Музыка Фреда Фрита (ну, насколько авторство возможно в такой импровизационной форме :) в исполнении германцев Ensemble Modern при непосредственном участии автора. Одна из самых охрененных пластинок, сыгранных большим авангардно-академическим составом. Красота и для Фрита, и для Ensemble Modern.
Tracklist: Traffic Continues I: 1/ Inadvertent Introduction 2/ First Riddle 3/ Traffic II 4/ Third Riddle 5/ Lourdement Gai 6/ Traffic III/Traffic I17 7/ Freeway/Shadow Of A Tree On Sand 8/ Fragile Finale Traffic Continues II: Gusto (For Tom Cora) 9/ Introduction: Limbo 10/ Adage A/At Your Earliest Hesitation 11/ Gyrate/Adage B 12/ Not If I See You First 13/ Any Other World 14/ A Good Top Tongue 15/ Nose At Nose 16/ Will Cast Some Light On 17/ Adage D/Neither Fire Nor Place 18/ Monkey Lens Diphtong String 19/ Howdywhoola 20/ No Convenient Time 21/ One Never Knows Do One?/Adage Coda/Long Fade
Line-up: Fred Frith — guitar, musical director Franck Ollu — conductor (1-8) Ikue Mori — drum machines (9-21) Zeena Parkins — harp, electric harp (9-21)
Ensemble Modern: Uwe Dierksen — trombone Roland Diry — clarinet Thomas Fichter — double bass, electric bass Heinz Huber — accordion (9-21) Michael M. Kasper — cello Freya Kirby — violin Susan Knight — viola Hermann Kretzschmar — piano, sampler Catherine Milliken — oboe, bass oboe,English horn Bruce Nockles — trumpet Rumi Ogawa-Helferich — percussion, cymbalom Franck Ollu — horn Rainer Roemer — percussion Noriko Shimada — bassoon, contrabassoon Wolfgang Styri — saxophone, contrabass clarinet Hilary Sturt — violin Dietmar Wiesner — flute, bass flute, piccolo
Recorded at "Das TAT im Bockenheimer Depot", Frankfurt on December 14-17, 1998. Produced by Fred Frith. Part II is built around samples of Tom Cora (cello) from the sampling CD "ETYMOLOGY"