“[Frippertronics] is a wonderful way of playing for me. It has its limitations but it has its advantages. It’s so peaceful for me. At the same time when I’m twitchy, or, may I say when the audience are twitchy, because it’s that sensitive a way of working, the music flies off in a very edgy area. But there are times when you simply find the note of the room, because the notes which rooms have vary, and it’s not only a physical note, there’s a tempo between the machines and the hall and the audience, and if you can hit it just right it’s wonderful. It’s fabulous. And it’s also a really cheap way of touring.”
The last 15 minutes or so of the lecture contains a sparkling account of Robert's accretion of techniques and their application to Giles, Giles and Fripp and King Crimson - oh, and why a fuzzbox was a must-have. The musical examples with which Robert illustrates his lecture make this particular lecture unmissable.
