Re: Frippertronics and Soundscapes

[Eric Williamson <erwill@suitandtieguy.com>]

On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:33  PM, Mark Hamburg wrote:
> Not soundscaping or Frippertronics (except one cut), but the 
> Fripp/Sylvian
> work from the early 1990's (The First Day/Damage) was everything that 
> the
> 1990's King Crimson should have been.

i feel the same way. it's not a very common feeling though. nowadays 
Bob and Dave are not speaking to one another. very sad.

> And if you saw them live, which I did not, it evidently looked just 
> like a
> 1990's Crimson show with respect to Robert Fripp.

yes. i have the laserdisc of the show, and that's pretty much true. 
Michael Brook is more present in the mix on the video, i prefer it to 
the Damage album. however, during "God's Monkey" he doesn't play a 
shred-solo after the looping, Dave starts singing again after Bob 
builds his loops.

> At the Lanois concert in San Francisco, incidentally, Brian Blade was 
> more
> or less in darkness most of the time.

is that the same Brian Blade who plays with Joshua Redman?

speaking of Joshua Redman, he's doing quite a bit of cool looping and 
processing lately. i did an organ rental a couple months ago and both 
he and Sam Yahel (the bass-playing organist/keyboardist) had Repeaters 
and significant amounts of processing. it was pretty cool ... very 
down-and-dirty with smooth elements.

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Eric Williamson
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