This gig is worth it for the opening soundscape that tests the air on this first night in Boulder. It’s a authoritative brooding presence probing unexplored territory. The best track King Crimson never quite recorded makes it glorious debut here; molten guitar oozes up from the bubbling bedrock that is Seizure. Trey Gunn shines throughout but particularly on an beat-laden Thrush and Ghost III; his echoing solo dancing over Pat’s tabla-driven rhythm and Levin’s throbbing bass. For some people in the audience that night it was too much and out they stormed declaring “I didn’t pay good money to hear a bunch of jazz-noises!” RF comments that the first set of the night was the one for him “The most dangerous, and clearly of the greatest discovery. The first of anything has a power - the power present in the simple fact of the unfolding and emerging.”
This gig is worth it for the opening soundscape that tests the air on this first night in Boulder. It’s a authoritative brooding presence probing unexplored territory. The best track King Crimson never quite recorded makes it glorious debut here; molten guitar oozes up from the bubbling bedrock that is Seizure. Trey Gunn shines throughout but pa...
P4's debut show never quite gets going, despite the audible efforts of the band. The tied-longest version of Seizure they perform says less in 17 minutes than the following night's does in 10. There's an apparent reluctance to let ideas breathe or leave any space whilst also spending far too much time on ideas and grooves that just aren't working. The band limps off after a drawn-out and meandering attempt at Light ConstruKction without the VROOOM encore of every other night of the tour, perhaps...
P4's debut show never quite gets going, despite the audible efforts of the band. The tied-longest version of Seizure they perform says less in 17 minutes than the following night's does in 10. There's an apparent reluctance to let ideas breathe or leave any space whilst also spending far too much time on ideas and grooves that just aren't working. The band limps off after a drawn-out and meandering attempt at Light ConstruKction without the VROOOM encore of every other night of the tour, perhaps sensing themselves that the spirits are just not with them that evening, turning in the shortest set from P4's tour at under 70 minutes. Very much for completists only.
Written by Rafał Kosim
Ghoast part III(part 2)
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Written by Rafał Kosim
Ghost part III
The ProjeKCts left me speechless. One of my favourite King Crimson incarnations, that has its 2nd place on my mental KC podium. What a fantastic idea they were - maybe they did not live for long, but we all got 4 different King Crimsons, with every gig being an album... Wow! And it shocked me that these were improvised, how on earth is that possible that there are people who can create so much good music, LIVE??? Geez, I wish I could be that good in anything. Well, I did not find the opening so...
The ProjeKCts left me speechless. One of my favourite King Crimson incarnations, that has its 2nd place on my mental KC podium. What a fantastic idea they were - maybe they did not live for long, but we all got 4 different King Crimsons, with every gig being an album... Wow! And it shocked me that these were improvised, how on earth is that possible that there are people who can create so much good music, LIVE??? Geez, I wish I could be that good in anything. Well, I did not find the opening soundscape that good, as the reviewer did. I was even surprised - umm, thre was nothing that extraordinary, an ordinary introductory soundscape, but with all guys joining Robert. Hmm, I loved Tony’s upright bass(probably) at the end. Basically, I could listen to Tony’s upright bass for hours. Nevertheless, the scape is good. But not great, imo. Seizure is a big bowl of salad with lots of different ingredients, and I like it. Not only u get waves of synth strings from Robert entwined within the seizure-pulse, but he also plays a screeching solo. Trey also shines throughout, and as the minutes go on, one can hear different approaches/effects being tested, and variations on the famous seizure chords. I love these. Its damn long, but worth it. Ghost is fun to listen to, with quick and agile note exchanges between Robert and Trey. Tony again comes up with something perfect, where he gets these ideas from??? Heavy ConstruKction seems too heavy. I dont think it went well as an improv, but I dismissed this track quickly and never came back - so perhaps something may "escaped my ears". I always preferred refined TDOTT versions from KC 2000, however this one went quite well, and again - TONY!!! Even Adrian comes off the stage when TDOTT is being played, but this guy found a way to add something to this track, without doing too much of "too much". What I mean is the coda itself, when his presence is not one bit too invasive to a very delicate set of sounds withitn which(I presume) a little bit of "too much" would destroy the piece. It seems to me, that way. If I were to get horny, it would be right now, because I’m about to describe the best track of this gig: Ghost part III. Sus-Tayn-Z my fav theme in The ProjeKCts, manifests gloriously. It is beautiful, with this cold-fiery yearning feeling and intense exchanges between the guitarists. Solo from Tony(
Written by Christopher DeVito
Boulder Rocks (& Burbles, Grooves, & Swings)
Of the ProjeKcts, P1 is my favorite (i.e., most listened to), followed closely by P4. I never get tired of listening to either of them. Mastelotto’s drumming totally changes the character of the music from P1, even though the rest of the lineup is the same. Levin is a blast as usual. If you like the improvising side of Crimson, here’s a concentrated 70 minutes of it. --Chris DeVito
