Eye to Ear III explained

Eye to Ear III
Type:	studio
Artist:	Fred Frith
Cover:	FredFrith AlbumCover EyetoEarIII.jpg
Recorded:	2003–2004
Studio:	Guerrilla Recordings, Oakland, California Jankowski SoundFabrik, Esslingen, Germany
Genre:	Experimental rock
Label:	Tzadik (US)
Producer:	Fred Frith
Prev Title:	Late Works
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Clearing Customs
Next Year:	2011

Eye to Ear III is a studio album by English guitarist, composer, and improvisor Fred Frith. The album is a collection of film music composed and performed by Frith, and is the third of three Eye to Ear albums dedicated to his work for short films. It was recorded in Germany and the United States in 2003 and 2004.

Eye to Ear III comprises two suites, Troja Suite from Hussi Kutulcan's 2005 film Drei Gegen Troja (Three Against Troy), and Water Music from Deborah Kauffman and Alan Snitow's 2004 documentary, Thirst.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fred Frith.

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Personnel

• Fred Frith – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, home-made instruments
• Wu Fei – gu zheng
• Ada Gosling – violin (Troja Suite)
• Bernd Settelmeyer – percussion, waterphone (Troja Suite)
• Tilman Müller – trumpet, flugelhorn (Troja Suite)
• Carla Kihlstedt – violin, nyckelharpa (Water Music)
• Sheela Bringi – bansuri (Water Music)
• Heather Heise – melodica, piano (Water Music)
• Gino Robair – percussion (Water Music)

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Sound and artwork

Water Music recorded at Guerrilla Recordings in Oakland, California, June and November 2003; Troja Suite recorded at Jankowski SoundFabrik in Esslingen, Germany, July 2004

• Myles Boisen – engineer (Water Music), audio mixer
• Peter Hardt – engineer (Troja Suite)
• Fred Frith – producer
• Heike Liss – photographer

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