Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - No Pussyfooting (1973) [2CD]
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At the same time Brian Eno was working on Here Come the Warm Jets, he was flexing his experimental muscle with this album of tape delay manipulation recorded with Robert Fripp. In a system later to be dubbed Frippertronics, Eno and Fripp set up two reel-to-reel tape decks that would allow audio elements to be added to a continuing tape loop, building up a dense layer of sound that slowly decayed as it turned around and around the deck's playback head. Fripp later soloed on top of this. No Pussyfooting represents the duo's initial experiments with this system, a side each.
"Heavenly Music Corporation" demonstrates the beauty of the setup, with several guitar and synth elements building on top of each other, the music slowly evolving, and Fripp ending the piece with low dive-bombing feedback that swoops over the soundscape, bringing the piece to its conclusion. "Swastika Girls," on the other hand, shows how the system can be abused. With too many disconnected sounds sharing the space, some discordant, some melodic, the resulting work lacks form and structure. Eno and Fripp later refined the system on Evening Star and Eno's solo album Discreet Music. Fripp would take the system and base whole albums and live appearances around it (particularly Let the Power Fall). But it was here on No Pussyfooting where it all started. [Discipline's 2008 reissue included a bonus disc featuring half-speed and reversed versions of both compositions.]
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Tracklist:
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CD1
01 - The Heavenly Music Corporation
02 - The Heavenly Music Corporation
03 - The Heavenly Music Corporation
04 - The Heavenly Music Corporation
05 - The Heavenly Music Corporation
06 - Swastika Girls
07 - Swastika Girls
08 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (reversed)
09 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (reversed)
10 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (reversed)
11 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (reversed)
12 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (reversed)
CD2
01 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (half speed)
02 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (half speed)
03 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (half speed)
04 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (half speed)
05 - The Heavenly Music Corporation (half speed)
06 - Swastika Girls (reversed)
07 - Swastika Girls (reversed)
*2008 Opal / Discipline Global Mobile / RF | DGM5007
Personnel:
Robert Fripp / Gibson Les Paul electric guitar
Brian Eno / Tape delay system, VCS3 synthesizer, sequencer
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