etymology

skeleton crew: tom cora and fred frith

rarefaction

1996 CD & CD-ROM

sound library

Skeleton Crew's sound source disc entitled, Etymology. Skeleton Crew consists of guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith and cellist Tom Cora. Fred Frith is internationally known for his work with Henry Cow, the Art Bears, Naked City and Richard Thompson. Tom Cora, has played with or been apart of Curlew, Third Person and the Ex, among many others.

Etymology includes a profusion of string/wire manipulation techniques and effects. Produced by long-time Poke contributor, Thomas Dimuzio. Available in both audio and CD-ROM (16-bit AIFF stereo sound files sampled at 44.1 kHz) which will mount on any Macintosh or Windows 95 PCs. Etymology cover art was created by Peter Bäder.