THE GREAT DECEIVER PT 2
Posted by
Mariana Scaravilli
on Oct 6, 2023
The Great Deceiver Pt. 2 makes its debut on KC’s official today at 17:00 CEST.
The key to the success of this album is in the music itself. Nine months in the life of an extraordinary group of young musicians, musicians who listened to one another intently, musicians who had a wealth of existing material to draw from, an emerging body of new material to perform, (ultimately the basis of the classic 'Red' album recorded shortly after the final concert represented here), and a passion for improvising that allowed them to treat their core set with great fluidity.
Few bands rocked as hard as Crimson. Fewer still had the ability to improvise with such skill. Almost none could combine the two elements so successfully. Crimson was helping to stretch the boundaries of rock music, inventing a role for an improvising hard rock band and finding a willing audience for its music when these concerts were performed. The Great Deceiver helped define that approach afresh when issued in 1992 delighting some of that original audience along with an audience new to the material. 15 years on from that release, with the music sounding as vital as ever, the original reissue of the set across twin 2CD sets and now in digital form allows a new generation to discover the power of these concerts. Assembled & mixed with great care by David Singleton & Robert Fripp from the original live multi track tapes, The Great Deceiver is a musical feast.
[Notes by Sid Smith]
