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Day three of the tour supporting Porcupine Tree, Fripp still full of cold, produces some intense and beautiful music. It’s a constant source of amazement the way artists are capable of transcending the surroundings in which they are obliged to work. Composer and one time DGM diarist, Andrew Keeling was at the gig. “I've always thought that concerts are about going and listening to music. During RF's performance most of the audience talked, proving that people's attention-span is short; or if drums/volume are absent from music something is 'missing'. Soundscapes demand attention. People seldom give their full attention to anything.”

From Robert’s diary 08 12 2005

The character of much of this evening’s music: yearning.

On the surface, this is an unlikely performance place for Soundscapes. An open room with standing-only & no distractions for the audience, such as a bar. The hall was full, with little movement. In the front row on the crash barrier, stage right, two teenage girls who talked loudly throughout: an unlikely asset for the performer. And yet they provided a background, sometimes foreground, noise; noise through-&-past which music had to travel. That, one or two wrinkles in the SV I.2 & witless procedures of the SV operator, made playing interesting.

And I loved playing this evening: there was a waiting space in the middle of it all, an open, available moment of extended time: welcoming, accepting, supporting.

Please note that the artwork for this download will be available in January 2006.
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TIME
01
Threshold: Bells
01:17
02
Time Stands Still
11:51
03
Threshold: Future Shift
00:31
04
Queer Jazz: Symmetrical
07:44
05
At The End Of Time
13:18

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Written by Derren Lee Poole
Excellent performance... shame about the audience!
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 I really wish that this soundscape had been performed in a more intimate setting. Oh well! I did feel at the time that this venue really didn’t suit what Robert Fripp was trying to do live... but through listening back to the concert again in a more controlled enviro...
Written by Andy Fox
Great Music & without distractions
As an attendee of the Manchester gig, it was great to be able to download & listen to the Soundscape again. But this time, without some kids, to my left, talking & laughing, mixed in with two Scousers with verbal dioreaha, who stood directly behind me. It wouldn’t be so bad but I was stood 2nd row directly in front of Robert!!!The power of Roberts ability to concentrate on his playing was fantastic, because I’m sure he could hear all the talking, but he didn’t appear destrac...
Written by Andrew Mather
Alone and yet not
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 the progress of this particular Wimbourne sound. Soundscapes are now much more acceptable to ’uninitiated’ than in emerging times. However, a kindly lift from my beloved from ’The West Pennines’ into Bury, the tram into Piccadilly Gardens and then a considerable walk d...
Written by Przemyslaw Pajak
Grief than Hope
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 in...
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