Robert Fripp
Music For Quiet Moments (8CD)
Format8CDLabelDiscipline Global Mobile, Panegyric, Wowow Entertainment, Inc., Inner KnotGenreElectronic
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When Robert Fripp’s Music For Quiet Moments started to appear with relatively little fanfare in May 2020, as a series of weekly uploads to YouTube and streaming services, their overall effect was one of balm. Moving through the digital ether, Fripp’s ambient soundscapes slowly drifted their way through a collective psychological environment grappling with the uncertainty of pandemic times. The series unfolded over a year, 52 weekly entries, each offering another aspect of an ever-changing same: Fripp performing live in various contexts, quietly testing out the possibilities afforded to him by music that drops the pretense of narrative and lets itself just be.
He has, of course, been exploring this terrain for some time now, going way back to the early 1970s, when a series of encounters with glam polymath Brian Eno led to two albums, (No Pussyfooting) and Evening Star, where Fripp’s guitar wove a web within Eno’s tape -delay systems. Decades later, Eno would marvel at Fripp’s seemingly preternatural grasp of the nuances of the system: “It’s very easy to get stuck in a kind of drone rut, but he was clever enough to shift out of one mode to another.” These experiences inspired Fripp to develop Frippertronics, a method that hotwired two reel-to-reel tape decks, so they were able to function as a real-time looping system.
Frippertronics became part of Fripp’s extended rig, making its first appearance on record on his 1979 solo album Exposure; he’d subsequently explore the modified terrain offered by this process across his 1980s solo albums and beyond. In the 1990s, digital technology afforded Fripp the chance to update Frippertronics and build a more mutable and expansive kit, now known as Soundscaping. Since then, the soundscape has become a fundamental part of Fripp’s musical armoury: leading away from the tough, abstruse complexity of King Crimson, the soundscapes are remarkably pliant and sensual. Their capacity to evoke an ‘eternal now’, though, always somehow connects Fripp back to the source, those early looping performances and recordings with Eno.
Format
Presented in this edition of four sets of gatefold sleeves, with a 60-page booklet containing the artwork for each piece and notes by Robert Fripp. Housed in an outer rigid case.
1-1 Teatro Independencia, Mendoza, Argentina, June 3, 2007
1-2 Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius, Barcelona, Spain, July 24, 2009
1-3 Pershore Abbey, Pershore, UK, June 2, 2006
1-4 Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, UK, June 16, 2006
1-5 Unknown venue & date
1-6 Arrow Rock Festval, Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands, June 13, 2004
2-1 All Saints Church, Broad Chalke, UK, January 14, 2006
2-2 St Andrew's Church, Sutton, UK, June 3, 2006
2-3 St Peter's Church, Newlyn, UK, December 3, 2005
2-4 Somerville Theater, Boston, MA, November 6, 2007
2-5 & 2-6 Park West, Chicago, IL, October 12, 2005
2-7 & 2-8 The Arts Center, Carrboro, NC, February 21, 2006
3-1 & 3-2 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, February 25, 2006
3-3, 4-1 to 4-3 Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy, June 20, 2006
3-4 Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius, Barcelona, Spain, July 25, 2009
3-5 Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius, Barcelona, Spain, July 29, 2009
3-6 Majestic Theater, Madison, WI, November 10, 2007
3-7 Konserthuset, Oslo, Norway, June 20, 2004
4-4 Lisenbergellen, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 15, 2004
4-5 Lossikirik, Haapsalu, Estonia, August 24, 2006
4-6 & 8-7 Teatro Independencia, Mendoza, Argentina, June 2, 2007
4-7 Teatro Palamostre, Udine, Italy, June 24, 2006
4-8 The Olympia, Paris, France, October 13, 2009
5-1 & 5-2 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium, October 14, 2009
5-3 to 5-5 The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC, February 28, 2006
5-6 & 5-7 Rhythm & Brews, Chattanooga, TN, February 27, 2006
6-1 Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 12, 2009
6-2 & 6-3 Capitol, Hanover, Germany, October 15, 2009
6-4 The Handlebar, Greenville, SC, February 23, 2006
6-5 Villa Arconati, Milan, Italy, June 29, 2006
6-6 to 6-8 Piazza Mentana, La Spezia, Italy, June 28, 2006
7-1 The Olympia, Paris, France, September 22, 2015
8-1 & 8-2 Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, TN, March 1, 2006
8-3 Centro Ottava, Rome, Italy, June 21, 2006
8-4 Neighbourhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC, February 22, 2006
8-5 ND Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 9, 2007
8-6 Studio Belew, Nashville, TN, April 17, 2004
These recordings were originally released as weekly downloads from dgmlive.com
May 1, 2020 - April 23, 2021
Release notes
Presented in this edition of four sets of gatefold sleeves, with a 60-page booklet containing the artwork for each piece and notes by Robert Fripp. Housed in an outer rigid case. 1-1 Teatro Independencia, Mendoza, Argentina, June 3, 2007 1-2 Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius, Barcelona, Spain, July 24, 2009 1-3 Pershore Abbey, Pershore, UK, June 2, 2006 1-4 Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, UK, June 16, 2006 1-5 Unknown venue & date 1-6 Arrow Rock Festval, Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands, June 13, 2004 2-1…
| 1-1 | Pastorale | 6:40 | |
| 1-2 | GentleScape | 13:10 | |
| 1-3 | Time Stands Still | 9:23 | |
| 1-4 | Requiem | 28:49 | |
| 1-5 | Time Promenade | 6:54 | |
| 1-6 | Seascape | 11:37 | |
| 2-1 | At The End Of Time | 13:04 | |
| 2-2 | Evensong | 9:14 | |
| 2-3 | Promenade | 4:09 | |
| 2-4 | Pastorale | 5:37 | |
| 2-5 | Skyscape | 10:19 | |
| 2-6 | Seascape | 6:39 | |
| 2-7 | Horizon | 10:06 | |
| 2-8 | Time Procession | 12:55 | |
| 3-1 | Affirmation | 14:03 | |
| 3-2 | Aspiration | 7:40 | |
| 3-3 | Elegy | 3:34 | |
| 3-4 | End Of Time | 12:14 | |
| 3-5 | Evensong | 7:01 | |
| 3-6 | Pastorale | 5:25 | |
| 3-7 | Paradise Regained | 7:31 | |
| 4-1 | Elegy Part 1 | 8:09 | |
| 4-2 | Elegy Part 2 | 6:18 | |
| 4-3 | Elegy Part 3 | 8:58 | |
| 4-4 | Paradise Regained | 8:54 | |
| 4-5 | Evensong | 13:13 | |
| 4-6 | Pastorale | 5:47 | |
| 4-7 | Time Stands Still | 9:04 | |
| 4-8 | A Full Heart | 10:18 | |
| 5-1 | Strong Quiet I | 7:16 | |
| 5-2 | Strong Quiet II | 10:52 | |
| 5-3 | A Move Inside I | 13:02 | |
| 5-4 | A Move Inside II | 14:15 | |
| 5-5 | A Move Inside III | 12:04 | |
| 5-6 | Drifting Gently | 7:04 | |
| 5-7 | Drifting Firmly | 10:39 | |
| 6-1 | Time | 10:38 | |
| 6-2 | Elegy Part I | 6:10 | |
| 6-3 | Elegy Part II | 6:34 | |
| 6-4 | Doubt | 12:16 | |
| 6-5 | Consolation | 7:25 | |
| 6-6 | Glisten | 9:58 | |
| 6-7 | Reflection | 7:48 | |
| 6-8 | Shimmer | 5:42 | |
| 7-1 | Elegy | 44:26 | |
| 8-1 | Elegy | 16:14 | |
| 8-2 | Evocation | 7:11 | |
| 8-3 | A Point In Time | 8:47 | |
| 8-4 | Time Calls | 9:57 | |
| 8-5 | Time Present | 6:08 | |
| 8-6 | Opening | 8:38 | |
| 8-7 | Time And Time Again | 6:46 |
- Ben Singleton
- Artwork
- Hugh O'Donnell
- Design [Package Design], Layout
- Alex R Mundy
- Edited By [Digital Editing]
- Robert Fripp
- Guitar, Electronics [Soundscapes], Liner Notes, Photography By [Garden Photography By], Producer [Produced By]
- Claudia Hahn
- Photography By [Photo Of Robert By]
- David Singleton
- Producer [Produced By]
