King Crimson #2

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Ending weeks of speculation in various online communities, Robert Fripp has revealed in his latest online diary that drummer Gavin Harrison (of Porcupine Tree) will be joining King Crimson.

The band will be playing a series of live dates in Chicago’s Park West – most recently the venue to RF and the LoCG appearance in the windy city. Fripp notes “Park West is a fave venue, and one I have been working for 27 years. The LCG were here in 1989 & 1990…This is also the venue where, according to our current plans for King Crimson’s return to active-service in 2008, preparatory to the 40th. Anniversary Celebration of 2009, The Beast Of Crim will be playing a 4-night residency in August 2008 with KC’s third double-drumming formation.

The first formation: Jamie Muir & Bill Bruford (1972-73);
the second formation: Pat Mastelotto & Bill Bruford (1994-97);
the third formation: Pat Mastelotto & Gavin Harrison.

A fourth double-drumming formation, of 1981-84 (Adrian & Billy B), doesn’t quite count as Adrian’s primary focus was in the front line.”

Harrison is one of the most respected drummers of his generation, adding a prodigious technique to the work of Porcupine Tree as well collaborating with Jakko Jakszyk on The Bruised Romantic Glee Club, and most recently, Drop – an album with bassist and singer, 05Ric and also featuring contributions from Fripp. Some may recall Drop was featured as a DGMLive giveaway (see my review on the blog), perhaps hinting at Harrison's proposed involvement. Only DGMLive regular, Chocolatefireguard, spotted the listing on King Crimson's myspace site: the top four musicians have been there for a couple of months now.

More details will be announced regarding rehearsal schedules and ticket availability as soon as we get them.

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Op maandag 19 november 2007 20:38 schreef MuadDib het volgende:
Ik ben benieuwd. In het vorige drumduo speelde Mastellotto wel erg in dienst van het ego van Bruford. Hij heeft zich nu wel ontwikkeld met z'n electronische kit. En Harrison is toch een meer "traditionele" drummer. Spannend wat dat gaat opleveren.

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King Crimson will be rehearsing in 2008, preparing for some work in 2009 (!) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band.
We've scheduled the first get-together. Will we do some live appearances after that... you never know.

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Op zondag 25 november 2007 14:25 schreef fripper het volgende:
Is het eigenlijk al duidelijk of Harrison dan ook weg gaat bij PT ? Ik kan me zo voorstellen dat KC ook meestal geen dagtaak is, dus waarschijnlijk is het ook wel te combineren. Op de website van Tony Levin krijg ik de indruk dat ze niet meteen hard aan het werk gaan :
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In a revealing telephone interview given to the LancasterOnline website, mucho-plank spanker extraordinaire and Terry Nutkins impersonator, Adrian Belew, revealed that the shows played by King Crimson this summer are just about as much as the band is doing for the next few years. "For all my conversations with Robert," Belew said, "I don't really foresee that we're going to do much of anything even next year." He then went onto reveal that he hasn't received any signals from Fripp that a new album is even being planned. "Robert hasn't even given me the go-ahead to start thinking about it," he added.

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Op maandag 14 april 2008 22:16 schreef MuadDib het volgende:
De heren zijn aan het oefenen

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2008 16:09 schreef webfreak het volgende:

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Die eerste foto!
Schoolmeester Fripp
"ADRIAN! Doe die kauwgom uit je mond!"

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2008 20:44 schreef MuadDib het volgende:

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Het hoort bij m'n dagelijkse routine (ben ik nu een obsessieve muziek-nerd?)

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Op die schoolbordfoto kan je al een soort setlist ontcijferen:

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