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The Evolution of DGM

This is the third generation of the DGMLive website – and it will undoubtedly continue to evolve. There are already features that we have planned but not yet implemented.

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NEW BEGINNINGS

On This Date In 1969...

There was much excitement in camp of the as yet unnamed King Crimson. Why so? Greg, Bob, Mike and Ian started their very first rehearsal in the basement of the Fulham Palace Road Café.

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DGM Goes Online For The First Time - The 26th. Anniversary

Sunday 21st, July 2024, marked the 26th anniversary of DGM going online for the first time.

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King Crimson rehearsals 2014

Fripp: “What I’m going to do is shout out my parts ahead of time. So we have the four themes. G, Eflat, B and then G. On the first Jakko and myself are playing unison. On the second, I’m going down an octave for the Eflat. On the third which is a B, Jakko is on the B, I’m doing the G beneath. And on Jakko’s high G, I’d doing an Eflat.”

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The Guitar Circle
Guitar Craft News

Guitar Craft 40th anniversary and news.

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On Living
Fripp's New York: Then and Now

So what did happen to all the music places from Robert’s time in New York? Here's a rundown of what, where and when from some of the key places.

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On Music
Elemental Mixing Underway

New music discovered! Lizard gets the Elemental Mix treatment. The latest in David Singleton's alternative mixes from the classic King Crimson album catalogue.

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The Music Business
Managing America.

Dee Anthony was King Crimson’s heavyweight manager in the USA from 1969 to 1972, part of the formidable team that helped to launch the band's career in America.

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Crimson Commentaries
The Thrakattak Tour

The 1996 European tour by King Crimson, recently added to the Nugs.net streaming service, saw the band play 26 concerts in 24 cities in 11 countries, following the release of the Thrakattak album.

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Liner Notes
Sleeve notes from Absent Lovers - Live in Montreal 1984

As Mr Stormy continues filling in the gaps in the Concert Archive with an audience recording from Camp Fortune, July 8, 1984 being released on monday, it's time to revisit the sleeve notes from Absent...

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On The Vicar
Life's A Boat.

As trailed by David Singleton on his recent Cruise To The Edge diary post, The Vicar releases a demo recording for the collaborative song Life’s A Boat on YouTube. Find out how to add your part.

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On Fripp
Happy Birthday Robert!

King Crimson's guitarist turns 79 today. To mark the occasion there's a brand new birthday portrait of Robert, taken by Toyah.

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Kicking The Wasps' Nest
Do you believe in a Supreme Being, Creator, God...etc. that has charge over existence?

Do you believe in a Supreme Being, Creator, God...etc. that has charge over existence?

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DGM Universe
1981 North American tour out now on Nugs.

29 shows from King Crimson's first North American tour by the Discipline lineup, now available to stream, download or buy on CD through our partnership with Nugs.net.

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inDepth Feature
Geordie Shore.

47 Lawe Road was a guest house in South Shields, roughly a half hour’s drive from the city centre of Newcastle where the band had been booked to play a week of gigs in February 1969. They arrived as G...

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QandApage Feature
An 80s Update

Thanks to several reviewers of the 1982 Asbury Park, New Jersey show who point out that we have been listing this in the wrong venue.

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FRIPP & SINGLETON

Fripp & Singleton at The City Winery NYC

In a conversation that took place at The City Winery, New York City on the 23rd of September 2022, Robert Fripp & David Singleton discuss ideas of music performance, the music industry, and the founding principles of Discipline Global Mobile, the independent record label created in 1993 as a reaction against the greed and exploitation of the marketplace.

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Fripp & Singleton On Flow

In a conversation at The City Winery in New York City on September 23rd 2022, Robert Fripp & David Singleton answer some “burning questions” from the audience.

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FRIPP & SINGLETON: ON SILENCE

Fripp & Singleton On Silence

In a conversation at The City Winery in New York City on September 23rd 2022, Robert Fripp & David Singleton answer some “burning questions” from the audience.

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Fripp & Singleton On Classical Influences

In a conversation at The City Winery in New York City on September 23rd 2022, Robert Fripp & David Singleton answer some “burning questions” from the audience.

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DAVID SINGLETON DIARIES
Wednesday May 7 2025
Music Plays the Musician
Firstly - and most importantly - thank you for all the emails I have received offering to help float "Life's a Boat". Responses coming by the end of the week.On a different matter, Stormy Mundy has asked me to reply to Marc Medwin, who apparently recently asked "When did David Singleton become an actual Crimso documentarian in the studio? Was it with Einstein's Relatives? I'm talking about the...
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Thursday May 1 2025
Exposure to Public Ridicule
EXPOSURE TO PUBLIC RIDICULE As mentioned in the previous posts, I have recorded a very quick, somewhat embarrassing, demo of a song “Life’s a Boat”, and am seeking mass participation in the recording process. Here is the video. The sales pitch goes as follows: Life’s a Boat. And we are all in the same boat together. So, in a world that seems determined to build walls, what better than a...
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ROBERT FRIPP DIARIES
Sunday March 23 2025
What Is A Question?
. I Q: What is a question?RF: An answer seeking to be known. More accurately, the answer seeks to be known by, to and within itself, by presenting itself as a question. From one point of view, question and answer are inseparable.Essentially, the question is its answer. From another point of view, the answer is in the future, reaching back and pulling the question towards it.The answer already...
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Sunday March 16 2025
Fans
. FansA series of Questions for Robert from a Pesty Questionier VII PQ: You’ve made lots of comments, for decades, about fan relationships. Why?R: The main aim is to understand my life as a working player. PQ: How does that relate to fans? R: To understand any situation, activity, or undertaking, you have to see the whole picture of the operation. For the working player, the four primary...
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KING CRIMSON 1969, BY MICHAEL GRENFELL

King Crimson I – 1969

An Extended Essay in Three Parts by Michael Grenfell

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King Crimson I – 1969 · Part 2 I

An Extended Essay in Three Parts by Michael Grenfell

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King Crimson I – 1969 · Part 2 II

An Extended Essay in Three Parts by Michael Grenfell

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King Crimson I – 1969 · Part 3

An Extended Essay in Three Parts by Michael Grenfell

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The next step is Discipline

The 1980s see a very different King Crimson incarnation originally touring under the name Discipline . The presence of Adrian Belew meant that Robert Fripp was working for the first time with another guitarist. This incarnation of Fripp, Belew, Bruford and Levin becomes the first one to record successive studio albums with the same lineup.

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