Native Californian Rick Frystak has performed with various ensembles in and around Los Angeles
for over 40 years, involving himself in the most wide variety of musics possible. Including Southbound Road, Moonfleet, David Balakrishnan, Hosea, Iggy Pop, Ray Manzerek, SAWS, Rick Potts, Bruce Fowler and the Avitron Ensemble, which was the opportunity to incorporate aircraft parts and manufacturing machinery into improvisational pieces with electronics and percussion.
Performing with the InTone group in the 80’s fused all these sounds with group instrumental improvisation and video composition. The 90’s brought a CD collaboration with shakuhachi player Ron Burger, and Rick’s solo record Voci on his own InTone Music label. Since then, his writing and playing has centered around harmonic composition, group electro/acoustic improv and computer music, never abandoning the Cage-ean philosophy that "...all sounds are music". “Being a young drummer then a guitarist has given me all manner of tonal-versus-rhythmic senses to draw on within every musical context that I’m in”, he says.
Rick has also been active in the film industry, with composing and music production, consulting and music supervision (IMDB), as well as licensing his own music to feature films.
Music Performance
MUSIC RELEASES
FILMOGRAPHY/PRODUCTION