Fremakajo draws on Fred’s history as a composer of songs and song forms to create a music that lies somewhere between adventurous improvisation and dance music for dark times.

Fred Frith is a pioneer of the extended electric guitar. He learned to compose in Henry Cow, developed his song-writing skills in Art Bears, explored his multi-instrumentalism in Skeleton Crew, and is still doing all of those things, having been in one band or another continuously since 1964. Fremakajo is the latest in a long line of Fred’s bands that explore song form in adventurous ways.

“I don’t have a set way of doing anything. If I feel I’m developing habits or patterns I usually try to break them. Having no formal training has sometimes seemed like a profound disadvantage, but it’s sometimes really liberating. Mostly I use my ears – I listen and adjust.”“

— Fred Frith

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