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''The Sugar Factory'' is a 2007 collaborative album by English experimental musician Fred Frith and Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie. It comprises material drawn from improvisations by Frith and Glennie recorded during the making of the 2004 documentary film ''Touch the Sound'' about Glennie, who is profoundly deaf. The album was released in 2007 in the United States by Tzadik Records as part of their "Key Series". A soundtrack of the film was released in 2004, which contains some of Frith and Glennie's improvisations, plus additional music and sounds from the film. ==Background== ''Touch the Sound'' is a documentary film by German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer about profoundly deaf Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie and how she hears with her body. In 2003 Riedelsheimer asked English experimental musician Fred Frith to perform with Glennie in the film; Frith had previously worked with Riedelsheimer on the soundtrack for his 2001 documentary, ''Rivers and Tides''. Frith and Glennie performed in an abandoned sugar factory in Dormagen, Germany in July 2003, and were filmed under the pretext of "making a record".〔〔〔 This was the first time that Frith and Glennie had worked together, and their entire performance was improvised. For the purpose of the documentary the musicians performed apart in the huge empty factory, which Frith said "was great visually, but limited in other ways".〔〔 In addition to being filmed, their performance was also recorded on a 48-track digital recorder. Frith later worked on the recordings over the next few years in Oakland, California, extracting and reorganising the material and sending the results to Glennie for approval. Frith and Glennie also each made additional recordings which were added to the mix.〔 Of the album, Frith said, "Part of the challenge lay in the fact that since we had performed in a vast empty building there was a cathedral of reverb on everything we did, reverb that could not be removed. () So the Sugar Factory imposed its will on us, and we learned to accept and enjoy the music for what it was."〔 Since ''The Sugar Factory'' sessions, Frith and Glennie have performed live together on several occasions. Frith said that "A language is developing between us, and every concert brings new discoveries."〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sugar Factory (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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