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.
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