle of the Moment (soundtrack)

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Middle of the Moment
FredFrith AlbumCover MiddleMoment(1995).jpg
Soundtrack album by Fred Frith
Released 1995 (1995)
Recorded Early 1990s, North Africa and Europe
Genre
Length 60:40
Label RecRec (Switzerland)
Producer Fred Frith
Fred Frith chronology
Quartets
(1994)Quartets1994		 Middle of the Moment
(1995)		 Allies
(1996)Allies1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[1]

Middle of the Moment is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 1995 documentary film, Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel.

The film was made over a period of three years in the early 1990s, following the tuareg in North Africa and an avant garde circus troupe, Cirque O in Europe. The music comprises Frith compositions and sound collages drawn from field recordings of ambient sounds, conversations and indigenous music.

Frith describes how he created the soundtrack:[2]

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I 'travelled' through this material, formed my impressions, and created a 'sound-movie' from them, using a process analogous to that of editing a film. [...] My idea is more to create a parallel narrative, free to draw on music that wasn't in the film but was part of the process of making it.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fred Frith.

No. Title Length
1. "Le Jour Se Leve"   6:26
2. "Moving"   3:55
3. "Digging For Water"   2:34
4. "Portrait I" / "Tam-Tam in Timia"   3:28
5. "Le Cirque"   7:10
6. "Robert Lax Is"   0:58
7. "Gnawa Express Tanger"   3:01
8. "Bell Song"   2:37
9. "Portrait II"   1:44
10. "Ghost Stories"   6:50
11. "Portes Ouvertes"   3:43
12. "Le Cirque-Oh!" / "Ghost Dance" / "Portrait III"   10:43
13. "Le Jour S'Arrache"   2:59
14. "Middle of the Moment (title theme)"   4:32

Personnel

Tuareg

  • Idaman walat Akhmudan – voice
  • Tshanak ag Abalbal – voice
  • women from the Kel Iforas tribe – vocals, drumming

Cirque O

  • Josefina Lehmann – violin
  • Johann le Guillerm – accordion, voice
  • Bertrand Duva – Tibetan rattles
  • Attila Zombori – drums, percussion, guimbarde

Production

Re-issues

References

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External links

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