Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946 in Wimborne Minster , Dorset ) is an English guitarist and composer . He is a founding member and the only constant member of the progressive rock group King Crimson .
Life
Robert Fripp was born the son of a real estate agent. On Christmas Day 1957, at the age of eleven, his parents gave him a guitar. He took guitar lessons, played rock, switched to traditional jazz at 13 and modern jazz at 15. At that time he was influenced by jazz musicians such as Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus .
Despite his inclination to jazz, Fripp founded a rock band called The Ravens in 1961 with his schoolmates Graham Wale (drums, later replaced by Chris 'Fergy' Ferguson), Gordon Haskell (bass guitar) and Tino Licinio (vocals / guitar) . In 1962 the Ravens separated. At this point, he planned to study real estate management and eventually take over his father's business. In 1964, at the age of 17, Fripp decided to become a professional musician.
After his membership in the bands League of Gentlemen and the Majestic Dance Orchestra , he teamed up in 1967 with the brothers Michael and Peter Giles from Trendsetters Limited , with whom he released an album in 1968. With Michael Giles he founded King Crimson in 1969 , whose only constant member he remained through the eventful development of the band. In the "resting phases" of the band, he published numerous solo albums, played as a guest musician with various musicians, founded a guitar school ( Guitar Craft ), a record company ( Discipline Global Mobile (DGM) ) and produced records for musician friends (such as Septober Energy by Centipede or the debut of the folk sisters The Roches ).
Together with Brian Eno , he has been experimenting since 1972 with what he himself called “Frippertronics” for generating sound in the style of tape experiments, as Terry Riley had done with the Time Lag Accumulator (“delay memory”) - a kind of forerunner of the later echo devices - undertook. The idea for this allegedly came from an unknown sound engineer who was working for Riley at the time. Two tape recorders ( Revox A77 ) are used to generate "Frippertronics" : The first device records the instrument's input signal. The tape then runs through the second device. From there, the signal is played back and mixed with the input signal in the first tape recorder. The originally generated tone is repeated ("looped") and supplemented by the new tone of the instrument. The albums (No Pussyfooting) and Evening Star recorded together with Brian Eno were created on the basis of this technique.
Fripp later replaced the mechanical loop technology of "Frippertronics" with the use of guitar synthesizers and called the sounds produced in this way soundscapes . Fripp has recorded several solo albums with soundscapes alone. His sound experiments can also be found on productions by other artists (including Midge Ure , Breathe ).
Fripp is considered a "very English", quirky - intellectual rock musician - as early as the 1970s he was called " Mr. Spock of Rock" in the music press . He is a fan of John G. Bennett and his teachings, which can be seen in his entire attitude and especially in the program of the Guitar Craft guitar school he founded . His aphorisms, known as frippisms , are known in fan circles .
Some selected musicians with whom Fripp has worked in the course of his career are David Bowie , Peter Hammill ( Van der Graaf Generator ), Adrian Belew , Brian Eno , Peter Gabriel , Deborah Harry ( Blondie ), Bill Bruford , David Sylvian , Andy Summers , Tony Levin , Greg Lake , who was bassist and vocalist with King Crimson before his success with Emerson, Lake & Palmer , and John Paul Jones . Fripp is also involved as a guest in the latest Porcupine Tree productions.
Robert Fripp has been married to the musician and producer Toyah Willcox since May 16, 1986 . In 2005 he was commissioned by Microsoft to compose the system sounds for Windows Vista . "Exposure" was included in The Wire's "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)" list.
In 2011, the Rolling Stone listed Fripp 62 of the 100 best guitarists of all time . In a list from 2003 he was ranked 42nd.
Discography
With King Crimson
other projects
- 1968: The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles, and Fripp
- 1973: (No Pussyfooting) (with Brian Eno )
- 1975: Evening Star (with Brian Eno)
- 1975: Even Spaces (with Brian Eno), Thursday LP, bootleg from the concert May 28, 1975, Paris Olympia
- 1979: Exposure
- 1980: God Save the Queen / Under Heavy Manners
- 1981: The League of Gentlemen (as The League of Gentlemen )
- 1981: Let the Power Fall: An Album of Frippertronics
- 1982: I Advance Masked (with Andy Summers )
- 1984: Bewitched (with Andy Summers)
- 1985: Network
- 1985: God Save the King (with The League of Gentlemen )
- 1986: The League of Crafty Guitarists Live
- 1986: The Lady or the Tiger (with Toyah Willcox )
- 1991: Kneeling at the shrine (with Sunday all over the world )
- 1993: The First Day (with David Sylvian )
- 1993: Kings
- 1994: The Bridge Between
- 1994: 1999 Soundscapes: Live in Argentina
- 1994: Damage (with David Sylvian)
- 1994: Ffwd (with The Orb)
- 1995: Intergalactic Boogie Express: Live in Europe ...
- 1995: A Blessing of Tears: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 2 (live)
- 1995: Radiophonics: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 1 (live)
- 1996: That Which Passes: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 3 (live)
- 1997: November Suite: 1996 Soundscapes - Live at Green Park Station
- 1997: Pie Jesu
- 1998: The Gates of Paradise
- 1998: Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace
- 1999: The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior (with Bill Rieflin and Trey Gunn )
- 2004: The Equatorial Stars (with Brian Eno)
- 2006: Sounds for Microsoft Windows Vista
- 2007: Fear of a Blank Planet (with Porcupine Tree )
- 2007: Nil Recurring (with Porcupine Tree)
- 2008: Thread (with Theo Travis )
- 2010: Live at Coventry Cathedral (with Theo Travis)
- 2012: The Wine of Silence (with Andrew Keeling, David Singleton)
- 2012: Discretion (with Theo Travis)
- 2012: Follow (with Theo Travis)
- 2015: Starless Starlight (with David Cross )
Web links
- Works by Robert Fripp in the catalog of the German National Library
- DGM, Fripps record company
- Robert Fripp at Allmusic (English)
- Robert Fripp at Discogs (English)
- Robert Fripp on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ^ The Birth of Loop. A Short History of Looping Music. Loopers Delight (English).
- ↑ 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 18, 2015, accessed August 8, 2017 .
- ↑ 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time - David Fricke's Picks. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 8, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fripp, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wimborne Minster |