Radical Action To Unseat The Hold of Monkey Mind

“What I like about this band is, that what it is actually doing is not what it appears to be doing...This is King Crimson re-imagined” – Robert Fripp, June 2016.

This definitive set includes at least one performance of every piece of music played by King Crimson in 2015, some composed as early as 1969, the year of the band’s inception, others composed/initially performed at a variety of points since, some new to the tour- all re-invented by the new seven-headed incarnation of the band.

Three themed CDs each form a separate discrete performance - with audio selected from a variety of shows and mixed in hi-resolution from multi-track recordings by Chris Porter, Robert Fripp and David Singleton. As no audience is audible between tracks, this allows for a “virtual studio album” effect, the band using the concert hall as their studio.

Meanwhile the video, available on both DVD and BluRay, captures highlights from a series of Japanese concerts via a number of discreet cameras in “video vérité” style – with neither band nor audience disturbed by filming.

In essence the music can be experienced in a number of different ways – as continuous uninterrupted audio on CD, as a viewable concert performance in stereo or 5.1 surround, or in high-resolution, lossless audio stereo or 5.1 surround without pictures on the Blu-Ray.
TRACK
TIME
01
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part One
10:36
02
Radical Action (To Unseat The Hold of Monkey Mind)
03:41
03
Meltdown
04:22
04
Radical Action II
02:27
05
Level Five
06:47
06
The Light Of Day
05:49
07
The Hell Hounds Of Krim
03:36
08
The ConstruKction Of Light
06:24
09
The Talking Drum
03:49
10
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part Two
06:39
01
Peace
02:05
02
Pictures Of A City
08:14
03
Banshee Legs Bell Hassle
01:37
04
Easy Money
08:23
05
VROOOM
04:53
06
Suitable Grounds For The Blues
04:48
07
Interlude
02:20
08
The Letters
06:28
09
Sailor's Tale
06:38
10
A Scarcity Of Miracles
06:50
01
Red
06:28
02
One More Red Nightmare
06:01
03
Epitpah
08:41
04
Starless
12:15
05
Devil Dogs Of Tessellation Row
02:58
06
The Court Of The Crimson King
06:57
07
21st Century Schizoid Man
10:53
Written by Andrew Mestrinaro
Radically Unseated
Heraclitus states, “All things come into being by conflict of opposites, and the sum of things (“The Whole”) flows like a stream.” This is King Crimson in 2016. Sheerly masterful, the epitome of virtuosity, and the contribution of a lifetime: King Crimson is King Crimson is King Crimson. Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind is a virtual studio album and edification of the endless inner knot as a whole that has entwined generations into the fold for almost half a century now. ...
Written by Barry Briscoe
Immersive
I enjoyed two "hot dates" with the 2015 version of the seven headed Crim during their UK tour and was absolutely blown away. They were experiences that I can't quite explain as they impacted upon me deeply, profoundly and intensely. Experiencing and enjoying the music in person, naturally, I was keen to revisit the experience via an official DGM live recording. The Toronto show filled that gap very nicely but being just one show, there were various numbers missing, notably "One More Red Nightmar...
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