Fred Frith – Allies (1996, CD, England)

Tracklist:
1 Rifka 9:37
2 Small Mercy I 4:28
3 Nenad 7:51
4 A Rock And A Hard Place 6:17
5 Davor And Dzeneta 6:29
6 Small Mercy II 6:02

Musicians:
Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright
Cello – Tom Cora
Drums – Joey Baron
Instruments [All Other Instruments], Drum Programming [Drum Programmes] – Fred Frith

A dance music album, with Joey Baron, Tom Cora and George Cartwright. One of Fred's open field type compositions - where parallel events proceed serenely, coinciding half-unpredictably, but still often enough to sound connected. There is continuity in modular repetition but so many overlays, small alterations, emergent details and new material that the sonic terrain they invoke is constantly mutating and constantly unpredictable (even after several auditions). Continuity is here irregularly interrupted by disruptive events, always settling back into semi-stable planes (ReR)