Three Of A Perfect Pair, the final King Crimson album of the 1980s, was released on this day 40 years ago. Read about the making of the record at dgmlive.com via link in bio and stories. #threeofaperfectpair #kingcrimson #adrianbelew #tonylevin #robertfripp #billbruford
Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, King Crimson’s fifth studio album was released 51 years ago today. The record marked a radical departure from everything they’d previously done. With guitarist Robert Fripp as the only survivor from the original line-up, the new line-up featuring the heat-seeking work of ex-Yes drummer Bill Bruford and the virtuoso bass work of ex-Family bassist John Wetton, who also took on vocals, presented a breath-taking tour of killer riffs, jaw-dropping dynamics, and poignant ballads. Featuring pastoral, Vaughan Williams-style interludes from violinist David Cross, this line-up also embraced a spikier sound that was both willing to rock out as well as explore and experiment with unorthodox textures and atmospherics thanks in part to eclectic percussionist, Jamie Muir. Read about the making of the album at dgmlive.com (and via link in stories). #kingcrimson #robertfripp #billbruford #johnwetton #davidcross #jamiemuir #larkstonguesinaspic
The Easter Bunny Is Coming To Get You! #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #toyahandrobert #easter #easter2024 #easterbunny
Personalised video messages from Robert can be booked now on Cameo! (link in bio) #robertfripp
Will the Bunny catch the Rock God? #easter2024 #easter #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #toyahandrobert #easterbunny
Toyah & Robert’s Upbeat Moments – today at 19:00 CET! Link in stories. #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #toyahandrobert #upbeatmoments
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An 11 mile bike ride, nature mimicking art, the Cornish coast… some of this week’s Upbeat Moments on Toyah & Robert’s latest episode premiering today at 19:00 CET on Toyah’s YouTube. #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #toyahandrobert #upbeatmoments
An 11 mile bike ride, nature mimicking art, the Cornish coast… some of this week’s Upbeat Moments on Toyah & Robert’s latest episode premiering today at 19:00 CET on Toyah’s YouTube. #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #toyahandrobert #upbeatmoments
On this day in 1998, ProjeKct Two (Trey Gunn, Adrian Belew, and Robert Fripp) were performing at Palookaville, Santa Cruz. [Excerpts and download at dgmlive.com, link in bio and stories] A much more pensive-sounding tuning of the air which opens the gig is made darker still when Gunn joins in rumbling and snorting at the lower end of his instrument. Trey is a complete beast on House – no wonder the audience burst into applause at the conclusion of a particularly raging outing by him. As the boys embark on Search For Planet Zarg, space really is the place as notes stretch into a multi-coloured psych-rock drench-out. Ditto House in which Gunn wails away like there’s no tomorrow – the ebb and flow becoming increasingly wilder as the track progresses. Ade locks down the groove nice and solid. Light ConstruKction is still at this stage very loose. The mutant jazz that begins Low Life On Sagittarius A quickly evaporates with Fripp producing the wafts of strange smoky notes that you sometimes hear on a Threnody, perhaps recalling the sombre atmospheres at the beginnings of the concert. Once again, it’s interesting to hear Thrush still in the process of finding itself as Fripp delivers a yearning solo that sounds like it’s being beamed from another galaxy altogether. The second set ramps up the intensity that’s been on a rolling boil throughout the first. There’s not such a cautious sense to this gig as perhaps was in evidence the previous evening. Trey certainly appreciated the difference in the atmosphere between the first and second gigs. “Now this is more like it! A great crowd, and a good sound. It all makes life worth living again. Also, it was a standing audience (Ventura was a seated theater.) I think we’ve found that a standing audience gets us going more. A very mixed crowd as well. A very un-Crimson crowd (read: lots of women and younger surfer-dude types.)” [Notes by Sid Smith] #treygunn #adrianbelew #robertfripp #projekcttwo #kingcrimson
Toyah & Robert’s Easter Sunday Lunch premieres today at 13:00 CET! (link in stories) #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #toyahandrobert #sundaylunch #easter #easter2024
On this day, 39 years ago, the first Guitar Craft course was held. Music, discipline, silence, and love continue embracing The Guitar Circle to this day… April this year in Lunlunta, Argentina The Guitar Circle with Robert Fripp Will be holding its next course. #robertfripp #guitarcraft #theguitarcircle
On this day in 1981, hair artist Mary Lou Green and RF were performing at the Virgin Megastore in London… (AKA Barbertronics) A few pieces of history found at dgmlive.com’s tour date archives. #robertfripp #frippertronics #barbertronics #marylougreen
On this day in 1983, the eighth evening of The Music System Tour, “An Evening Of Conversation, Dialogue, and Music” took place… Excerpts and download at dgmlive.com and via link in stories. …features a sparkling account of Robert’s accretion of techniques and their application to Giles, Giles and Fripp and King Crimson – and why a fuzzbox was a must-have. The musical examples with which Robert illustrates this conversation make this particular one an essential. #robertfripp #frippertronics
This week in Auk Studios… More on Toyah & Robert’s Upbeat Moments, tomorrow Saturday at 19:00 CET! #robertfripp #toyahwillcox #toyahandrobert
The Easter Bunny is coming… #toyahandrobert #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #easter2024 #easterbunny
Toyah & Robert’s Rock Party is out on the road this summer! Tickets via link in bio. #ToyahWillcox #RobertFripp #ToyahAndRobert
Toyah & Robert’s Upbeat Moments this week, features rehearsals at home followed by recording in Auk Studios for the Supermind 3 series! More today on RF’s Facebook and Toyah’s YouTube at 19:00 CET. And tomorrow, at 13:00 CET, Sunday Lunch revisited: Larks’ Tongues In Aspic: Part Four #robertfripp #toyahwillcox #toyahandrobert #supermind
RF has been invited to Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware. Episode 1 of 2 will be out tomorrow! (Spotify link in stories). Martyn Ware: “Tomorrow’s epic episode of Electronically Yours features one of my all-time musical heroes (forgive the pun), the astronomical talent that is Robert Fripp. As a musical artist with King Crimson, through to his incredible works with Eno, Bowie, Gabriel, Blondie and so so many more, he has astonishingly created over 700 official releases over his unique 50-year career – in fact our conversation was so wide-ranging and fascinating that I had to split it into two episodes…” #robertfripp #electronicallyyours #martynware
Three new Soundscape performances have been added to the DGM archives: link in bio and stories. These are 2006 Churchscapes in Estonia, described by Sid Smith as ‘some of Fripp’s deepest work’, now available for download both individually and as part of a five-performance bundle: August 22nd, Pühavaimu Kirik, Tallinna August 23rd, Eliisabeti Kirik, Pärnu August 24th, Lossikirik, Haapsalu August 25th, Jaani Kirik, Viljandi (previously available individually) August 26th, Jaani Kirik, Tartu (previously available individually) #robertfripp #soundscapes #churchscapes
Handwritten (and personalised) aphorisms by RF. More details via shop link in bio. #robertfripp #aphorisms #guitacraftaphorisms
Toyah & Robert will play live on Saturday 31st August at The Darlington Arena at 80s Calling. Ticketmaster/02 Presale – 27 March at 9am Pre Sale – 28 March at 9am General Sale – 29 March at 9am #toyahwillcox #robertfripp #toyahandrobert
Life Is Messy, from The Guitar Circle book by Robert Fripp, has been published today on guitarcraft.com – link in bio and stories. #robertfripp #theguitarcircle #theguitarcirclebook
‘A Successful Group’ by RF – published today at guitarcraft.com. Link in stories. Artwork: ‘Stalattiti’ by Maria Luisa Giuliani #robertfripp #marialuisagiuliani #guitarcraft #theguitarcircle
