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 Grief than Hope December 29, 2005
Written by spider13
I definitely love this show and recommend it to all admirers of Mr Fripp’s soundscapes. Although at first glance, the overall mood of this music would suggest “grief”, after careful listening there would be a new feeling on your horizon – “hope”. I cannot imagine more profound and explicit way of transmitting feelings via music than Mr Fripp’s sounscaping. It seems there is more beauty in this man’s head and fingers than you would ever imagine while reading his diaries or rare interviews he gives... ;) This show’s “Time Stands Still” is probably the best soundscape piece I have ever listened to (it could only be compared to Love Cannot Bear’s Requiem – Affirming or Junction Cambridge’s “At The End of Time”). This little track offers everything what I love the most about soundscapes: a slow built-up mood of sadness/hope interrupted by repeating low sounds that give it even more profoundness and when you think the mood has reached its peak, there is a beautiful solo played over it. It reminds me of “The Power To Believe II’s” final notes (from King Crimson’s Elektrik live album), which I consider the most beautiful KC moment since “Walking On Air”). During “Queer Jazz Symmetrical” Mr Fripp seems to be “wandering off” a little bit and it seems “Quuer Jazz Minor” from Cambridge is a more careful version of the same theme. Although it always hits me how skilfully Mr Fripp comes back from what might seemingly be a dead-end, which still makes “Queer...” very intriguing. “At The End of Time” is also a unique piece of music with a rather unusual layout of spiralled sounds for soundscapes. What strikes me here is the depth of low sounds that repeat every twenty seconds or so. Together with a high-peaked solo over soundscapes, it makes a perfect harmony. I believe a 30-minute show is perfect for soundscapes. It seems it is perfect timing for my mind not to be tired. Moreover, after the show ends I have a strange yearning for more... Beautiful! Please continue your journey Mr Fripp!
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Excellent performance... shame about the audience! Wed., May 3, 2006
Posted by: derrenleepoole
I was lucky enough to attend this concert. It’s so good to hear it properly, away from the din and general crowd ignorance that accompanied the performance.
Annoyingly, this was the first time I’d seen the Frippster live, and Read more
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Alone and yet not Thu., Jan 5, 2006
Posted by: AndrewJohn
Unable to arrive together with my brother I had to make a considerable personal effort to arrive I hoped in time to enjoy RF’s performance. This of course just emulates, since 1973’s THMC, the same commitment to follow Read more
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Grief than Hope Thu., Dec 29, 2005
Posted by: spider13
I definitely love this show and recommend it to all admirers of Mr Fripp’s soundscapes. Although at first glance, the overall mood of this music would suggest “grief”, after careful listening there would be a new feeling on your horizon Read more
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Moving Fri., Dec 23, 2005
Posted by: mflaherty
Of the two December 2005 releases (at the time of this writing) this is my favoite. In particular, the final track, "At the End of Time", is very moving, capturing all the beauty of the best moments of a Soundscape live Read more
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Shimmers Thu., Dec 22, 2005
Posted by: ScottM
First off, the sound quality is very strong (on the FLAC download at least). Fripp’s music has never been heard with more clarity. As to the content, I quite like Read more
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Solemnity, intelligence and most of all beauty Wed., Dec 21, 2005
Posted by: junklight
I only spotted this download because RF mentioned 3 soundscape downloads in his diary.
The shear breath taking beauty drew me away from my own thoughts a number of times. There are one or two places where the synth patch Read more
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