The Robert Fripp String Quintet
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Taken from the RFSQ Video release "Live in Japan", Trey Gunn treats us to a performance of Chromatic Fantasy in D Minor 00:00:00 and the California Guitar Trio perform Blockhead with a solo from Robert Fripp 00:01:52 On the third track Hope 00:05:44, we hear a beautiful haunting solo from Trey Gunn and shared with Paul Richards of the California Guitar Trio. It was filmed at Tokyo FM Hall for "Wowow" TV on November 11th, 1992. In 1992 and 1993, the Robert Fripp String Quintet did a few short tours in Japan, Italy, Argentina, England and the USA
The audio from this concert can be downloaded from www.dgmlive.com...
For those guitar aficionados out there - notice the delay between the note action (pluck/pick/hammer/vibrato) and the sound - this is due to the delay needed to synthesize the sounds through the sound processors - this style of playing is very challenging as you have to anticipate when the sound will arrive in relation to the other instruments and the processing time - technically admirable. Robert Fripp pioneered this style of playing and use and development of the necessary systems.
OMG, i've always wanted to do something like this, "playing backwards", i'm so glad that i'm not the only one who thought of that. The idea in my case was inspired by Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced?" and "Machine Gun", great psychedelic songs
It's called latency
@@samusbros66 Hendrix reversed the tapes in the studio. Digital sound makes it easier for you : you have reverse delay in the Eventide Eclipse rack or higher, can't tell for the Eventide delay pedal.
You also have a reverse delay in the GuitarRig software which can be used as a multi-effect with a laptop, in fact, you can also use it as an amplifier/cab simulator, but frankly, modelling amps, they do not compare with the real thing! Fripp had awesome sound with tube amps, gosh, the sound he had on Evening Star, using the EMS AKS as treatment into a Fender Champ 6.5W tube amp... The speaker blew after 6:25 of this, you hear the new speaker at 6:27...
Recent. Things got worse and worse, They went all digital even for the bass on recent tours, KC really started to sound more and more dull with Thrak, even if Belew and Levin saved the day with tube amps.
Gosh, Fripp used a Roland GP-100 as core sound. Last tours it was the AxeFx... He had to add multiple Eventides any way, not speaking about G-synth systems.
Actually, I don't use such digital modelling, I did for a time with the Rocktron Chameleon the the GuitarRig software...
Ended feeling nothing while playing and by listening, I noticed that whatever I did, it never sounded as great as when I had my small DIY copy of a Mesa Studio 22 built with Marshall transformers!
The Rocktron, which was far better than the GP-100 was put back in use and I bought a Mesa Fifty/Fifty for cheap as well as I found two 2nd hand EVM12L for 180€, it was already an improvement when I built TL806 cabs for the spkrs. I soon decided to procure the Triaxis preamp and a Lexicon MPX-G2, everything 2nd hand. Gosh, the MPX-G2, you have all the digital stuff needed to play the Pink Floyd songbook, and the analog preamp has a tube screamer, can serve as a clean boost, pre-EQ, you can add the 4 bands P-Eq and with the Triaxis, you need no distortion pedals.
I noted that the spks were so loud that the 50/50 stood always in 2x15W low power mode, decided to sell it and go lighter with a Marshall EL84-20/20... Some told me I was crazy, but they never tried this amp, it's awesome, moreover, my early sound was back after switching a few parts for the same I had on the DIY amp! I later added the Eventide Eclipse to have mad effects, while, hey, MPX-G2 has the real JamMan Looper and the real Whammy algos : Lexicon=Digitech=DOD!
Basically, all I need is a Muff, a Germanium fuzz (Ge4 Muff), a wah, a tube comp (EHX one) and my sound is absolutely gorgeous, even Better than KC and all those who turned digital!
In fact I even went further: bought the Switchblade GL and all MoogerFoogers, and a 2nd delay for stereo.
Was in a Pink Floyd cover band for about 18 month, people told me they never heard such a lively organic sound, that all their body hairs went straight... Guess what? I get this effect too... Had to fight to not enter a transe while playing!
In order to stay compact, I re-cased my Foogers and near all stompboxes in 19" enclosures.
All I need are two 6U flightcases I can move like a Samsonite, the pedalboard, two 1x12"
I can also do KC stuff, thus within some limitations, don't count me in for Fracture or Larks' Pt.3 etc, I'm not Belew too, but soundwise speaking, it truly gives chills.
I mainly use Vigier and Leduc guitars, also pieces from late Xavier Petit in a 115y old Honduras Mahogany, Danelectros incl the Sitar and smth similar to the WarrGuitar made by KrappyGuitars (his touchstyle instruments are not crap, they're truly good while affordable: he plays such instruments, others, well, are recycled/reclaimed stuff intended for punks and "krappy" truly applies)
I HIGHLY doubt there is much if any latency in their mixed iems, they'll have a simple mixed version of each other with very limited or no processing at all. This allows them to not only keep in time accurately but also keep in tune. The delay your seeing is either what's in the PA or is poor sync up for the video. You'd never purposely be listening to a mix with heavy latency as a musician.
EE here. The above is false, of course. Current moves through a circuit at approximately the speed of light. There's a delay, but you're not going to notice it.
Audio syncing with video, that's a different matter.
What Fripp has accomplished is incredibly rare and something to be cherished. Very few guitarists have truly unique styles and sounds. Hendrix, Zappa, Fripp, Beck, Vai, McLaughlin. I'm sure I missed a few but these are the extremely talented innovators with styles all their own.
you did. You missed the most important guitarist ever: Jerry Garcia
@@SeattleSpursFan1882 I just threw up in my mouth a little 🤢🤢🤢
🎼🎵But don't shit where you eat my friend 🎶= Ween/Chocolate and Cheese
@@scottdorfler2551 That's unfortunate for you
Also Sonny Sharrock
Michael Gurley
Fripp in my mind is like the Yoda of guitar - ageless, full of great teachings, and more than capable.
See Tosin Abasi-The Woven Web.
He is very good at his style which I think is unique. Yoda? Eh...
and John Mclaughin would be luke
Then Yoda interviewed Luke for Guitar Player magazine back in the ‘80s.
They shared a box of chocolates as they talked.
Fact.
So does that make Rory Gallagher a Sith lord? Darth Amazeballs or something?
Frippertronics are so incredible. It's hard to imagine being so thoroughly embedded in the present as Robert must feel when he anticipates and plays over those many layered cycles.
I can't stop listening to the entire Discipline album. Tony, Bill, Adrian and Robert are my solace in a universe of chaos.
same
Love that album!
The whole 80's trilogy is a master piece
Fripp is just the Father of so many genres of guitar music from ambient to metal. He is a 9od.
I was 21 when i saw them in 1993 in Buenos Aires. It was not a concert, it seemed to be...i don,t know, a kind of ritual? It was the first time of Fripp in Buenos Aires, and the atmosphere was so respectful, so expectant.... I remember that after the concert many of us didn´t fully understand (although we were certain that we have seen something beautiful and terrible, something unique), after several people ovations, they played a last piece with no amplifiers and the whole theatre stood up to listen, as the musician also had done to play. People composture were lost and most people run to listen to the from the edge of stage, breathless. I bought the CD and listened it through the years. This music is alive and yet vital, and almost 30 years later i listen to it and it clearly brings me the unspeakable feelings (a mix of astonishment with joy, confusion and the knowing i had found something rare and beautiful) i had that night.
i saw this guy in the late 80s do "league of crafty guitarists" with 20 acoustics in a church in brooklyn. epic.
virtuosos yes.
I was there too. Was it Saint Catherines? [ Or with a " K "]. I thought it was more like 60 Guitarists. They all played Ovations, right ? I saw many versions of that throughout the years. Also Crimson and Fripp by himself, Frippertronics.
Envy here also.
It was a Fripp cult meeting.
@@tomzanone2324 lol
I saw Mr Fripp & the California Guitar Trio at The Strand, Redondo Beach, CA back in ''92 or '93. It was the concert of my life: we had enjoyed their performance at our dinner table. Once the program had finished, they surrounded our table and played their last serenade unplugged for us. All eyes on us, all ears on them. I feel I remember every single note they played. When the Trio were signing autographs, I asked them why they had chosen that table amongst the dozens in the hall. They looked at each other and shrugged: "It was Mr Fripp´s idea". As a lifelong fan of his, I keep that riddle as something to tell my grandchildren. They will still listen to their music. And their grandchildren too.
JORGE ANDRÉS PRIETO PRAT, I saw the Chamber Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists last year, about 50 guitarists were surrounding us, and it sounded like a fractal wonderland of electric sheep, but with guitars making sounds I have never heard before, and I am only 17. Not only did I respect this greatly as a musician myself, it also enabled me to play music better! It was meditiation. I shall be seeing Crimson perform in the 2017 tour, and I could say that if the Crafties were the last performance I ever saw in my life, I wouldn't take that back. Although I wish I could've seen the Trio with Fripp. Cool thing about the League of Crafty Guitarists was that Robert Fripp was looking at my dad and I the whole time. Astonishing to see a role model playing right next to you!
Were they serving NOODLES from the kitchen too?
Just TEASING Sir.
I have tried countless times to enjoy, hear, relate, etc. to Mr. Fripps' music for 40 some odd years. He looks so sincere and sounds so... well... he looks sincere, engaged & in the moment.
My point is not to bash him or his most loyal of fans, rather celebrate how different art and music can be & truly is. Not getting IT... is clearly ok.
Beavis
planetaaronx yes! I don't even play an instrument, but these are sounds coming from a guitar that I never heard thought was possible. It is almost from another world.
well... you just said it. Don't know what you mean by not saying that against him when you kinda just insinuated that he may have autism... anyway what makes you think he is autistic?
hang on... just trying to understand your contention. So are you saying that he *might* have autism because he's always preparing his material beforehand? Prepared material being your mention of 'order'?
Robert Fripp, the frippertronics, Trey Gunn, the chapman stick, the california guitar trio; I could listen to this all day long... Thank you for the music!!!
See Tosin Abasi-The Woven Web. Listen to that all day instead!
Francisco Vazquez - It’s possible, though I’m not completely sure, that what Trey Gunn is playing is called the “Warr Guitar,” but I could be mistaken. Same basic idea, though! And I agree with you 100%, everything Fripp is involved with is worth listening to!!
@@danopticon Here is Trey Gunn with the Warr Guitar, it could be the same, except the one he plays in this video has no body... ua-cam.com/video/J0k7B2eiDg0/v-deo.html
@@danopticon Yes it is a Warr guitar. I helped design and build Trey's touring rig back in 1998.
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Gunn's solo in "Hope" is gorgeous, but Richards' two short E-bow interludes at 9:02 and 9:35 are achingly beautiful.
When I was working at the Greek Theater, Crimson was playing, and it was Mr. Fripp's birthday. There was a birthday cake in his dressing room. We thought he had left so we ate it. Then he came back to get it..................................😬😬😬
That's pretty good claim to fame. I bet he did not "Fripp" out?
@@alunepps4272 No, but he wasn't happy!
He plays so beautifully while staring at the rest of group with that "better not fuck up" look ha ha hilarious
He would smile big at Adrian's wonderful 6-string prowess and cool vocals. Fripp is warmer than he seems.
Fripp always has that "better not fuck up" look ...😉😎 ... he is still brilliant!
I was thinking more of a look of a proud papa - I think he trusts in the discipline he teaches. (pun intended)
@@williampinson1125 Yeah, of course. He's digging it. He really is a fantastic player and arranger, too. I would love to see him and someone like Pat Metheny hook up for a couple of tunes.
I saw him smile once!!!
I remember Robert Fripp from King Crimson days. Even more innnovative now. He plays the guitar like a violin.
I don't think I'll ever tire of listening to this rendition of "Hope". Truly beautiful.
Beautiful stuff and reminds me why I became a lifelong Fripp fan after hearing In The Court Of The Crimson King so many decades ago. As a guitarist he is unique, with so many billions of guitar players in the World that's quite an achievement. He sounds like no one else but others are now sounding like him, a true innovator.
These artists are on a completely different level, it is just astonishing to see and hear this in concert.
It doesn't seem possible, but there it is right in front of you.
What I like about Fripp in this setting is that the songs do not have be all about him. By letting the other musicians solo adds variations and a revolving texture.
yeah but he sets himself apart from the rest which is such a BS ego boost.
Well, he is Robert Fripp, he's earned it
@Theodore McGee.If U truly knew the artist Mr.Robert Fripp,U would know that the man transcended his ego ,on
the day he realized,that Robert Fripp does not exist.As we all must realize about ourselves,on our paths through this life 2 truly become a "human being "rather than a "human doing ".Peace B un2U.✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🌚🌝
@@tjay5141 Behave.
@@nirradyen-tolobaz3727 Baloney
First time I heard Fripp I was stunned. Speechless. Discipline. I'm sure you understand. The next day I went busking to make the money to by the 12 inch vinyl. As soon as I had enough cash i bought the album and went home and bathed in that album..... 30 years later... I realise that going busking that day was a very very good idea...
Cool, what did ya play when yer busking
I feel the same, and I first heard him play in Hyde Park in 1969, 49 years ago.
Yes Discipline was quite an eye opener. A friend gave it to me at a party I was having and we replayed it all night with no complaints.
What an awesome story and a great memory. Making music to get music...
Yeah Discipline is the sound of genius 👍!
Sorpresa para mí reencontrarme con un *GENIO* escuché a *KING CRIMSON* por años desde *La Plata Argentina* ( *Jeu DISCOS* 1971/1992) hoy con *82* celebran mis oídos. SIEMPRE lo mejor. HABÍA una frase *CUANDO CRIMSON TOCA, SANGRA EL UNIVERSO*
*Infinitas gracias*
Felicidades!!!Gustavo, excelente comentario sobre unos de mis grupos favoritos del rock progresivo inglés, el otro es Jethro Tull...saludos desde México.
Its amazing to find this video!! I am actually the guy with the mullet who was playing with the group that day! it was an incredible experience...at exactly 3:50 you can see when my LSD capsule kicked in! Simply unforgettable.
holy fuck lol.. i need to hear more of this story. when you were tripping did you ever look over at fripp while playing and go wtf?! ha
It is Legendary to play with Fripp.....AND be on the Lucy in the Sky during it?
Well done sir! Wish I was with you for the journey!
Take care and enjoy! 🤘🌝🤘
Cool story bro! Haha.
Nice work! Love that ebow your doing too!
That rules
His Frippness
Lord & master of the universe
I heard "Court" (lp) in 1976 when I was 16. Borrowed it from a friend from high school in Wisconsin. Had to buy my own copy. Eventually through the years I bought practically all of the King Crimson lps. Also 2 Fripp & Enos, several of the others such as "Exposure." Thanks so much for the great music.
Robert is Great🙂
Saw one of their concerts in that tour many years ago. A unique kind of experience that you will never forget!
Fripp has a unique way of holding his pick. It's obvious that the other guitar players have been taught by him.
I've been a fan of KC for decades... great to continually hear relevant & progressive music from such an influential & timeless band.
Saw Trey Gunn and the California Guitar Trio in Baltimore years and years ago. Terrific concert.
That first number...I can imagine it with some heavy percussion & deep, deep bass behind it. That would make it ROCK HARD!
OhWell1962 The first number is J.S.Bach "Chromatic Fantasy in D minor ".No composer in history has ever rocked harder!Listen to his cello suites 1 through 6!✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🌚🌝
Fripp is a musical genius, the greatest of his era!
That second tune - with Gunn´s beautiful stick intro and solo - and the beautiful sound of the "E-Bow" .... it makes tears , running from the age old eyes,-
This is beautiful.
To listen to RFS is to abolish the surge of everyday noises and images to half-open the space of an elsewhere where contingency and representation give way to the immateriality of the sensitive. The expressive power of the sound architecture breaks with any form of transcription of reality to attach itself to the expression of a fabulous universe where the color and the hythm of the compositions constitute an expiration which gives voice to the exaltation🤠
Well said, music as sublime as this really does explore dimensions of expression that are totally inaccessible through words or normal means, and brings richness to life.
Fripp's string bands are something special, such things should continue as a new tradition into the future - why since the beginning have they not gotten due praise for originality, and the true origins being lost in antiquity - they are dynamic as hell. In a good way of course, all the incarnations of the Fripp string bands.
Роберт Фрипп, на мой взгляд, удивительный Гений!!!
Saw them in Modena, italy in 1995, in one beautiful theatre. Fantastic.
It's beautiful, so refreshing, and almost 30 years before, waouh!
The Quintet album is my favorite of Robert's. So excited to see there is recorded footage of this group. Trey's opener is stunning.
I'd give anything to hear this song for the first time again.
really?
Just hit replay ?
Masterpiece, Master Fripp, Magical music. King Crimson is King
For all that shines on an endlessly impressive resumé, this clip shines brightest.
the best band IMO as prog bands go have been listening since 1969 amazing stuff no matter what Mr Fripp exports out
I truly wish i was born in the 70s just to go to Japan to listen to blockhead and watch their performance live
This whole thing was incredible. I never knew that Trey Gunn could play like that!
Only has to listen . He is the master of BACH - works
playing on stick.
Cameron Pearce: If this impresses you try 'Tosin Abasi-The Woven Web'!!!!
I guess one could expect that from any KC alumni
This is pretty amazing on so many levels. A strange kind of guitar laden fever dream manifested in reality.
Been a fan of Fripp ever ince I saw him in Giles, Giles, Giles and Fripp on a John Peel program many years ago. The guy just keeps growing!
They weren't very interesting on 'Colour Me Pop'
Rodney..your teas ready!!
That was really something. Gorgeous.
The mastery being displayed here is unbelievable.
Really sharp sound to the strings, I like that crystal clear effect. Thank you for the upload.
Happy to see all the comments are still fresh like the music will be always freshen our minds and hearts
second piece is so innocent
well done gunn
Sublime ! Merci grand respect et admiration pour Robert Fripp ,un pionnier extraordinaire, ,l'ensemble est très beau, virtuosité et musicalité ...magnifiques climats...
Amazing Fripp is playing a part that's going through reverse echo and so is a couple of beats behind what the rest of the band is playing which requires Fripp to be a couple of beats ahead.
Paul Vicory Good ear,Mr.Vicory✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🌚🌝
The second song is stunning.
That shows beautifully that it's not just about how fast you can play guitar to become a really good guitar player. It's the sense of music, harmonies and structure of a song what makes performances like this really stunning. I love it!
This music takes me out of my body, I love it so much. Fripp is a legend and I highly recommend looking up his Pleasures in pieces album.
The most divine sound ever to come out of the guitar resp. stick.
hi
That second song is so amazing. Like, hearing Fripp's lead soar over the rhythm guitars just feels so right.
these are real great tracks...fantastic music.
hermoso concierto, una vez mas robert fripp UN GENIO!!
Robert Fripp. What a trip.
This makes me so vey happy. Thank you.
Fripp no deja de asombrar con sus creaciones
Fripp não é só um músico talentoso . É um verdadeiro gênio!
hat the world needs is better music and less talking ,,,thanks for this beautiful piece of music
totally agree
What about Elephant talk lots of talking in there lol
this is so beautiful... amazing performance!!!
Trey Gunn and his magical hands. Mr. Fripp is The Master.... The best teacher.
Robert's the best guitar player , not many ever heard of
It's sad how little of either there is on video and how much of their playing has been lost forever with only some vague memories left in some people's heads.
He taught Trey Gunn? I don't think so.
@eldoabrahamson:
Actually, Fernando Cañada is at least partially correct; Trey joined Fripp's Guitar Craft school (see link below) but was already very well trained prior to that. Fripp recognized his talent and asked him to join The League of Crafty Guitarists and King Crimson. He also played on a number of Toyah's projects.
ua-cam.com/video/skBJ4UazDaw/v-deo.html
that's Bach, and Fripp did not teach Gunn how to play the stick lol
I can only listen to this sitting down
I seem to get tears in my eyes this is so beautiful! Thanks Trey and Robert ~~
This is just amazing! - The first bit had a strong J.S.Bach vibe to it imo.
Given that the first piece _is_ Bach's Chromatic Fantasy in D Minor, the "strong J.S. Bach vibe" you felt is quite understandable. Here's the same work in a more conventional--but no less brilliant--performance by the "mad genius" Glenn Gould: ua-cam.com/video/e3pizBY136E/v-deo.html&ab_channel=NSMBW
@@Galantski Glenn Gould more conventional but not so conventional either 😂
@@fgreco346 Yes, he was a paradox.
Composed brilliantly, I reckon the opening solo part alone is amazing, let alone all that follows in this video. Robert Fripp is such a good musician that he frightens a wannabe like me!
That's a song by bach
@@thebenevolentsun6575 Thanks for your info - I was thinking it sounded like Bach too!! I have a number of Bach cd recordings, including a Decca "Great Organ works", and half-realised a connection with Bach.
Great strings.... all the best ! Greets from Spain
Mágico es muy grato volverlo a escuchar y regresar a esos tiempos de joven y remontarse a los cielos con la banda escuchando el rock progresivo
So incredible. Thank you for that music.
Absolutely amazing.
Astoundingly beautiful.
I've always loved Blockhead in all it's iterations, have to say that this is one of the best.
Fripp is like Edgar Allan Poe reincarnated as a guitarist. Some of his most compelling music is ominous and dark, yet also haunting and beautiful.
Still quite vividly recall this show, as I was living and working in Japan at the time and made the trek down to Tokyo from the wilds of Tohoku to see Bobby and the boys. I guess this was also technically the first of countless times seeing the CG3 live, and of course assorted incarnations and offshoots of Crim over the years. This was an extraordinary night, though. I had my then girlfriend in tow, who frankly had no idea what to expect at this show -- and she was thoroughly blown away by the virtuosity and energy of the music. Glorious.
Fripp is all about innovation in music. He is a true original.
I wish I didnt have to re-finance my house to buy a Chapman Stick
Bro you dont anymore
Seriously.... I want to buy one but they are so expensive!
They are only like 2000 bucks nowadays
I didn't know it was so easy to play
I'm thinking of selling mine
I am 5 minutes in and this is absolutely excellent. Such a different sound....
Saw KC at the Greek in LA a couple of months ago. California Guitar Trio opened. Truly a night of guitar virtuosity. Unforgettable.
So Great .. Robert Fripp an these Guys are Amazing
Love Fripp and he does look at the rest of the guys sometimes with the "some fava beans and a nice Chianti" kind of vibe!
If one of them fucks up he throws a guitar and screams "not quite my tempo!"
a quintet playing different kind of guitars, awesome idea!
Beautiful as ever. Thanks for the upload!
Thanks a lot for this video and music!!!
I've listened to Robert Fripp since early 80s:) truly something else! A musical alchemist!
Some would thing that is too much guitar, but I could listen to this for a long time. Such and individual distorted tone tone Robert got.
Robert Fripp, a giant
Gentle Giant
Fripp is such a musical enigma.
He does works such as this and the Belew-era KC that were so busy...opposed to his winding 24-beat-notes of Frippertronics, and “Index of Metals” with Eno.
No one second guesses Fripp...
Exhilarating. Thank you for posting this.
all magical, Hope one of all-time favourites
Уникальный музыкант. Мне 60 лет, а я только год назад созрел до его музыки...
Robert fripp mago de la música y una vez más sorprendente.
Amazing!! True guitar craft. Thanks so much.
GunnのChromatic Fantasyにはいつも心揺さぶられる...
I saw them live in Tokyo, truly amazing...
Hope is such a beautiful piece. Funnily enough, I had no idea that Trey is actually soloing on Warr guitar, I was fully convinced it was Fripp. )) When I saw this video for the first time, I was blown away.
LOL! I'm glad I'm not alone... I've always assumed it was Fripp who played the majority of Gunn's solo, but while I could hear the "dueling" between two players towards the end, I never realised that neither player was Fripp!
@Mr. Lytovchenko. The instrument Trey is playing is not the Warr guitar.If U look closely,U will see that there is no guitar body,therefore,it is undeniably the Chapman Stick.Hope is a musical gemstone of great beauty.
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