A composer and experimental improviser on the string bass who combines free jazz, serial and atonal music, and electronics with an elegant lyricism. Fried is a founding member of the New York Artists Collective.

Also trained in classical composition, Fried has had performances and residencies with The Minnesota Orchestra, The Tanglewood Music Festival, The Festival at Sandpoint, June in Buffalo, Music of Our Time, and Centre Acanthes. His music has earned him awards and commissions from ASCAP and the American Composers Forum. This solo performance for Roulette will include electric string bass neat, alternating with real time analog sound processing.