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    St Peters Church    Newlyn, Cornwall, UK
 
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Robert plays what might be called sacred space music to a couple of hundred souls who, at various times during the afternoon, occupied the pews of St. Peter’s Church, Newlyn. They were there to support the beneficiaries of this fund-raising concert, the Shallal Dance Theatre, who were £1,000 better off by end of the day.

For the final fifteen minutes, Robert was joined by members of the company. Trevor Lever recalls "I'm not sure how much if this - if any - was rehearsed, but it appeared that the children were responding to the music and Robert, in turn, was responding to their movements. It really worked and there was a generous and enthusiastic amount of applause at the end, including a smiling Robert from the side."

Lush and symphonic, there seems to be many connections with Robert’s past music laced throughout this concert. To these ears momentary bursts of The Heavenly Music Corporation, Exposure and Bringing Down The Light connect to the themes and moods which would form the backbone of the December Suite series of concerts. The guitarist summed the day up thus “A very attentive, engaged & present audience. This was a privileged event.” Engineer Alex “Stormy” Mundy puts it this way:” Over a hundred minutes of damned good stuff!”

Please note that there are some pop, clicks and occasional distortion caused by the recording levels being set too high and overloading the hard drive.

Robert comments “Alex has worked heroically to deal with the distortion on this recording. Perhaps there are parts to make an audiophile, one for whom timbral veracity is a necessary truth, twitch gently. But, this works well enough for me.”

 

Tracks
Disc Number 1
1.  Threshold Bells I  [PREVIEW]  1.26
2.  Time Stands Still  [PREVIEW]  14.02
3.  Time Hovers I  [PREVIEW]  11.08
4.  Promenade I  [PREVIEW]  6.36
5.  Time Hovers II  [PREVIEW]  11.06
6.  Promenade II  [PREVIEW]  5.26
Disc Number 2
1.  Queer Jazz Symmetrical  [PREVIEW]  11.40
2.  Threshold Bells II  [PREVIEW]  0.46
3.  Threshold Future Shift  [PREVIEW]  1.31
4.  At The End Of Time  [PREVIEW]  17.07
5.  Coda  [PREVIEW]  7.25
6.  Threshold Shallal  [PREVIEW]  1.09
7.  Shallal I  [PREVIEW]  4.09
8.  Shallal II  [PREVIEW]  4.30
9.  Shallal III  [PREVIEW]  5.03
10.  Shallal Coda  [PREVIEW]  2.02

All previews are MP3 192kbps

Personnel
Robert Fripp - Guitar

 


Audio Source: Direct Hard Disc

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Written by rudraveena
People have noted that the audio quality of this recording is not perfect. I feel fortunate that I am more of a musicophile than an audiophile. I have minor hearing problems: people are always re-adjusting my equalizer as the settings that work for me make them twinge - not so much the volume as the combination of sound elements is always the issue. I believe this helps me hear  Mr. Fripp’s sounds in a fresh way. This recording is simply one of my favorites. Not only it’s length, allowing the soul to change planes frequently and freely, but also it’s sheer number of gates. Music of great character "expands and narrows" apertures for the soul’s development, seemingly simultaneously. Especially when being in a physically relaxed intention, and using this album for dream work, many wonderful visions abound. 

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