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1997 studio album by Skeleton Crew
Etymology is an audio source library recorded in 1995 by
Skeleton Crew . It was released by Rarefaction in 1997 in the United States on audio CD and CD-ROM for
Macintosh and
Windows 95 PCs. The sound files (16-bit AIFF stereo, sampled at 44.1 kHz) are
royalty free , and Rarefaction stated that they are free for use in "musical or multimedia project[s]".
[1]
Background
Skeleton Crew was an American experimental rock and jazz group formed in 1982. They originally consisted of English guitarist
Fred Frith and American cellist
Tom Cora , with American harpist and keyboardist
Zeena Parkins joining later.
[2] Although the group disbanded in 1986, Frith and Cora collaborated again in The Netherlands in 1995 as Skeleton Crew to record Etymology .
[3]
Frith later used Cora's cello samples on Etymology in "Traffic Continues II: Gusto", an extended piece Frith composed for
Ensemble Modern on their 2000 album,
Traffic Continues . Cora had died in 1998, and Frith dedicated "Traffic Continues II: Gusto" to Cora.
[4]
[5]
Track listing
"0dB Test Tone A440" (
Frith ) – 0:32
"Actions (9 samples)" (Frith) – 0:23
"Gestures (11 samples)" (Frith) – 1:53
"Swells (3 samples)" (Frith) – 1:15
"Boiler (3 samples)" (Frith) – 0:42
"Caste Rhythm" (Frith) – 0:08
"Caste Rhythm Loops (5 samples)" (Frith) – 0:11
"Gliss Rhythm" (Frith) – 0:08
"Gliss Rhythm Loops (2 samples)" (Frith) – 0:09
"Hand Tambour" (Frith) – 0:16
"Hand Tambour Loops (9 samples)" (Frith) – 0:24
"Livid Gaze" (Frith) – 0:13
"Livid Gaze Loops (7 samples)" (Frith) – 0:19
"Percolatte" (Frith) – 0:17
"Percolatte Loops (7 samples)" (Frith) – 0:23
"Pluck Taps" (Frith) – 0:11
"Pluck Tap Loops (2 samples)" (Frith) – 0:11
"Pouncers (2 samples)" (Frith) – 0:16
"Scride" (Frith) – 0:11
"Scride Loops (4 samples) " (Frith) – 0:14
"Slackedback" (Frith) – 0:17
"Slackedback Loops (9 samples)" (Frith) – 0:24
"Stap" (Frith) – 0:23
"Stap Loops (11 samples)" (Frith) – 0:29
"Brush" (Frith) – 0:12
"Brush Loops (5 samples) " (Frith) – 0:16
"Random (3 samples)" (Frith) – 0:52
"Vignettes (6 samples)" (Frith) – 1:55
"Armageddon" (Frith) – 0:28
"Armageddon Cuts (11 samples)" (Frith) – 0:37
"Noxoous" (Frith) – 0:52
"Noxous Loops (9 samples)" (Frith) – 0:56
"Steamleak" (Frith) – 0:16
"Steamleak Loops (13 samples)" (Frith) – 0:28
"Tandrum" (Frith) – 0:48
"Tandrum Loops (6 samples)" (Frith) – 0:51
"4 Questions" (
Skeleton Crew ) – 0:08
"4 Questions Loops (4 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:11
"Complete Sentence" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:15
"Phrase Loops (7 samples) " (Skeleton Crew) – 0:23
"Data Trash Shuffle" (Skeleton Crew) – 1:26
"Data Trash Loops (21 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 1:39
"Lexical Tantrum" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:18
"Lexical Tantrum Loops (8 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:25
"Line and Shine" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:21
"Line and Shine Loops (7 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:26
"Parsing Reel" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:33
"Parsing Reel Loops (9 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:41
"Phonology" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:18
"Phonology Loops (2 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:18
"Whistler's Other" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:49
"Whistler's Other Loops (5 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:53
"X-Bar Theory" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:33
"X-Bar Theory Loops (11 samples)" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:35
"Actions (4 samples)" (
Cora ) – 0:24
"Axons (10 samples)" (Cora) – 0:29
"Diphtongs (8 samples)" (Cora) – 0:40
"Gyri (4 samples)" (Cora) – 0:32
"Neural Chumps (7 samples)" (Cora) – 0:27
"Scritch (5 samples)" (Cora) – 0:20
"Snattre (5 samples)" (Cora) – 0:21
"Adage A" (Cora) – 0:52
"Adage A Cuts (9 samples)" (Cora) – 1:00
"Adage B" (Cora) – 0:28
"Adage B Cuts (6 samples)" (Cora) – 0:33
"Adage C" (Cora) – 0:36
"Adage C Cuts (12 samples)" (Cora) – 0:47
"Adage Coda" (Cora) – 0:25
"Adage Coda Cuts (13 samples)" (Cora) – 0:37
"Adage D" (Cora) – 0:22
"Adage D Cuts (7 samples)" (Cora) – 0:28
"Laryngio (5 samples)" (Cora) – 0:27
"Patterns (8 samples)" (Cora) – 0:38
"Statements (4 samples)" (Cora) – 0:41
"Quarter Loner (2 samples)" (Cora) – 0:56
"Bassis (10 samples)" (Cora) – 0:53
"The Bends 1 (10 samples)" (Cora) – 0:38
"The Bends 2 (11 samples)" (Cora) – 0:47
"Crackles & Rips (11 samples)" (Cora) – 0:26
"Creaks (4 samples)" (Cora) – 0:09
"Friction (10 samples)" (Cora) – 0:31
"Industrial (3 samples)" (Cora) – 0:14
"Scrapes (4 samples)" (Cora) – 0:24
"Scrawls/Scratches (13 samples)" (Cora) – 0:43
"Percussive (14 samples)" (Cora) – 0:24
"Bounces (4 samples)" (Cora) – 0:20
"Chordal (9 samples)" (Cora) – 0:28
"Flutterance (10 samples)" (Cora) – 0:37
"Tonal (21 samples)" (Cora) – 1:16
"Vox-like (10 samples)" (Cora) – 0:22
"Dissonance (7 samples)" (Cora) – 0:25
"High (4 samples)" (Cora) – 0:18
"Metallic (12 samples)" (Cora) – 0:39
"Rosin Haw (12 samples)" (Cora) – 0:36
"Overtones (12 samples)" (Cora) – 0:40
Source: Etymology liner notes,
[3] Fred Frith discography.
[6]
Personnel
Fred Frith (tracks 1–54) – guitar, electromagnetic translations
Tom Cora (tracks 37–95) – cello, cello resonated objects
Source:
Discogs ,
[7] Fred Frith discography.
[6]
Sound and artwork
Recorded at Koeinverhuurbdrijf Studio,
Purmerland , The Netherlands in 1995
Dolph – recording engineer
Thomas Dimuzio – producer (cutting, looping and editing)
Peter Baeder – cover artist
Source: Etymology liner notes,
[3] Fred Frith discography.
[6]
References
^
"Etymology" . Rarefaction . Retrieved June 19, 2014 .
^ Mills, Ted.
"Skeleton Crew" .
AllMusic . Retrieved June 19, 2014 .
^
a
b
c Etymology (CD/CD-ROM). Rarefaction. 1997.
^ Johnson, Andrew.
"Fred Frith / Ensemble Modern: Traffic Continues" .
PopMatters . Retrieved June 19, 2014 .
^
"Ensemble Modern / Fred Frith – Traffic Continues" . Winter & Winter . Retrieved June 19, 2014 .
^
a
b
c Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; Vuilleumier, Stephane.
"Discography of Fred Frith" . New York Downtown Scene and Other Miscellaneous Discographies . Archived from
the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2016 .
^
"Etymology" .
Discogs . Retrieved June 19, 2014 .
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