Middle of the Moment (soundtrack)

Middle of the Moment
Soundtrack album by Fred Frith
Released	1995
Recorded	Early 1990s, North Africa and Europe
Genre	Experimental rock; electronic music;
Length	60:40
Label	RecRec (Switzerland)
Producer	Fred Frith
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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.

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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]

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 music is 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
Total length:		60:40

Personnel

Fred Frith – guitar, bass, violin, keyboards, percussion
Fabrizio Appelius – accordion
Mikaela Dietl – accordion
Tim Hodgkinson – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Robert Lax – voice
Sandra M'Bow – voice

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

Peter Hardt – engineer

Re-issues

In 2004 Fred Records issued a remastered version of the soundtrack.

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References

Olewnick, Brian. "Middle of the Moment". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
"Middle of the Moment". ReR USA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

External links

artfilm.ch. Middle of the Moment

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[amg-1] Olewnick, Brian. "Middle of the Moment". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-20.

[2] "Middle of the Moment". ReR USA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-29.