OZ FRITZ Photograph of Fritz in front of the Great Pyramid

Oz Fritz has been a location recording and studio engineer for several very exciting years.Fritz landscape with a whimsical purple house

He has collaborated on over 60 projects with Bill Laswell and done many on-site recordings around the world, including the acclaimed Apocalypse Across the Sky by the master Musicians of Jajouka. Other studio credits include: L. Shankar, Material, Hakim Bey, Talip Ozkan, William S. Burroughs and ambient translations of the music of Bob Marley.Fritz primitive landscape with huge sun and purple house

His most recent engineering project involved Bill Laswell once again and a trip to West Africa. Laswell produced Jali Kunda, the Griots of West Africa & Beyond. This CD in beautiful presentation package features Foday Musa Suso performing griot music, a musical tradition over 800 years old that constitutes the oral tradition of the West African Griots in Mali, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and the Gambia. Fritz colorful landscape with mountains

For Jali Kunda the musicians, technicians, and photographer went to Africa and made the traditional recordings and photographs for a full color memoir by Susa. Back in the United States, Suso collaborated with minimalist composer Philip Glass, jazz saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders and Bill Laswell on three compositions that highlight the kora in new contexts.Fritz whimsical multi-colored ocean seascape

Oz's involvement with art is a relatively new direction for him. His paintings reflect a naive approach and a freshness that often comes with this style. His colors are bright and pleasant. The subject matter is often anecdotal and whimsical with a strong narrative content.