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If you go to: vg-8.com/mm/fripp.jpg you'll see a schematic of his recent setup. Martin Shellard ---------- >From: ld thomson <heatshrink@hotmail.com> >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >Subject: Re: Fripp & the EH16 >Date: Fri, Jun 18, 1999, 4:33 pm > > Stories like that make cry. A beautiful thing to see no doubt! > I'd be curious to know what his current gear is. > > >>From: Jim Carter <Jim.Carter@bristol.ac.uk> >>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >>Subject: Fripp & the EH16 >>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:37:51 +0100 (BST) >> >> >> > Have everyone forgotten that EH 16 second delay contraption circa >1984? >> > I've never used one but I think Belew & Fripp were pretty enthused >about >>it >> > when it came. >> > >> > >>I saw Robert Fripp performing with one of these in Liverpool in 1984. >>This was a spontaneous "tour" following cancellation of a recording >>session with the Roches and was in Probe Records which held ca. 30 >>people sardine style with many more outside (anyone seen a smaller >>loop venue?). >>He had a floor full of kit including GR300 and 700 synths, custom >>pedal board with the EH16, a Roland SpaceEcho and small mixer >>set up near his left hand (remember he is left handed). >> >>He must have played for about 40 minutes showing great command of >>the EH16 (reversing, overdubbing, reversing again, stretching, >>overbudding, un-stretching(?) and playing incredible lead over the >>top of it all, before fielding questions >>I think this performance left me the loop enthusiast I am today. >> >>I truely hope that DGM will release some material he produced with >>this set-up as it showed the incredible freedom of composition >>that a man under no pressure to "perform" can achieve. >>I saw him perform in Salisbury Cathederal (97) with his TC electronics >>set-up and although this was an awinspiring venue the material >>lacked a certain bite. Ah, the mellowness that comes with age. >> >>Enough ramble - Jim Carter >> > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >