Meanwhile Record Collector magazine have given the album a four star review.
Drifting soundscapes from the Frippster
Robert Fripp-related releases are still coming thick and fast, not only burnishing his legendary recordings with King Crimson, but also his recent collaborative productivity. Follow is another welcome team-up with composer/saxophonist/ flautist Theo Travis and, rather than traverse free-ranging intuitive improvisational territory, this recording layers multiple sounds onto original foundations.
The aptly named opener, Soaring And Gliding, swells from a deft Fripp guitar intro into sheets of sound that course out of the speakers. Elsewhere, Dark Clouds provides another highlight on which an almost minimalist orchestral heft underpins Fripps’ guitar washes and Travis’ flute. Return To Saturn is also a juicy peach, drifting like an echo of Fripp’s famed collaborations with Brian Eno, as well as hinting at Kraftwerk’s pre-dance martial rhythms on the second side of Autobahn. At two minutes and 50 seconds, Hear Our Voices clocks in as the shortest track, sounding like an eerie hymn without words – like an otherworldly Abide With Me.
Taken together, Follow’s nine tracks are a miniature symphony. Like all great instrumental albums, it reveals new secrets with repeated listening.
