Hello everyone.
2nd Post. Still (more) Frippertronics.
Quite successful on that first post (223 downloads and counting)...
Lots of Frippertronics fans out there. Glad to see that, although I was hoping for an exchange of shows so everyone benefits. Perhaps people with other shows to offer haven't seen the blog yet, or don't frequent Totally Fuzzy... anyway, I digress. Back to the post.
Here's 4 more links for downloads. The first two are the albums by The Roches which Robert Fripp produced ("The Roches" in 1979; "Keep On Doing" in 1982). If you don't know The Roches, but love Fripp, you should check these out. The Roches (especially Maggie) were all great songwriters and singers, and Mr. Fripp's restrained production (audio-verite, as he put it) fit them like a glove. The best songs, of course ("Hammond Song", "The Married Men", "Losing True", and the amazing "Jerks On The Loose"), all feature some great Frippertronic leads and fills.
Wonderful albums.
The next link is for what was a free interview download from Robert's DGM site. It's from WRAS in Atlanta, July 11 of 1979, and it's a great 1/2 hour interview (even if the female interviewer gushes a bit). For the DGM download, however, the songs were removed, with a disclaimer that the listener could insert the songs back in 'as a project'. Well, to me, an interview with gaps where those wonderful Fripp-related songs should be just doen't work, so I put the songs back in, and it's perfect. Give it a listen!
Lastly, I've made a Fripp-mix. The 5 songs on the mix came about from the fact that "God Save The Queen" and "Let The Power Fall" are, in fact, live albums. The songs on the albums are the loops Fripp had been making on his Revox machines during his appearances in 1979 at various coffee shops, record stores and pizza parlors. The only thing missing are the solos, which were not recorded, but played over the decaying loops. So I've taken the following songs from the Fripp shows I previously uploaded:
"1859", "1858" & "1854" (all off of 'Cafe Campus, Ste. Foix, Canada 8/15/79')
"1911" (from the 'Midnight Special 10.5.79)
& "1988" and "1832" (both off 'Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis MN 6/22/79')
...and I've layered them over the top of the album-version for which they had been the source. Then, I put everything together into one continuous piece (42 & 1/2 minutes, complete with applause).
It's not perfect. Trying to link "1854" with it's 'Discotronic' counterpart "The Zero Of The Signified" was hard (I'm sure it goes 'out-of-phase', a la Steve Reich, quite often... but I think it works). It gives the shows a fuller sound, while giving the album-versions back what they're missing- the solos! Anyway, it was a fun experiment... give it a listen and let me know what you think!
Here's the tracklisting:
01 "1859-Red Two Scorer (from 'God Save The Queen') Mix"
02 "1858-God Save The Queen (from 'God Save The Queen') Mix"
03 "1854-The Zero Of The Signified (from 'God Save The Queen') Mix"
04 "1911-God Save The Queen (from 'Midnight Special') Mix"
05 "1832-1988-1988 (from 'Let The Power Fall') Mix"
I'm really hoping for some new Frippertronics show links to come from all this... I'd love to do some more of these 'layerings'! Enjoy... Bob
3 comments:
Firstly, thankyou for putting these things up. I've never heard Fripp's actual live shows with Frippertronics, only the albums...
And for layering the solos over the backings is a great idea.
I don't have any Frippshows I'm afraid. I do have a Frippinterview I recorded in 1980 from my, then, local radio in Dorset (whence Fripp comes) which has his usual dry humour.
If you'd like that I can rip and send..
Hi, Robble. Glad you like everything, and thank you for the kind words. That Fripp interview from 1980 would be great to have... if you find time to rip that and upload it, I'd would certainly appreciate it. Thanks in advance! Bob
Sorry, Robble- I just re-read that last sentence again ("...rip and send...")
Do you have the means to upload to a file share service (Rapidshare, etc.)? If not, here's my address to send as e-mail:
hick8242@gmail.com
Thanks again for the offer. Bob
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