NEW CD!! j.frede:unprepared piano on Current Recordings

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NEW RELEASE:

j.frede:unprepared piano - featuring David Nereson
current.001 - CD

this full length CD from minimal composer j.frede and professional piano
tuner David Nereson explores the sound created during a piano tuning.
Working with professional piano tuner David Nereson, j.frede recorded a
tuning session. The source recordings were then edited, sampled, cut-up and
arranged into compositions using a variety of music software. The completed
album consists both of composed tracks and dry tunings. The original
recordings were made on June 13th, 2001. The piano used for the recordings
was a -1902- Hardman Upright.

for more info, packaging photos, audio samples or to Purchase this release
visit
www.current-recordings.com

--
also out in September!
j.frede and c.archuleta present
BLIP: The Glitch Electronica Standard Reference - Loops for Acid CDROM
SONY Music / Sonic Foundry
www.sonicfoundry.com

featuring 500 copyright free glitch, microsound, idm, lowercase and
foundsound samples for artists to use in their compositions.
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j.frede biography:
j.frede is an experimental music composer who works with sound
ranging from field recordings to electro-acoustic atmospheres, microsound
subtleties to ambient soundscapes, live performances to audio installations.
Currently Frede is working with field recordings of both natural and urban
environments and digital compositions built using acoustic sounds.

When performing live j.frede utilizes a variety of PC based software to
write
compositions in real time using found sounds and digital manipulations.
The installation work is designed to create subtle listening environments in
galleries and performance spaces. Each installation follows a conceptual
basis and is achieved using multiple cd players, 2" speakers, and
compositions specific to the installation.

Originating from a small town in New Mexico (usa) located in the great
plains,
the stark environment had a lasting effect on how james frederick (j.frede)
approached art and sound.

j.frede has been working in the field of experimental audio and sound design
for
close to a decade. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Frede did a
substantial
amount of work out of Denver Colorado from 1997 - 2001. at which time he
moved
to Europe for a short time, touring and traveling as much as possible. Apon
returning to the United States in early 2002 settling in Los Angeles, CA.

more info on the work of j.frede can be found at
www.current-recordings.com/jfrede

About David Nereson
David Nereson has been tuning pianos for 25 years. Nereson is also a
multi-instrumentalist skilled in piano, cello, bass and guitar . His current
 musical endeavors include solo piano (ragtime, blues, swing, boogie-woogie)
and playing cello with a string improv group.
Attending UNM, David was a DJ on the college radio station and took part in
various John Cage radio music performance's as well as other sound art
performances.

Past musical endeavors include A blues band and a country-swing band in
Albuquerque; a large jazz/swing band in Denver (Jazz West); the one-show
only multimedia Xenophilic Orchestra at the Mercury Cafe; a
blues/Irish/drunken sailor-influenced slow rock band in Denver (the Take)

In 2001 David Nereson joined j.frede for a live rendition of unprepared
piano
on stage at the GothicTheater in Denver, Colorado as part of the 5th and
final
Denver Atonal Festival. Nereson tweaked the sound board and strings as
j.frede processed the sound through his laptop.

about the crest series packaging -
unprepared piano is the first in the "crest series" packaging.
Each package is handstamped, cut and assembled kraft paper envelope's,
with a full color postcard insert. the design for the crest series was
inspired
by vintagemail that has seen the wear of travel and the ageing of time. the
series is not sold with a protective plastic sleeve with the intention of
each
cd developing its own 'wear and tear' over the years.

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