Back to Life (Fred Frith album)

Compositions

• "Seven Circles" for piano
• "Save As" for cello and percussion
• "Bridge is Bridge" for trumpet, oboe, cello and marimba
• "Back to Life" for trumpet, oboe, cello and marimba
• "Elegy for Elias" for piano, violin and marimba

  Track listing

1. "Seven Circles" – 2:59
2. *Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
3. "Save As" – 16:10
4. *Performed by Joan Jeanrenaud and William Winant on 29 May 2006 at Guerrilla HiFi in Oakland, California
5. "Seven Circles 2" – 5:08
6. *Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
7. "Bridge is Bridge" – 7:16
8. *Performed by Stephen Drury and the Callithumpian Consort on 20 September 2007 in the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
9. "Seven Circles 3" – 1:37
10. *Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
11. "Seven Circles 4" – 3:45
12. *Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
13. "Back to Life" – 8:57
14. *Performed by Stephen Drury and the Callithumpian Consort on 20 September 2007 in the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
15. "Seven Circles 5" – 1:34
16. *Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
17. "Seven Circles 6" – 4:40
18. *Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
19. "Elegy for Elias" – 9:26
20. *Performed by William Winant, Stephen Drury and Gabriela Dîaz on 20 September 2007 in the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
21. "Seven Circles 7" – 2:38
22. *Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium

    Personnel

• Stephen Drury – conductor, piano
• Joan Jeanrenaud – cello, newspaper, metal can
• John Andress – marimba
• Joe Becker – percussion
• Dylan Chmura-Moore – trombone
• Gabriela Dîaz – violin
• Elizabeth England – oboe
• Benjamin Fox – oboe
• Angela Park – cello
• John Russell – trumpet
• Karina Schmitz – viola
• Benjamin Schwartz – cello
• Andrew Stetson – trumpet
• Nick Tolle – marimba
• Jordan Voelker – viola
• Ethan Wood – violin

• Daan Vandewalle – piano
• William Winant – marimba, vibraphone, woodblocks, tamtam, tuned gong, large metal plate, toms, bass drum, beans, ping-pong balls, hammer and nails, metal can, etc.

• John Zorn – executive producer
• Kazunori Sugiyama – associate producer
• Fred Frith – producer
• Myles Boisen – compilation, editing and mixing; recording
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Harry de Winde – recording
• Patrick Keating – recording
• Heung-Heung Chin – design
• Heike Liss – photography