Frelonia is a trio of Núria Andorrà, percussion, Lotte Anker, saxophones, and Fred Frith, electric guitar. Edge of the Light (“inspired…exciting…serene…transcendent”) is the name of Fred’s duo CD with Lotte, and Dancing Like Dust (“diverse, compelling and endlessly inventive”) features the duo of
Fred and Núria. Now they will join forces. Sparks will fly…

Fred Frith is a pioneer of the extended electric guitar. He learned to compose in Henry Cow, developed his song-writing skills in Art Bears, explored his multi-instrumentalism in Skeleton Crew, rocked the house with Massacre and is still doing all of those things, having been in one band or another continuously since 1964! Meanwhile his work has been performed by string quartets, orchestras, big bands and a whole range of groups and artists in the ever-expanding field of semi-popular music. Film music credits include the acclaimed documentaries Rivers and Tides, Leaning into the Wind, and Tracing Light directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer, The Tango Lesson, Yes and The Party by Sally Potter, Werner Penzel’s Zen for Nothing, Peter Mettler’s Gods, Gambling and LSD, and the award-winning (and Oscar-nominated) Last Day of Freedom, by Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones. Fred’s passion for improvising has increasingly led him to work with artists who don’t necessarily define themselves uniquely as improvisers. Recent collaborators include gabby fluke-mogul, Nina Garcia, Tim Hodgkinson, Tom Malmendier, Mariá Portugal, Paula Sanchez, and Susana Santos Silva.

Lotte Anker is an award-winning Copenhagen-based saxophonist/composer working in the hybrid and fluid field between improvisation, experimental jazz and contemporary composed music. As a performer/composer, she is particularly interested in the dynamics between 'free' improvisation and
compositional practices, with an emphasis on exploring qualities and possibilities in sound material, silence and space. Recent collaborations include Anker/Taborn/Cleaver (w/ Craig Taborn and Gerald
Cleaver), Wassermann/Anker/Parkins (w/ Ute Wassermann & Andrea Parkins), Lotte Anker & Fred Frith, and larger groups such as What River Ensemble, Electric Habitat and Sub Habitat. Other past and present collaborators include Magda Mayas, Tony Buck, Joëlle Léandre, Christof Kurzmann, Okkyung Lee, Sylvie Courvoiser, Ikue Mori, Evan Parker, Paul Lovens, Johannes Bauer, Sofia Jernberg, Satoko Fuji, Natsuki Tamura, John Edwards, Nate Wooley, Susana Santos Silva, Chris Corsano and
countless others. Lotte has performed and led workshops at numerous venues in Europe, USA, Canada, Russia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Percussionist, improviser and composer of new creations, Núria Andorrà trained in classical and contemporary music but has always drawn from other sources of inspiration. She proposes a universe where images, sound and the body come together to create and transmit emotions from an
interdisciplinary perspective. She has played with Fred Frith, Lê Quan Ninh, Joëlle Léandre, Agustí Fernández, Michel Doneda, Frances-Marie Uitti, Susana Santos Silva, Christiane Bopp, Nuno Rebelo and Alessandra Rombolá as well as collaborating with dancers Federica Porello, Julyen Hamilton,
Almudena Pardo and Sònia Sánchez among many others. She has also worked on interdisciplinary shows with Carles Santos, Hèctor Parra, Raül Refree, Matmos, and Mariona Naudin. Núria taught improvisation at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and currently teaches percussion at the Reus Conservatory and the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona.