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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 24, 2013 |
The 8th incarnation of King Crimson will be Gavin Harrison, Bill Rieflin, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Mel Collins, Jakko Jakszyk and Robert Fripp.
Writing on his (not yet published) dairy for September 24th Fripp notes "The Point Of Crim-Seeing was of a conventional Back Line – Gavin Harrison, Bill Rieflin, Tony Levin and Pat Matstelotto - reconfigured as the Front Line, with Mel Collins, Jakko Jakszyk and myself as Back Line."
Robert goes on "All the Crims have expressed great excitement at the return to Go! mode. Given the considerable commitments of all members, it will take a year before Crimson is able to perform."
Bill Rieflin mentioned to me that he told Jacknife Lee (REM and Robbie Williams’ producer) of the triple drumming, and Jacknife’s reply: Of course. We know what two drummers sound like! I’m hoping we’ll find out, and have a pile of fun doing so."
In his (not yet published) diary for September 7th Fripp begins "dear brother crims, we have one year to prepare for action of the savage variety, and be in Go! mode for september 2014… but essentially, King Crimson is in motion."
Robert expects that they’ll be rehearsing, in full and small group formations over that period.
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Robert's A Happy Boy
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Sep 11, 2016
This just in from Robert.
Robert is a happy boy!
Ken Seguira of Fernandes Guitars in Japan has sent a new model of their customised goldtop. Included new hot Sustainer system.
Liederhalle Beethovensaal, Stuttgart
Thursday 8th. September, 2016 c. 14.33
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Happy Birthday Pat Mastelotto
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Sep 10, 2016
Raise a glass of your favourite tipple in the direction of King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto, who is 61 years young this very day.
 photo by Scarlet Page
Please pass on your best wishes to Pat via the guestbook and share your favourite Mastelotto moments.
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Radical Action In The Charts & Reviews
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Sep 10, 2016
King Crimson’s Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind entered the UK album charts this week.
No. 3 in the Rock & Metal albums chart
No.12 in the Indie albums chart
No.26 in the physical albums chart (no downloads or streams and more representative of what’s actually selling)
No. 71 in the main Top100 (all formats) albums chart
The album is also reviewed here by John Kelman and here over at Progressive Music Review.
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Keeling's Eye View Of Crimson
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 8, 2016
Composer Andrew Keeling was at Aylesbury on Monday this week and shared his impressions of the concert.
The question is this: is it King Crimson who play the music; or, is the music which plays King Crimson? As I listened to The ConstruKction of Light on Monday evening in their concert at the Waterside Theatre I had a momentary and brief glimpse of the music standing outside and apart from the players themselves. I can only describe this as a shimmering, living entity. To verbalise this either sounds like the words of a madman or a mystic. I don't think I'm either, but it's difficult to say. I can say that this is precisely the effect that great music should have on a listener: music should come from the deep unconscious. It isn't enough to be the product of celebrity and perhaps this is why the current zeitgeist is failing to produce much at all except copyists.
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KC Live Stream Scam Warning
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 8, 2016
Please note that any sites popping up around the internet, particularly on Youtube, claiming to give access to pro-shoot video and audio streaming of King Crimson on tour are fake. These are simply phishing sites aimed at getting your details for later exploitation. Anyone subscribing or signing up does so at their own risk.
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King Crimson '80s Box Details
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 7, 2016
Here's the updated details on the forthcoming 19 disc boxed set chronicling the life and times of the 1980s quartet.
On (and off) The Road
King Crimson: studio, live, audio & audio-visual 1981 - 1984
Following a seven year absence King Crimson returned in 1981 with a radically different line-up & sound. This ‘new’ version of the group was as different from the 1970s incarnation as the 1970s line-ups had been from the original 1969 band.
Taut songs were balanced with lengthier instrumentals, driven by complex interwoven guitar lines from Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford’s new armoury of electronic percussion & Tony Levin’s fluid bass and Chapman Stick lines.
Three studio albums and tours between 1981/84, built a considerable musical legacy which still resonates. This boxed set extensively covers the line-up’s live and studio work, including much unreleased and upgraded audio and video material.
Disc 1:
Discipline
Mixed and produced from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp (2011). Mastered by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp (4)
Disc 2:
Live in Japan
Taken from an audience cassette recording at Kokusai Hall, Tokyo on December 18th, the final concert in 1981. Audio restored & newly mastered at DGM by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy 2016. (1)
Disc 3:
Beat
Mixed and produced from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson and
Robert Fripp (2016). Mastered by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp (4)
Disc 4:
Live at Alabamahalle
Recorded September 29 in Munich, the final concert in 1982. Remastered and
recompiled 2016 by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy with six tracks from new audio sources. (2)
Disc 5:
Fragmented
Mostly recorded January 17-30, 1983 at C.V. Lloyd Music, Champaign, IL
Recording Engineer: Gary Platt. Produced by Robert Fripp and David
Singleton. Two new bonus tracks 2016. (3)
Disc 6:
Three of a Perfect Pair
Mixed and produced from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp (2016). Mastered by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp (4)
Discs 7 & 8:
Absent Lovers
Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, July 11th, the final concert of 1984. Mixed by David Singleton & Robert Fripp from the original multi-track tapes for the DGM release "Absent Lovers" (1998). As newly recompiled in high-resolution for inclusion on Disc 15
Disc 9:
Are You Recording Gary?
An insight into the inner working of the band, and the familiar heard in an unfamiliar way. Edited & assembled by David Singleton from original album session tapes, with additional downmixes by Alex R. Mundy
Disc 10:
DVD-A
Discipline
Audio content: 5.1 surround mix; original mix; 2011 mix & additional tracks in 24/96 and Album rough mixes in 24/48. Video content: Old Grey Whistle Test (4)
Disc 11:
DVD-A
Beat
Audio content: 5.1 surround mix; original mix; 2016 mix & Alternate Album in 24/48. Video content: Heartbeat promo; two tracks live in Munich (4)
Disc 12:
DVD-A
Three of a Perfect Pair
Audio content: 5.1 surround mix; original mix; 2016 mix in 24/48. Video content: Sleepless promo (4)
Disc 13:
BLU-RAY DISC
Discipline
Contents as Disc 10 (audio 24/96) plus:
Video content:
Moles Club French TV interview
Live in Frejus 2016 audio & video transfers
Disc 14:
BLU-RAY DISC
Beat
Contents as Disc 11 (audio 24/96) plus:
Video content:
Complete Alabamahalle TV broadcast (widescreen format).
Disc 15:
BLU-RAY DISC
Three of a Perfect Pair
Contents as Disc 12 (audio 24/96) plus:
Video content: Three of a Perfect Pair - Live in Japan (Widescreen format).
Japan April 29th 1984 Part Show;
Japan April 29th 1984 (single camera);
Japan April 30th 1984 (single camera).
Audio content: Absent Lovers
High resolution and surround sound
Bonus Disc 16:
Live at Moles Club
Taken from an audience cassette recording of April 30, 1981, the very first performance by Belew, Fripp, Bruford & Levin, while still called "Discipline". Remastered and recompiled 2016. (2)
Bonus Disc 17:
Europe 1982
A newly discovered unreleased live album. Mixed by Brad Davis & Robert Fripp in 1983. Taken from the concert in The Arena, Frejus, August 27th 1982. Plus four bonus tracks from the remainder of the concert
Bonus Disc 18:
DVD
More Neal and Jack and Me
Video content: The Noise - Live in Frejus as previously released on the DGM DVD Neal and Jack and Me (2002). Plus Three of a Perfect Pair - Live in Japan - re-assembled from newly discovered master reels with previously unseen footage. Both in their original 4:3 standard definition format.
Bonus Disc 19:
DVD
The Town and the City
Audio content: Live in Philadelphia, Asbury Park, Cap D'Agde, Frejus 24/48 high-resolution stereo, Europe1982, previously unreleased live album 24/96 high-resolution stereo
Video content:
Alabamahalle TV broadcast in its original
4:3 standard definition format.
Also includes:
40-page album-sized booklet with previously unpublished photos by Tony Levin, and sleevenotes incorporating Robert Fripp’s diaries, new interview material with all band members written by Sid Smith and David Singleton
2 concert posters, concert, programme, setlist, concert tickets, press releases, promo photo and other memorabilia
1) Previously available as a download only from www.dgmlive.com
2) Released in an earlier format in King Crimson Collectors’ Club.
3) Partly released in earlier format in King Crimson Collectors’ Club.
4) Available in King Crimson 40th Anniversary Series
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Download KC 2016 Track
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 7, 2016
In the coming weeks we'll be taking a random selection from the setlist and making it available for download. Coming directly from the
tour soundboard, courtesy of FOH sound designer, Mark Vreeken, the tracks are offered as a love letter from a hot date for your listening pleasure.
From the friends and family show on Saturday 3rd September, grab yourself an earful of Easy Money here.
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Tony's Pix
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 5, 2016
There's a new gallery of photos from King Crimson's dress rehearsal shows over on Tony's website.
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Happy Birthday Mel
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 5, 2016
Birthday greetings and a bottle of convivial bubbliness to the man who Robert Fripp refers to in reverential tones as The Guv’nor. Mel Collins celebrates his birthday today.
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