King Crimson #3

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Op vrijdag 27 september 2013 20:58 schreef Gatenkaas het volgende:
Topic voor de volgende zes jaar?

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questions and answers.

q: are you in the new King Crimson planned for next september 2014?

a: no. after 32 years I am no longer in King Crimson.

q: were you asked to be in the new King Crimson?

a: no, I was not. robert informed me in an email that he was starting a 7-piece version of the band. he said I would not be right for what the band is doing.

q: so, how do you feel?

a: "happy with what I have to be happy with". which is quite a lot.

I'm busy creating something I've wanted to create all my life, something which has never been done. FLUX: never the same twice. creatively I'm exploding with new ideas, songs, and music. in 60 days I'll be touring south america with my beloved Power Trio and next spring I'll be touring europe with Crimson Project, which is a celebration of the crimson music
tony, pat, and I have help create. life is great.

q: what would you like to say to crimson fans about the new King Crimson?

a: my advice is to check it out and if you like it: support it.
and on that note: thanks to all of you for your continued support of my music.
cheers!

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On the evening of July 15 1971 I sat in row 3 at Watford town hall and watched King Crimson.
It blew my head off. Robert Fripp and Mel Collins in particular.
It somehow felt that my life had changed as a result.
That seemingly romantic teenage notion came straight back to me 3 weeks ago on the evening of September 4th.
The phone rang.
It was Robert Fripp.
Did I have time for chat?
Of course.
He was reforming King Crimson.
7 members.
3 drummers
He told me who they would all be.
Except one.
Would I like to be the 'the primary vocalist and second guitarist?
Jeez
Like I said.
Somehow my life had indeed changed.

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toyahofficial twitterde op dinsdag 04-02-2014 om 23:05:16 Picked Bill Rieflin up from terminal 5. King Crimson start rehearsals this week. And The Humans make plans xxx reageer retweet

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toyahofficial twitterde op zaterdag 08-02-2014 om 15:17:18 Hangover cure 4 the men in my life...carrot,apple & beetroot juice.Fripp\rieflin revisited their Rock n' Roll roots! http://t.co/53B41q3Kh3 reageer retweet

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JakkoJ twitterde op vrijdag 07-02-2014 om 23:04:47 Whilst we were playing.Robert 'jakko, why are you smiling?'Me 'because I can't believe were actually playing this!' reageer retweet

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The Elements Of King Crimson is a special limited edition 'tour box' created exclusively for sale at King Crimson's concerts and via the band's official online outlets.

The set contains a 24 page tour booklet and two CDs containing extracts, elements from studio recordings, alternate takes, live tracks, rehearsals and finished recordings from 1969 - 2014 (much of it previously unreleased on CD).

https://www.burningshed.c(...)13/6077/remove/6077/

CD I:

1) Wind Extract (1969, London) (From ITCOCK recording sessions).
2) I Talk To The Wind (23/07/1969, London) From ITCOCK recording sessions.
3) Cadence and Cascade (03/02/1970, London, Greg Lake Vocals) From Poseidon recording sessions.
4) Cirkus (guitar extract) (11/09/1970, London) From Lizard recording sessions. Previously unreleased on CD.
5) Cirkus (10/08/1971, Live at the Marquee) From forthcoming release, Collectable KC Vol. 7.
6) Hoodoo (extract) (May, 2014, Elstree band rehearsals ) - Previously unreleased.
7) Sailor's Tale (08/09/1971, London) From Islands recording sessions. Previously unreleased on CD.
8) The Talking Drum (October, 1973, London) From LTIA recording sessions. SW alt mix.
9) LTIA (extract) (May, 2014, Elstree band rehearsals) - Previously unreleased.
10) LTIA (extract) [David/Jamie] (16/01/1973, London). From LTIA recording sessions.
11) Fracture (23/11/1973, Amsterdam). SW 2014 mix.
12) Fallen Angel (extract) [RF harmonics] (08/07/1974, London From Red studio sessions - Previously unreleased on CD.
13) Fallen Angel (July, 1974, London). From Red studio sessions.
14) 21 Century Schizoid Man (30/06/1974, Providence. From USA live recordings.
15) Starless (extract) [Mark] (08/07/1974, London). From Red studio sessions. Previously unreleased on CD

CD 2:

1) Discipline (1981, London). From Discipline recording sessions. Alt take.
2) Three Headed Doom (part 1) (May, 2014, Elstree band rehearsals) - Previously unreleased.
3) Manhattan (Neurotica) (23/11/1981, Live at The Roxy, LA). From forthcoming release, Beat 40th anniversary CD/DVD-A.
4) Neal and Jack and Me (extract) (17/03/1982, London). From Beat recording sessions. Previously unreleased on CD.
5) Sleepless (Bearsville) From TOAPP recording sessions (Steven Wilson mix). From forthcoming release, Three Of A Perfect Pair 40th anniversary CD/DVD-A.
6) Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream (rec session) (27/01/1994, Bath) - From THRAK recording sessions and on forthcoming release, THRAKBOXX.
7) THRAK (30/06/1996, Live at Shepherd's Bush) - Previously unreleased on CD.
8) Venturing Into Joy (edit) (May, 2014, Elstree band rehearsals) - Previously unreleased.
9) The Deception Of The Thrush (1998, USA) From West Coast Live, The ProjeKcts box.
10) Heaven & Earth (early edit) (14/05/2000, Nashville) ProjeKct X, TCOL recording sessions - Previously unreleased on CD.
11) Level Five (07/08/2008, Chicago, Live at Park West) - Previously unreleased on CD.
12) The Hell-Hounds of Krim (May, 2014, Elstree band rehearsals) - Previously unreleased.
13) Separation (edit) (2010, Berkhamsted) Jakszyk, Fripp, Collins sessions - Previously unreleased.
14) A Scarcity Of Miracles (2010, Berkhamsted) Jakszyk, Fripp, Collins sessions. Alt take.

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By David Fricke | September 10, 2014

King Crimson in Albany: The Best New Band in Prog Begins a U.S Tour

Robert Fripp and company come to America with a set list that includes songs they haven't played in 40 years

On September 9th in Albany, New York, the new, ultimate King Crimson – at seven members the largest ensemble in the British band's 46-year history, with three drummers and players from every major phase and decade – closed the opening night of its debut U.S. tour with the ultimate King Crimson song: the tortuous thunder and scathing paranoia of "21st Century Schizoid Man," from the group's 1969 debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. A nightly feature of Crimson shows until the end of their first live era in 1974, "Schizoid Man" was mothballed as founding guitarist Robert Fripp launched subsequent lineups, including the so-called Discipline quartet in the Eighties and the fearsome double-trio configuration of 1994 to 1997. The closest any post-Seventies Crimson usually came to greatest hits was the art-metal signature "Red," from the 1974 LP of the same name, and the second part of the title piece from 1973's Larks' Tongue in Aspic.

But at the Egg, a classy, intimate concert hall, the latest Crimson – Fripp, bassist Tony Levin, singer-guitarist Jakko Jakszyk, saxophonist Mel Collins and drummers Gavin Harrison, Pat Mastelotto and Bill Rieflin – delivered "Schizoid Man" like fresh terror with the percussionists, lined along the front of the stage, loading the main, booming rhythm with flying-shrapnel accents and executing the famous staircase-staccato bridge in rifle-shot triplicate under the sax and guitars. The waiting – all 40 years – was worth it. Any Crimson could have attempted the song in that time. This was the right one.

The Best New Band in Progressive Rock

It is a testament to Fripp's committment to Crimson and his standards of exploration that this version – nicknamed Mark VIII, hatched earlier this year and hitting nine U.S. cities through early October – is one of the best new bands on the road right now, with the longest tale. Collins goes back nearly to the beginning; he first played on the 1970 album, In the Wake of Poseidon; Levin has done three prior stints; Mastelotto has been a regular since the Nineties double trio, across from drummer Bill Bruford. Harrison, previously in the British band Porcupine Tree, was the second drummer in a short-lived 2008 Crimson.

The new guys have their own recent associations with Fripp. Best known for his tenures in Ministry and R.E.M., Rieflin performed and recorded with the guitarist and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck in the improvising ensemble Slow Music. Jakszyk was the junior third of a group, with Fripp and Collins, that made the 2011 album, A Scarcity of Miracles. The current Crimson performed two songs from that record in Albany – the title track and "The Light of Day," a bleak elegance that recalled Fripp and Collins' prior, jazzy suspense and eccentric balladry on Crimson 1971's LP, Islands.

Collins' presence was an obvious trigger for the revival of Poseidon's long-dormant "Pictures of a City" (the saxophonist's first recording with the group) and the Islands tracks, "Sailor's Tale" and "The Letter," all rendered with authentic scoring (Rieflin doubled on mellotron) but treated with new flourishes – especially in Levin's bass undertow and that drumming front line. At one point in "The Letter," Mastelotto, Rieflin and Harrison filled a moment of silence with single, ringing taps on a cymbal – one per man, like the ticking of a soprano clock – before Jakszyk's vocal reentry.

The Real Crimson King

In keeping with the cumulative, historical weight of its membership, the new Crimson visited every decade in its repertoire except the Eighties. (There may be too many moving pieces in this unit to address that four-piece material.) The title track from 2000's The ConstruKction of Light and "Vrooom," from a 1994 EP, were given tumultuous makeovers. There is a little new material – for now. "The Hell Hounds of Krim" – recorded during rehearsals and featured on a tour book-and-CD set for sale at the merch table – was the march-in music to a polyrhythmic upheaval of "Red." The first piece in the encore, "Hoo Doo," was a suspense of short, arhythmically triggered blasts of improvisation – a classic Crimson test of fan patience and stamina.

Fripp, now 68, presided over this two-hour unveiling of his eighth Crimson with apparent, characteristic distance: seated at the far right side of the back riser, wearing headphones and guarded by a monolith of outboard gear. He has always seemed, on stage, like a reluctant guest at his own party. But his formative and still essential place in the music was evident when the density of textures and motion opened around him. His rapidly strummed chords served as both rhythmic girders and tremors of melody through the two parts of "Larks' Tongue" and the extended, inky convulsion of Red's "Starless." Fripp slashed through the drummers' overlapping math with long, siren-like notes laden with harmonic distortion. And in several striking passages with Collins' sax and flute, he played languid, luxuriant arpeggios that suggested the Byrds on Mars – angular, resonant, even romantic.

Embracing the Moment

The future of this Crimson beyond the U.S. tour, especially in studio-album form, is uncertain. "Crimson as a musical undertaking can't be judged from its records," Fripp said in a recent British interview. "It can only be judged by live performance."

He emphasized the latter point in Albany, in a pre-recorded welcoming announcement played over the PA a few minutes before showtime. "Embrace the moment," Fripp suggested in his soft, precise speaking voice, firmly requesting that the audience turn off and stow all electronic devices. "Use your ears to record and your eyes to video."

It worked. I periodically looked around the hall, for the tell-tale glow of cell phone cameras and recorders. There were none, all night. If you want a piece of this "Schizoid Man," you have to be there.

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Op zondag 28 september 2014 04:30 schreef -Hakuna- het volgende:
Met alle respect, maar al die (HDCD) remasters, meervoudige CD boxen en ander recente CD en DVD uitgaves zijn totaal niet aan mij besteed, zeker al die overbodige bonustracks en ander nooit uitgebracht materiaal voegt niks toe aan wat er al op de oorpsronkelijke albums staat.

Heb de afgelopen weken twee oudjes van King Crimson op CD gekocht en wel de aller eerste CD uitgaves. Vanaf mijn 18e jaar niet meer gehoord te hebben is het na ruim 30 jaar toch een heel welkome luister ervaring om het eens vanaf CD te horen ipv krakende en bekraste LPs.

King Crimson ''Discipline'' first Red Polydor CD uitgave uit 1983 met matrixnummer dat eindigt op #01 op de CD run out.

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A lot of folks have been asking about the availability of downloads from the last tour. As Mr.Stormy indicated in his reply to a guestbook question earlier this week, there are no downloads of the 2014 tour envisaged at this stage. Jakko Jakszyk is currently listening through all the recordings of the concerts assessing what might be made available for release in the spring of 2015.

Staying with the 2014 tour, the good news is that the phenomenally successful Elements Of King Crimson tour box will be available for mail order (Inner Knot) and regular retail from November.

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Mainman Robert hopes venue problems can be resolved for dates in September next year
King Crimson mainman Robert Fripp is hoping to bring the latest lineup of the band to the UK in September 2015 – providing issues over venues can be resolved.

The seven-man lineup recently completed their first run of shows in the US, after he put industry wrangles behind him last year and reactivated his touring career.

Fripp tells the Telegraph: “I’ve discussed the possibility of working in Europe next year, including the UK in September. There are still problems to do with the quality of venues – but it’s being looked into.”

He recently revealed that the current lineup, featuring Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, Jakko Jakszyk and Bill Rieflin, is the first with which he’s genuinely enjoyed touring. Now he says: “It’s the first Crimson where I don’t sense any animosity or resentment from at least one member. This is a group from the get-go; the money is divided equally.”

The 68-year-old accepts the accusation from former colleagues that he was a hard taskmaster in previous incarnations of the band. “I’m a very difficult person to work with – because in King Crimson there was a founding statement to be honoured, going back to 1969,” he says.

“And if what is available fails to meet what I see as a responsibility to the larger Crimson, then that gap has to be met by someone. And it would fall to me. So it’s not a comfortable place.”

But his current activities come after a period in which he discovered a great deal of personal happiness, which he says made it easier to face returning to the road. “My wife told me I was in danger of becoming dull,” Fripp explains. “What I’m doing now was partly a necessity. When you’re happy, it’s time to pull out the pointed stick.”

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After spending the early part of the day working on new King Crimson material, Robert and Jakko began listening to music from the recent Elements tour with a view to what might be made publicly available.

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Fripp describes US tour release as “a hummer”

Robert Fripp has confirmed the release of a live mini-album featuring the latest lineup of King Crimson.

And he’s described the 40-minute title, due in January, as “a hummer.”

It was recorded on the band’s recent US tour, featuring drummers Gavin Harrison, Bill Reiflin and Pat Mastelotto alongside bassist Tony Levin, saxophonist Mel Collins and guitarist-vocalist Jakko Jakszyk.

Fripp says in a video clip: “We’re just completing the mix on Starless, live in Los Angeles, and this really is a hummer.”

Jakszyk confirms: “It’s humming like crazy.”

The album will be released on January 13 via DGM Live. Further details will be announced in due course. Crimson have started work on at least three new tracks since returning to action earlier this year. A UK tour is being considered for 2015.

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Op dinsdag 1 september 2015 11:34 schreef bazbo het volgende:
Koel. Nu nog Red in de setlijst en ik mag doodgaan.

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Op vrijdag 4 september 2015 13:40 schreef fripper het volgende:
14: 21st Century Schizoid Man - 2014 San Francisco: Previously unreleased, From 12" Cyclops Picture Disc EP & forthcoming USA II album

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Writing in his latest diary update, Robert has announced that Bill Rieflin is returning from his sabbatical to rejoin the group later this year. The Seven-Headed Beast is now the Double Quartet.
Robert writes:
Existing repertoire will be re-calibrated for the about-to-be-becoming King Crimson Double Quartet Formation. King Crimson is the first group of which Jeremy has been a full-member. Jeremy became a full-contributor to the Seven-Headed Beast during the 2017 EuroTour, a remarkable achievement for Jezza to adopt the entire repertoire on both drums and keyboards. Bill is presently returning from his Sabbatical, and now The Beast has Eight Heads.
Jeremy and Bill are both multi-instrumental, so King Crimson is likely to be making a lot more noise than before. Even.