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 Do Not Hesitate To Acquire This November 11, 2010
Written by Squonkamatic
I must confess a certain attachment to the Revox & Les Paul era Frippertronics work that cannot be put into verbal terms. "Let The Power Fall" and "God Save The Queen" are amongst the most often listened to albums in my history, with a quest to find MORE! being a lifelong journey. Obtaining this set has been fulfillment of that yearning and might very well be the current existing ultimate example of Pure Frippertronics available. The sound quality is impeccable -- even over a cell phone’s speakers, this stuff is hot -- and the breadth of the four improvisations is the most ambitious yet presented as far as the Frippertronics concept goes.
The scope of "Loop 3" even dwarfs "The Heavenly Music Corporation" at 23 minutes of sonic experimentation that does not contain one dull moment, with sections of music as grand as any to be found on a side-long composition from your favorite art rock epic. You can imagine him continuing the loop almost ad-infinitum, making one ponder the question of what the longest duration loop Fripp ever recorded with the Revox’s was? What would have been the limitations? "Loop 1" also weighs in at 17+ minutes of awe inspiring improvisation, built architecturally into a mammoth of sound that ranges all frequencies. "Let The Power Fall" was awesome, and "God Save The Queen" maybe even more so, but this set is a masterpiece as far as the pure looping process goes.
While my first choice recommendation for DGM Frippertronics shows offered here has to be the 1979 Chicago set from Sound Warehouse due to the live audience element, this is your second stop for the sonic wonder that was Revox era Frippertronics in epic form. The other sets have some great solo work done over the loops which completes the process as the Artist envisioned, but this collective reflects the looping as a pure form in its most ambitious level of execution. One aspect I always admired about the pure Frippertronics is how the concepts of patience and foresight played a role in the improvisation: The patience to allow passages the room to evolve within a fixed time continuum, and the foresight to guide that evolution in a manner very akin to weaving a tapestry of sound. It is perhaps on these loops that Fripp demonstrates his patience & foresight on the grandest scale yet released, and I can only hope we get to be treated to more of it soon!
Steve Nyland, Syracuse New York
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Do Not Hesitate To Acquire This Thu., Nov 11, 2010
Posted by: Squonkamatic
I must confess a certain attachment to the Revox & Les Paul era Frippertronics work that cannot be put into verbal terms. "Let The Power Fall" and "God Save The Queen" are amongst the Read more
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Incredible Tue., Jun 15, 2010
Posted by: microbunny
You couldn’t ask for more from a Frippertronics backing tape. It has everything you’d want...from the soothing relaxing hypnotic type to the intense riveting angry loops. From what I can gather this is exactly as the tape box Read more
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Excellent, still Fri., Jun 4, 2010
Posted by: michaelyram
This collection of Frippertronics is a most welcome release in more than 30 plus years for those old enough to remember the initial flash of energy from the initial release from the small mobile intelligent Read more
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A Must Have! Thu., Jun 3, 2010
Posted by: lotusspray
I am one of the subset of Frippertronics fans that prefers the loops without the solos and respectfully submit that nothing is missing here. Amazing you-are-there sound with the Flac download.
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Intense Sat., May 29, 2010
Posted by: gasmrv
This is another essential performance, IMO.
Thank you to all who made this release possible.
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Rochester, NY, USA July 06, 1979
Posted by: fromheaven
What a wonderful release !!. Reminds me of good times i 1979 : Glypotket, Copenhagen in May 1979.
I never get tired of Fripps solo output in 1978 - 80.
This is groundbreaking Read more
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Hair raising and beautiful. Wed., May 26, 2010
Posted by: Armand
Very dramatic at times and stunning frippertronics. The sound quality is very good too, there are moments that you find yourself in between differant realities, time is falling astern. Thank you, Mr Fripp, Mr Stormy and Read more
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Rochester, NY, USA July 06, 1979
Posted by: schlepworld
I love this live Frippertronics recording, thank you for making it available.
I have a very pedantic observation to contribute - that it is most likely WCMF, not WMCF, if I have my Upstate progressive rock radio stations of the Read more
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