Fred Frith & Maybe Monday - Digital Wildlife (2002)

Maybe Monday is a United States experimental electroacoustic improvisation music ensemble comprising guitarist Fred Frith, koto player Miya Masaoka and saxophonist Larry Ochs. The trio was formed in San Francisco in March 1997 when they performed in a concert at the Great American Music Hall. They have since toured the United States, Canada and Europe, and released three albums between 1999 and 2008. Their music has been described as a "delicate mesh of electric and acoustic, ethnic and urban, tradition and experiment". –Wikipedia

In the case of Digital Wildlife, there are two additional factors. The first is the presence of Joan Jeanrenaud, the iconic cellist who has been an ever more important figure in the San Francisco scene since leaving the Kronos Quartet. She complements Maybe Monday perfectly, providing a bridge between disparate instrumental worlds that is subtle and understated, yet completely authoritative.

The second is engineer Myles Boisen, an important pillar of the Bay Area music scene as a guitarist, but also someone who has an intimate connection with the music of every member of Maybe Monday, having recorded much of it himself. Since being invited to Rome by Fred Frith over 20 years ago to work on Il Diabolo del Blues, Myles has been involved in some of the Bay Area's most creative recordings. On Digital Wildlife he was given free rein to process the sound of each musician as it was being recorded, effectively creating a live dub mix direct to 2-track. This was then used by Fred as raw material with which to compose pieces in the computer-cutting, superimposing, looping, and otherwise re-defining the material. –Winter & Winter


Tracklist:

1. Digital Wildlife 12:11
2. Image In And Atom 09:55
3. The Prisoners' Dilemma 14:30
4. Touch / Risk 07:23
5. Close To Home 04:58

Musicians:
Maybe Monday:
Cello – Joan Jeanrenaud
Electric Guitar – Fred Frith
Koto, Electronics – Miya Masaoka
Tenor & Sopranino Saxophones – Larry Ochs
Composed By – Fred Frith, Joan Jeanrenaud, Larry Ochs, Miya Masaoka

Recorded live in the first week of May 2001 at Guerilla Euphonics, Oakland.